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Job Description

About the role:

Join Takeda as an Associate Director, US Medical Strategy Lead - HAE where you will play a critical role within the US Medical Affairs (USMA) and report to the Senior Director – US Medical Head, Rare Immunology.  You will have tactical accountability grounded in science, disease state, and competitive clinical data in support of one or more products depending on the needs of the organization. You will support the development and ongoing updates to relevant product-specific medical strategies, in partnership with the Senior Director and Medical Unit.

You will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME), representing the USMA at the Global level for a product/franchise and on other relevant internal committees. Further, you will drive overall medical unit insights, including ad boards, and communication to cross-functional partners. This is a hybrid role based in Lexington, MA.

How you will contribute:

Overarching Responsibilities:

• Tactical accountability grounded in science, disease state, competitive clinical data in support of one or more products.  
• TA and/or product focus may evolve, to support the priorities of the organization.
• Oversee execution of medical strategies by the medical unit and partner with the PM to track progress against strategic plans, including the development + communication of periodic reports.

Execute against the US Product medical strategy:

• Support Sr. Director  to Lead/co-develop/coordinate with the medical unit and provide medical input into the near-term strategic direction for assigned product/franchise and/or specific area of focus.
• Support development and ongoing updates to relevant product specific medical strategies, in partnership with Sr. Dir. / Dir. And medical unit, and in alignment with the commercial brand strategy and global product teams.
• Support development of long-term lifecycle management strategy + tactics (HEOR etc.) 
• Collaborate with PM (as applicable) to develop and maintain medical landscape and insights to inform strategy.

Medical Expert:

• As directed by the Sr. Director / Director, serve as the in-house medical and scientific expert for therapies within the assigned TA and represent medical affairs at the Global level for a product/franchise.

• Generate Insights – Support execution of ad board strategy, which may be done in partnership with the PM (as applicable), and insights from field medical/additional sources.
• Understand and Communicate Insights: Synthesize summarized insights + implications from relevant sources (e.g., ad boards, field medical) to medical unit and cross-functional stakeholders and update medical landscape + medical strategy (as appropriate).

External Engagement:

• Support insights developed through Advisory Boards, professional associations/meetings, and conferences etc.
• Manage global interactions with US KOLs and vice-versa (subject to delegation from the Sr. Dir. or Dir. or the needs of the program).

Budget Management:

• Subject to delegation from the Sr. Dir. or Dir. or the needs of the program.

Execution / Content Creation:

• Partner with the medical unit functional leads to ensure strategic alignment related to execution of the relevant franchise / product medical strategy and how it is pulled through into tactics (e.g. Grants, Medical Communications (e.g. SCP, ICP, Slide Decks), Publications, Research, Field Medical, Etc.).
• Support medical review of appropriate materials as part of medical and commercial review processes.

Internal Engagement

• Subject to delegation from the Sr. Dir. or Dir. or the needs of the program.

Leadership Behaviors:

• Demonstrates strategic enterprise thinking finding innovative ways to serve patients, and building trust, reputation, and business.
• Creates an environment that inspires and enables people to move the organization forward.
• Focuses on a few priorities and delivers superior results.
• Elevates the capabilities of the organization for now and the future.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence up, down, and cross-functionally with the ability to influence internally, and externally.
• Executive Presence & strategic storytelling.
• Ability to oversee and delegate, and manage stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Required:

• Advanced Doctoral Degree (e.g., MD, DO, PhD, PharmD) or other advanced degreed professionals considered depending on past relevant experience, including at least 4 years pharmaceutical industry experience, and/or clinical work, research, or academic endeavors. 
• Minimum 2 years’ experience with clinical research, publication activities, congress presentations, and public speaking.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Maintain minimum standards of education/certification in individual professional discipline.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Periodic travel required (up to 20%)

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

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