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Job Description

The Global Patient Advocacy Lead, Neuroscience cultivates and advances strategic partnerships with key stakeholders across therapeutic areas in neuroscience, including national and global patient organizations, policy stakeholders and medical organizations to advance the unmet needs of patients, empower the "voice of the patient," support disease awareness, drive advocacy and support disease education.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• This role will be a key Takeda lead representative with global reach for external stakeholders across our therapeutic areas in Neuroscience

• Develop strategies to lead engagement with patient organizations aligned with Takeda’s therapeutic focus; identify, create, and sustain innovative/strategic partnerships to support therapeutic and brand goals

• Evaluates, monitors, and analyzes policy environment at the global, regional and LOC (i.e. local) levels and identify trends, obstacles and opportunities for business and patients.

• Ensures coordination of advocacy relations between regions and LOCs, preparing the global advocacy landscape, trends and patient group events, initiatives and activities relevant to the franchise and disease areas

• Strong cross-functional interaction and communication required with the franchise leaders, Market Access franchise lead as well as regions and LOCs as needed to advise the policy/advocacy strategies and tactics that are reflective and validated to support the needs of patient communities

• Oversee and manage all therapeutic area global patient interactions, meetings and initiatives and provide strategic counsel to function leaders, brand teams, market access function, medical and policy leads to inform and ensure effective alignment with franchise corporate policy positions.

• Provide communications and regular updates to franchise on patient advocacy and engagement activities occurring both internally and externally

• Facilitate and guide appropriate interactions between Takeda staff and relevant patient communities in all forms

• Lead, advocate and intervene with compliance expertise in the field of industry and patient organization relations

• Lead in insuring a smooth process in place for patient organization donations & sponsorships requests and approvals in cooperation with relevant internal stakeholders

DEMENSIONS AND ASPECTS:

• Experience in defining project plans and managing project teams

  • Experience and maturity to challenge and intervene with colleagues

  • Strong ability and experience working in a complex matrix organization

  • Excellent communication skills required, written and verbal (presentations)

  • Detail-oriented and highly organized with the ability to meet important deadlines and work well under pressure

• Track record of successfully working across highly matrixed teams, influencing without authority, and influence change within a large organization

• Exceptionally strong decision making and prioritization skills; ability to manage competing priorities and making difficult decisions for inclusion/exclusion 

• Required to prioritize and identify impactful advocacy initiatives, plan and execute on budgets and deprioritize in times of constraint and limitations

• Works across many stakeholders at global, regional, LOC and R&D

• Need to ensure legal, regulatory, ethics and compliance are at forefront of patient insights

EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree, preferable in Health related field

• 10+ years experience in Pharm/Biotech company

• 5+ years experience in Policy/Advocacy related role

• European, International or Global advocacy experience required

• Country level advocacy work and experience is preferable

• Proven track record of conducting Advocacy initiatives, programs or events

• Travel may be required

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$169,400.00 - $266,200.00

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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