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Head of New Business Model

Shanghai, China

Shanghai, China| Beijing, China

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  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Level: Senior
  • Travel: Minimal (if any)

Takeda has been translating science into breakthrough medicines for 240 years. Every step of the way, our teams have worked together to tackle some of the most challenging problems in drug discovery and development. Today, we’re a driving force behind innovative therapies that make a lasting difference to millions of patients around the world.

In R&D, all of our history and potential comes together in an environment that welcomes diversity of thought and amplifies every voice. Working closely with colleagues, you’ll play a key role in bringing our rich pipeline of products forward to help patients. Come join a team that’s earned trust for more than two centuries, and find out how advancing transformative therapies at Takeda will shape your bright future.

Job ID R0149387 Date posted 04/09/2025 Location Shanghai, China

Shanghai, China| Beijing, China

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Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Enable patient self evaluation: deploy self evaluation form (e.g. symptom matcher) on Search engine (e.g. Baidu, Sogou), enabling patients to quickly evaluate their symptoms and trigger diagnostic testing online or offline
  • Diagnosis: explore opportunities for online diagnosis, or remote diagnosis through working with 3rd party diagnosis company
  • Internet Hospital: explore opportunities to diagnose and treat patients through internet hospital; or refer to offline COEs for diagnosis and treatment, or establish DTP infusion centers for offline treatment
  • Virtual Reps: to extend call coverage of RDM, raise disease awareness, treatment options and establish referral system to COEs
  • Understand patient: market research on patient, understand patient typical symptoms, pain points & disease burden, develop patient portrait; identify “key symptoms” patients seek help with, “key words” they search, “website” they visit often.
  • Generate content: develop videos, articles on patient story, to advocate disease burden and impact to quality of life. Content is critical to ensure audience can remember key symptoms.
  • Online campaigns to target audience: communication with target audience (potential patients and caregivers, physicians and health authorities) on social media and relevant symposiums
  • Regular market research to track disease awareness evolvement
  • Commercial Insurance: partner with commercial insurance companies in designing insurance scheme for our portfolio
  • PAP: partner with corporate affairs and patient service team in designing PAP program, which is sustainable and competitive
  • PRDL: collaborate with access excellence team on preparing local breakthrough strategy, scenarios comparison and business case development
  • Policy shaping: advocate “pay for innovation” in collaboration with AE and HEOR teams

Qualifications & Skills:

  • More than 15 years working experience in pharma industry, with more than10 years experience in marketing, MD or high potential AD
  • Experience with internet hospital or E-commerce, Digital Marketing is a plus
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration ability
  • Strategic thinking and planning – Has a broad perspective able to pull together the varying elements and emerging trends into coherent, strategic view.
  • Strong learning agility and willing to embrace changes needed to adapt to new circumstances.
  • Leadership skill – Provide vision and lead team towards achieving objectives.

Locations

Shanghai, ChinaBeijing, China

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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