Global Publication Lead, Neuroscience

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Job Description

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Global Publications Lead, Neuroscience, is a key strategic partner of the Neuroscience Medical Affairs team who develops, prioritizes, and implements the strategic global publication planning for the assigned program. The Global Publications Lead works in close collaboration with key stakeholders in TAU, Region/LOCs, global medical strategy, GPT, global epidemiology & outcomes research (GEO), global medical evidence, and medical communications to ensure alignment with asset strategy.

• Provides and leads on high level strategic thinking for innovative strategies in developing and disseminating Takeda’s scientific and medical data at the Global level.

• Development of the global publications plan for assigned programs with the ability to lead and collaborate effectively across numerous internal and external stakeholders (e.g. scientific and healthcare professionals).

• Bringing deep subject matter expertise in industry publication practices and responsibility to ensure Takeda standards/SOPs are implemented both with external stakeholders, internal cross-functional teams, and vendors

• You will report to the Group Lead, Global Scientific Communications, Neuroscience

ACCOUNTABILITIES: 

• Develop, manage, and execute the strategic product/disease area global publication plan in collaboration with key cross-functional team members (i.e. TAU, Region/LOCs, global medical strategy, global epidemiology & outcomes research (GEO), global medical evidence, and medical communications, etc.).

• Collaborate with external authors and journals for the planning, integration, and execution of R&D publication activities.

• Ensure that all of Takeda’s publication related activities are conducted according to Takeda’s standards, SOPs, and applicable working instructions, as well as good publication practice guidelines (including but not limited to GPP 2022 Update, ICMJE, CONSORT, etc…)

• Serve as the leader of publications, create, and foster a spirit of cooperation, diversity of opinion and an environment of psychological safety and open communication in the establishment and execution of annual program strategies, objectives, and priorities.

• Promote and ensure good publication practices and principles among authors and the internal publication stakeholder community ensuring high scientific quality & alignment with compliance/legal requirements.

• Manage 3rd-party vendors and independent contractors to ensure the timely delivery of quality publications. Ensure that vendors are properly trained to and comply with Takeda’s standards, on SOPs, company systems and tools. Manage all vendor partners to execute the tactical plan effectively and efficiently for their assigned publication projects.

• Creation, review and oversight of assigned asset(s) publication budget to support publications plan activities and serve as a financial steward in th