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Job Description

Join Takeda as a Director, Market Access and Channel Strategy within U.S. Patient and Market Access (PAMA) out of our Cambridge or Lexington, MA office. This newly created role focuses on portfolio strategy and operations, acting as an enterprise (franchise/brand-agnostic) resource for Market Access and Channel Strategy as well as cross-functional partners within the U.S. Business Unit (USBU).

As a Director, Market Access and Channel Strategy, you will act as a thought-leader and trusted advisor on pipeline and inline product strategy by determining portfolio considerations and opportunities within and across the Rare Disease, Plasma-Derived Therapies, Gastroenterology, and Neuroscience business units.

How you will contribute:

Core Duties (Portfolio Strategy and Operations)

• Identify, develop, and recommend portfolio-level strategies and opportunities across access levers and work across the USBU to successfully implement and monitor chosen solutions
• Partner with members of Market Access and Channel Strategy on pipeline and inline product strategy to determine portfolio considerations and opportunities and evaluate how franchise and brand-specific actions impact the broader USBU
• Monitor and evaluate evolving regulatory and industry dynamics (e.g., pricing reform) to ensure proactive and leading market access and channel strategies
• Consider the current and future landscape when evaluating and recommending solutions by keeping a pulse on developing competitor and market access trends (e.g., formulary narrowing, pharmacy reimbursement, major stakeholder company strategies, etc.)
• Provide support and collaboration to cross-functional PAMA teams on enterprise priorities to ensure Takeda’s long-term success by translating enterprise work into innovative and portfolio/brand-specific strategies
• Oversee internal and external operations, including pricing and contracting philosophy, business case team alignment, deliverable standardization, and consultant and agency selection and oversight

Other Duties (Market Access and Channel Strategy)

• Develop and oversee sustainable market access and channel strategies that will allow patients to gain access to Takeda’s existing and future products
• Responsible for value story development, contracting strategy, pricing, specialty pharmacy and distribution plans, reimbursement, and marketing resources
• Ensure close collaboration with other Managed Markets and Patient Access colleagues along with Medical, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Marketing, Finance, Analytics, and Sales to capture relevant payer and channel insights, identify data gaps, develop compelling value propositions, and ensure field-based teams are equipped with the right tools
• Understand the reimbursement landscape and incorporate knowledge into market access and pricing strategy
• Collaborate with HEOR in the development of payer evidence needs and ensure it is integrated into the Medical/HEOR evidence plan
• Align within the organization on metrics to assess impacts of key market access strategies and tactics
• Manage and execute payer and channel specific marketing plans to achieve patient and business objectives
• Contribute to the annual brand planning, forecasting, and budgeting process to represent payer and channel customer segments and ensures brand plans incorporate the needs of patients, payers, and healthcare providers
• Partner with New Product Planning and Business Development functions to inform market access inputs and strategies for early stage/targeted assets
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