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Job Description

Join Takeda as a Senior Manager, Dermatology Customer Insights out of our Cambridge, MA Office. Where you will be responsible for consulting with our Dermatology Brand Team as a strategic partner in achieving competitive leadership for a new product launch. The role will be leading, creating and delivering integrated insights across multiple sources.  You will also initiate and lead market research and competitive intelligence work with outside partners.  You will also create cross-source insights, recommendations and alignment for action, develop competitive landscape analysis, business need understanding, and
knowledge gap identification. You will communicate those integrated insights to relevant stakeholders with urgency and leverage data and specialty expertise in Competitive Intelligence and primary market research as a subject matter expert in brand planning.

How you will contribute:

• Collaboratively prioritize and build an integrated primary market research plan for at least one stakeholder (Patient, HCPs, Payer).
• Provide oversight and accountability on all processes related to procurement,
  vendors, compliance, pharmacovigilance and budget management activities in execution of each research program. Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of quality, comprehensiveness, and timeliness of all process outputs.
• Responsible for maintaining and tracking learning/training, compliance and safety programs
• Set and provide clear direction in methods, recommendations and secure
  stakeholders buy-in.
• Develop and manage expectations, highlighting and resolving issues and ensuring regular communication of processes enhancements.
• Proactively identifies methods to improve efficiency and quality with respect to Project Planning and Management within GIBU, and influence via leadership
  across global peers.
• Proactively develops and implements new and innovative solutions to meet
  business needs and resolve business issues.
• Build internal stakeholder relationships from a variety of groups (i.e. marketing, sales, data systems, procurement, global)
• Proactively identifies strategic and tactical CI needs for relevant products
• Collaboratively prioritizes and builds a CI plan (KITs, KIQs), integrated with PMR, Analytics and cross-functional teams.
• Aligns, monitors and reports on team-specific project delivery, expenses, and other insights operation metrics.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• B.A./B.S. Scientific or commercial education required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of insights experience required, with at least 2 years of experience within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Previous launch experience preferred.
• Demonstrated market research experience, particularly pharmaceuticals and   across quantitative and qualitative research methodologies required.
• Demonstrated leadership skills working in matrix teams, influencing outcomes in strategic and tactical decisions, specific to marketing in specialty pharmaceuticals required
• Proven ability to communicate, strategize and collaborate effectively with senior management required.
• Experience in Competitive Intelligence and Market Research preferred
• Familiarity / experience working in the immunology space is preferred
• Travel Requirement- Able to drive to or fly to various meeting , up to 10%.  Some international travel maybe required.
• Advanced knowledge of best practices and leadership in specialty pharmaceutical
  commercial business operations, and the use of market rese