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Job Description

Senior Director, US Medical Dermatology

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Cambridge, MA (HYBRID)

About the role:

Join Takeda as the Senior Director, US Medical Dermatology in Cambridge, MA. This is a critical role within the US Medical Affairs (USMA) organization that reports to the Vice President US Medical, Dermatology and Rheumatology. The role has franchise level responsibility for the zasocitinib dermatology programs/indications and is accountable for medical strategy, ensuring that TA and product-specific strategies are developed and executed in collaboration with the Medical Unit.

The role serves as a​ Subject Matter Expert (SME), representing the USMA at the Global level for a product/franchise, on relevant internal committees. The role is accountable for the product/franchise level budget, and coaches/mentors team managers, as appropriate. Further, the Sr. Director drives overall medical unit insights, including ad boards, and communications with cross-functional partners.

How you will contribute:

Overarching Responsibilities:  

• Franchise level strategic responsibility for zasocitinib dermatology programs/indications.

• TA and/or product focus may evolve to support priorities of the organization (e.g. additional TA or product specific responsibilities may change based upon strategic direction of the organization).

• Oversee and/or delegate execution of medical strategies by the medical unit partner with the PM to track progress against strategic plans, including development + communication of periodic reports.

Develop US Product Medical Strategy:

• Lead/co-develop/coordinate with the medical unit and provide medical input into the near-term and long-term strategic direction for assigned product/franchise.

• Accountable for development and ongoing updates to relevant product specific medical strategies, in partnership with medical unit, and in alignment with the commercial brand strategy and global product teams

• Collaborate with Value and Evidence Generation (VEG) team to develop evidence generation strategy.

• Develop long-term lifecycle management strategy + tactics (HEOR etc.).

• Collaborate with PM (as applicable) to develop and maintain medical landscape and insights to inform strategy.

Team Management:

• Manage the TA-specific team (Directors / Associate Directors), to effectively develop and execute medical strategy, including delegation of responsibilities, providing ongoing oversight and coaching, to ensure the team is achieving the objectives of the medical strategy, in addition to the career development of the team.

Medical Expert:

• Serve as the in-house medical and scientific expert for therapies within the assigned TA and represent medical affairs at the Global level for zasocitinib dermatology programs/indications.

Insights Generation:

• Generate Insights – Develop and execute ad board strategies, which may be done in partnership with the PM (as applicable), and insights from field medical / additional sources.

• Understand and Communicate Insights: Synthesize summarized insights + implications from relevant sources (e.g., ad boards, field medical) to medical unit and cross-functional stakeholders, and update medical landscape + medical strategy (as appropriate).

External Engagement:

• Develop external KOL relationships and insights through Advisory Board