Director, Medical Communications and Scientific Training – Immunology/Dermatology

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Job Description

Join Takeda as a Director, Medical Communications and Scientific Training – Immunology/Dermatology based out of our Lexington, MA office. Where you will lead and be accountable for innovative, competitive, and impactful medical communications and scientific training execution over the life cycle of assets in an assigned therapeutic area, in alignment with US Medical Affairs. In this role you will lead and be accountable for the development and delivery of end-to-end communication strategies, in close alignment with product-specific US Medical communication objectives, Scientific Platform, and Integrated Medical Communication Plan, resulting in collateral materials to support internal and external needs, outreach, and education for the assigned therapeutic area. You will also be responsible for planning and, execution of relevant communication tactics for the assigned therapeutic area; including the development of scientific slide decks, field medical materials, training curriculum and content, Medical Symposia, and Congress materials in collaboration with the Medical Unit, Global Medical, and Publications.

How you will contribute

• You will need to demonstrate a full understanding of the therapeutic area strategy and translate that into fully aligned communication and training plans for products and emerging assets.
• You will interact primarily with the Sr. Director of Medical Communications and Scientific Training, Medical Directors, and other functional medical partners such as Outcomes Research, Field Medical, Medical Information, Program Management; other USBU Stakeholders; and Global functional groups such as Medical, Publications, Training, Statistics, and Legal.  
• In this role, you will also liaise with external key stakeholders such as opinion leaders, investigators, partners, and vendors for medical communication, scientific curriculum development and activities. 
• Actively develop strategic medical communications strategies and plans, in alignment with brand objectives and based on cross-functional input 
• Align and coordinate with the Sr Medical Director to monitor the performance of goals and delivery of medical communications plans, and identify and foster areas for development for the Medical Communications team 
• Lead day-to-day management and development of a scientific platform and narrative to drive consistency across all related medical communication tools and channels in collaboration with the US Medical Affairs team for assigned therapeutic area 
• Provide support to key products and life cycle management of key marketed assets in the assigned portfolio and emerging pipeline assets 
• Oversee the development of disease area-specific and product-focused materials such as slide decks, training materials, and publication extenders with vendors and/or relevant internal stakeholders 
• Develop medical congress strategy and plans, including the execution of key congress tactics such as live and virtual booths, HCP-facing materials, video content, and/or training resources 
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of medical communications trends and the evolving digital medical communications landscape to deliver best-in-class tactics and programs specific to assigned assets 
• Oversee budget and relationships with vendor(s) and/or consultants to deliver projects in alignment with timelines and