Director, US Medical Strategy GI

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Are you looking for a patient-focused innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine Join us as a Director US Medical Strategy- GI

in our Cambridge MA office.

At Takeda we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer we offer stimulating careers encourage innovation and strive for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive collaborative workplace in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Here you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring bold mission.

POSITION OBJECTIVES:

• The Director GI is a critical role within the US Medical Affairs (USMA) organization that reports to the Therapeutic Area (TA) Head with product level strategic responsibility for one or more products and may have broader responsibility for later in lifecycle TA.
• The role is accountable for medical strategy ensuring that product-specific strategies are developed and executed in collaboration with the Medical Unit.
• The role serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) representing the USMA at the Global level for a product on relevant internal committees. The role is accountable for the relevant budget drives overall medical unit insights including ad boards and communication with cross-functional partners.
• This role is expected to continuously evolve medical strategy and operating models through the thoughtful adoption of digital analytics and AIenabled capabilities to enhance insight generation decisionmaking execution efficiency and patient impact.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Overarching Responsibilities:

• Product Level strategic responsibility for one or more products.
• TA and/or product focus may evolve to support priorities of the organization (e.g. additional TA or product-specific responsibilities may change based upon the strategic direction of the organization).
• Oversee the execution of medical strategies by the medical unit partner with the PM to track progress against strategic plans including development communication of periodic reports.
• Apply datadriven and AIenabled approaches to monitor execution identify gaps and continuously improve medical plans.

Develop US Product Medical Strategy:

• Lead/co-develop/coordinate with the medical unit and provide medical input into the near-term and long-term strategic direction for assigned product.
• Accountable for the development and ongoing updates to relevant product specific medical strategies in partnership with medical unit and in alignment with the commercial brand strategy and global product teams.
• Collaborate with Global Medical Evidence Generation team to develop evidence generation strategy.
• Develop long-term lifecycle management strategy tactics (HEOR etc.).
• Leverage digital and AIenabled analyses to improve scenario planning prioritization and lifecycle management strategy.
• Champion responsible adoption of digital and AIpowered tools that improve efficiency scalability and consistency of medical strategy development and execution.
• Collaborate with PM (as applicable) to develop and maintain the medical landscape and insights to inform strategy.

Medical Expert:

• Serve as the in-house medical and scientific expert for therapies within GI and represent medical affairs at the Global level for a product.
• Generate Insights Develop and execute 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 the medical unit and cross-functional stakeholders and update medical landscape medical strategy (as appropriate).

External Engagement:

• Develop external KOL relationships and insights through Advisory Boards professional associations/meetings and conferences etc.; manage global interactions with US KOLs and vice-versa.
• Partner with Advocacy and other medical directors on external partnership as appropriate (e.g. external affairs/government affairs).

Budget Management:

• Accountable/Responsible for budget at the Product level and ongoing budget management in partnership with the PM in concert with GI Head.
• Coordinates with the medical unit and functional leads.

Execution / Content Creation:

• Partner with the medical unit functional leads to ensure strategic alignment related to the execution of the relevant 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

• Lead/coordinate with the medical unit including attending regular meetings and representing on the SLT (assuming most medical units are product-level but may be broader).
• Represent medical affairs (i.e. be the point of contact) on cross-functional / cross-division meetings (representation on global medical forums commercial / product forums etc.).
• Primary point of contact: Ensure appropriate delegation for GI/product-specific single point of contact for Medical Affairs; e.g. ensure representation on GPT R&D GMA Commercial Teams (e.g. insights team).
• Provide input into confidential new business development.

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 demonstrating a continuous improvement mindset including modernization of ways of working through digital and AIenabled approaches.
• 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 delegate and manage stakeholders.
• Demonstrates strong partnerships and collaboration.

EDUCATION BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

Required: Advanced Doctoral Degree (e.g. MD DO PhD PharmD).

• Experience with clinical research publication activities congress presentations and public speaking.
• Demonstrated experience applying digital analytics or AIenabled approaches to improve medical strategy insights operational efficiency or decisionmaking.

Preferred:

• Advanced Doctoral Degree (e.g. MD DO PhD PharmD) preferred with at least 5 years of relevant clinical practice research academic and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Experience in gastroenterology.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

Maintain minimum standards of education/certification in individual professional discipline

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

Periodic travel required (up to 30%)

This position is currently classified as hybrid in accordance with Takedas Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

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