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Job Description

About the role:

Join Takeda as a Director, Outcomes Research (OR) where you will develop and execute health economics and outcomes research for the Gastrointestinal & Inflammation (GI2) Therapeutic Area. As a member of the U.S. OR team, you will identify and implement best practices, design and execute outcomes research to generate real world evidence aligned with strategic objectives and needs to support the GI2 therapeutic area (i.e., psoriasis) and contribute to the development of a best-in-class OR group, focused on U.S., evidence and health economic needs. As part of the US Medical team, you will report to the Sr. Director Outcomes Research and Data Science. This is a hybrid role based in Lexington, MA.

How you will contribute:

• Lead and contribute to the U.S. OR strategy work streams for GI2 marketed and pipeline products as it relates to real-world evidence generation, health economic modeling, value communication, observational research, pragmatic real-world evidence trials, and field tool development, etc. to a high standard and business impact.
• Work with the GI2 Product Unit teams to understand overall medical strategies and build research/evidence plans that fit within internal cross functional brand and external stakeholder needs (Health Care Providers, Payers, Policy Makers, Patients, etc.)
• Lead, conduct and deliver methodologically robust yet feasible studies for priority U.S. HEOR evidence needs. 
• You will take the HEOR/ real-world research from concept to publication. You will oversee, contribute, and manage study quality, resources, project plan, budgets, vendors and editing scientific content.
• Anticipate payer needs, represent the payer perspective/voice, and provide collected payer insights to applicable cross-functional teams thereby optimizing the lifecycle of Inflammation products.
• Work with our strategic partners within and Outcomes Research:Value Access Insights and Solutions Team to provide advanced scientific support to medical/OR related field tool and appropriate dissemination of outcomes research studiesData Science/OR team to conduct exploratory analyses and design potential concepts/tools/initiatives for collaboration with key regionally and nationally based managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit management, government payers and other organized customer groupsField-based Payer Account Medical Leads (AMLs) team to help drive overall collaborations and effective payer medical interactions.
• As possible explore collaborative research or similar partnership projects with national, regional or corporate payer account regarding the demonstration of products overall value, evidence needs or other mutually defined areas of medical/HEOR interest
• Work with the Senior Director OR for the Gastrointestinal TA, and cross functionally with US Medical Unit team members, Market Access and Channel function, and franchise marketing/brand teams to facilitate in-depth scientific HEOR knowledge, product value, and strategy development.
• Responsible for developing, executing, and publishing outcomes research following Takeda policies and in cooperation with the US Medical Affairs Team.
• Manage, lead and conduct relevant research activities which may include, but not be limited to:
  • Longitudinal retrospective studies of existing databases to assess patient characteristics, treatment patterns, and associated clinical, economic and/or patient-reported outcomes Longitudinal prospective observational, pragmatic clinical trials, and/or patient registries evaluating clinical, patient-centered, and/or economic endpoints;
  • Retrospective or prospective evaluations of disease n