Senior Director, US Medical Affairs - Head of Rheumatology

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Job Description

About the role:

Join Takeda as the Senior Director, US Medical Affairs - Head of Rheumatology in Cambridge, MA. This is a critical role within the US Medical Affairs (USMA) organization that reports to the Vice President US Medical, Dermatology and Rheumatology. The role has responsibility for the zasocitinib Rheumatology programs/indications and is accountable for medical strategy, ensuring that TA and product-specific strategies are developed and executed in collaboration with the Medical Unit.

You will serve as a​ Subject Matter Expert (SME), representing the USMA on relevant internal committees and with external experts/committees. The role is accountable for overseeing data generation activities, including phase 4 clinical studies, providing coaching/mentorship to team managers, as appropriate. Further, the Senior Director will contribute to the medical unit insights, including ad boards, and communications with cross-functional partners.

How you will contribute:

Overarching Responsibilities:  

• Strategic responsibility for zasocitinib rheumatology Phase 4 programs

• 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 strategic direction of the organization).

• Oversee and/or delegate execution of medical strategies by the medical unit partner with the PM to track progress against strategic plans, including development + communication of periodic reports.

Develop US Product Medical Strategy:

• Co-develop/coordinate with the medical unit and provide medical input into the near-term and long-term strategic direction for assigned product/franchise.

• Accountable for 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 Value and Evidence Generation (VEG) team to develop evidence generation strategy.

• Develop long-term lifecycle management strategy + tactics (HEOR etc.).

• Collaborate with PM (as applicable) to develop and maintain medical landscape and insights to inform strategy.

• Leverage advanced artificial intelligence tools and data analytics to inform, shape, and support medical strategies, foster innovation, improve efficiencies, and decision-making processes.

• Identify critical opportunities to leverage emerging AI technologies to improve rheumatology patient care and the broader healthcare landscape.

Medical Expert:

• Serve as the in-house medical and scientific expert for therapies within the assigned TA and represent medical affairs at various internal and external meetings for zasocitinib rheumatology programs/indications.

Insights Generation:

• Generate Insights – Develop and execute ad board strategies, 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:

• Develop external KOL relationships and insights through Advisory Boards, professional associations/meetings and conferences etc.; manage global interactions with US KOLs. Partner with US Strateg