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Medical Specialist - Female & Male Cancer (North)

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

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Job ID R0150331 Date posted 04/21/2025 Location Taipei, Taiwan

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Job Description

Job Title: Medical Specialist

Location: Taiwan

About the role:

Responsible for business objectives for oncology BU products in the North area. Medical Specialist is a key link between the company and healthcare professionals (HCPs).

The key role of Medical Specialist is to work strategically and innovatively to increase the awareness and use of Oncology BU products and achieve business objectives.

He/she must excel in cross-functional teams’ collaboration and be able to provide territory insights and competitive intelligence. This individual is responsible for implementing strategic marketing tactics and activities in the responsible territories, identifying patients’ unmet medical needs as well as treatment options by keeping scientific-based engagements with HCPs and key decision makers.

How you will contribute:

Expand treatment coverage and ensure achievement of business objectives in responsible territories

  • Implement activities based on marketing plan to drive brand awareness and usage.

  • Make presentations and organize high standard scientific events for healthcare professionals, as well as working with contacts on a one-to-one basis to deliver product messages.

  • Develop and maintain strong, effective and constructive relationships with relevant stakeholders which include KOLs, key decision makers, prescribers, nurses and other relevant HCPs, hospital pharmacists, purchasing and administration.

  • Coordinate with cross product teams in conducting Takeda activity in key accounts to maximize Takeda value and establish corporate image.

  • Be a role model and help team colleagues for their daily practice to achieve the business objectives.

Account management and sales force effectiveness

  • Identify, profile, segment and target high potential accounts and customers.

  • Collect high quality data and insights including competitive intelligence to develop customer database (S&T, customer mapping, treatment flow and patient journey)

  • Analyze data and insights and develop business plan by account/territory.

  • Take a leadership role in account management under responsible brand to communicate and coordinate cross-functional team (Medical, Marketing & Key Account) to build up the strong partnership with key accounts and external stakeholders.

  • Be a role model and help team colleagues for their account management.

Company business policy & compliance

  • Fully understand industry and company policy & code of conduct.

  • Ensure all business activities comply with regulatory environment with the goal of maximizing product opportunity.

What you bring to Takeda:

Education

  • Bachelor's degree required, major in medical related field or equivalent is preferred, with a minimum of 5+ years of demonstrated successful relevant healthcare sales experience.

Working Experience

  • 2-4 years of solid working experience in MNC pharmaceutical company.

  • Working experience with Specialty products is mandatory. Experience in Oncology and/or related disease area is highly desirable and will be an advantage

Core competencies/Skills

  • Strong contract/bid review and familiar with listing process.

  • Strong ambition in achieving stretched goals and market demand forecasting accuracy desired.

  • The individual must have strong business acumen, financial and negotiation skills as well as strategic selling skills.

  • Be skilled in interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Good command in English both verbal and listen

  • Ability to exhibit analytical, strategic and creative thinking as well as create strategy and translate into operational plans.

  • Demonstrate ability to work in a matrix sales organization.

  • Possess an in-depth working knowledge of rare genetic disease products.

  • Good computer skills (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

Domestic level

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.

Empowering our people to shine:

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

Taipei, Taiwan

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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