Senior Director, Patient Access Brand Strategy and Ops- Dermatology

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Job Description

About the Role 

The Senior Director, Patient Access Brand Strategy & Operations – Dermatology is the enterprise lead responsible for designing, operationalizing, and optimizing the full patient access strategy for the Dermatology launch and lifecycle. This role ensures that Dermatology patients experience timely, equitable, and seamless access—leveraging affordability support, hub operations, specialty pharmacy partnerships, digital support solutions, and cross-functional brand alignment. 

The leader will translate the Dermatology brand vision and strategic imperatives into an integrated patient access operating model, partnering closely with Market Access, A&I, Commercial, DD&T, and global launch teams to ensure Takeda delivers a best-in-class experience for dermatology patients. This role is pivotal to preparing Dermatology for a competitive psoriatic disease space and will drive tactical execution, operational excellence, and readiness across the entire ecosystem. 

How You will Contribute 

Lead Dermatology Patient Access Strategy 

• Own the end-to-end Patient Access strategy supporting the Dermatology launch, ensuring alignment to USBU and PAMA goals. 

• Activate insights from Dermatology launch planning, patient journey research, and dermatology market dynamics to shape the access model (e.g., unmet needs around emotional burden, disease progression concerns, initiation ease).  

• Partner in setting strategic imperatives for Dermatology that reinforce Takeda’s position as a trusted leader in dermatology.  

Design and Govern Dermatology Patient Support Programs 

• Lead the development and execution of patient support programs including benefits verification, affordability tools, QuickStart models, copay programs, patient assistance programs (PAP), and hub services. 

• Ensure alignment with enterprise patient support standards outlined in PAMA Brand Strategy & Ops frameworks.  

• Collaborate with PAP and patient assistance teams to ensure Dermatology specific business rules, eligibility, financial criteria, and service delivery meet launch needs. 

Specialty Pharmacy (SP) & Channel Operations Leadership 

• Oversee SP strategy, execution, and performance for Dermatology, ensuring timely dispensing, adherence support, and clarity in provider experience—leveraging SP learnings across PAMA.