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Job Description

Join Takeda as a Director of Strategic Partnerships where you will be responsible for owning and leading the development, negotiation, and execution of key strategic partnerships with both traditional (payer, academic medical centers, employers, specialty pharmacy) stakeholders as well as non-traditional (retail health, digital and technology companies) stakeholders. You will also establish, negotiate, and execute next generation innovative strategic partnerships for Takeda supporting the USBU and global functions. Aligned to Takeda’s key enterprise priorities this role is responsible for all promoted products, pipeline assets and corresponding therapeutic areas. You will be responsible for the value story development, contracting strategy and negotiation of the strategic partnership. You will lead, motivate and coach key internal stakeholders through the development, funding, execution and pull through of key strategic partnerships for Takeda.

How you will contribute:

• Responsible for owning and leading the development, negotiation, and execution of key strategic partnerships with both traditional (payer, employers, specialty pharmacy) stakeholders as well as non-traditional (retail health and technology companies) stakeholders.
• Establishes, negotiates, and executes next generation innovative strategic partnerships for Takeda supporting the USBU and global functions. Aligned to Takeda’s key enterprise priorities this role is responsible for all promoted products, pipeline assets and corresponding therapeutic areas.
• Responsible for the value story development, contracting strategy and negotiation of the strategic partnership.
• Lead, motivate and coach key internal stakeholders through the development, funding, execution and pull through of key strategic partnerships for Takeda.
• Owns the development, execution and communication plan of all Takeda briefing documents related to each strategic partnership, including but not limited to executive briefings.
• Lead, motivate and coach key internal stakeholders including but not to, Medical, New Product Planning, HEOR, R&D, Public Policy, DD&T, Marketing, Finance, Analytics, Sales, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory through the development, funding, execution and pull through of key strategic partnerships for Takeda.
• Intimately understand Takeda and partner enterprise strategy, processing and summarizing all critical information rapidly and succinctly and apply it to the development of strategic partnership value story that supports Takeda and partner key business priorities.
   

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
• 10 + years of proven success in cultivating and building Senior Executive external facing relationships in the healthcare ecosystem required.
• Experienced in negotiating innovative collaborative agreements with internal and external stakeholders required.
• Payer experience highly preferred
• Experienced in working on and with cross-functional teams required.
• Proven success in managing multiple broad corporate projects at once required.
• Financial acumen including resource allocation, budget management, and strategic sourcing preferred.
• Experience with biologics and specialty products preferred.
• Launch experience preferred.
• Travel Requirement- 30%

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-chang