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Job Description

About the role:

As a member of Takeda Oncology, your work will contribute to our bold, inspiring vision: We aspire to cure cancer. Here, you'll build a career grounded in purpose and be empowered to deliver your best. As part of the Patient Value Access team, you will report to the Head of Global Value and Access, Hematological Malignancies. This is a Director level role and is responsible for developing and continually enhancing best-in-class value proposition and strategies to achieve and/or retain optimal pricing and access for the Takeda Hematology-Oncology brand.

How you will contribute:

• Lead the design and execution of global payer research to understand primary value drivers and requirements for early access and sustainable access across geographies/indications.

• Lead the payer evidence strategy (by payer archetype) and its incorporation into the asset evidence generation plan.

• Lead a cross-functional team to develop core payer tools (global value dossiers, health economic models, payer objection handler) to enable reimbursement submissions across the globe.

• Optimize regional/country pull-through by developing and delivering training, mock negotiations, and best-practice sharing workshops

• Partner with Pricing to lead the development of the global pricing strategies for Hematologic-oncology brands through design/execution of pricing research and analysis/modelling of multiple pricing and contracting options.

• Proactively shape commercial and R&D strategies to differentiate products and maximize product lifecycle value through critical pricing and access assessments

• Drive a culture of excellence, shared accountability and collaboration within Regions/Local Value and Access Teams.

• Key member of Global Product and Global Brand teams to ensure strategic input that meets global payer customer needs

• Lead strategic horizon scanning and maintain an in-depth understanding of changing regulations and pricing/reimbursement environment, processes, and policies of key global markets. Ensure strategies proactively anticipate changes in the competitive environment and healthcare systems

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in healthcare consulting or biopharmaceuticals industry

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in pricing, health policy, public health, health economics, and/or international affairs showcasing increasing responsibility and experience in the same or similar roles; local affiliate experience is a plus

• Strong understanding of the global payer environment and knowledge of US Medicare (Part D), commercial and Federal payers; along with an in-depth understanding of ex-US payer landscape including HTA trends and guidance (NICE, IQWiG, PBAC, etc…) – such as reimbursement methodologies, pricing/reimbursement authorities’ decision-making process, and current reimbursement issues

• Strong knowledge and hands on experience in health technology assessment tools, methods and filings, payer and global pricing research, price modelling and cost-effectiveness studies

• Prior PMA/HE regional or global experience

• Launch experience in Global or ex-US role

• Knowledge of all phases of drug development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in Oncology

• Advanced/Graduate degree (PhD, MPH, MPP, MBA)

Travel Requirements:

• 20% Domestic and/or international travel required

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

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