Objectives/Purpose
Join our multidisciplinary, matrixed organization to support the development and creation of EUCAN / GEM evidence strategies. Your role will focus on elucidating unmet clinical, economic, and patient-centered needs, while crafting value propositions that distinguish Takeda's innovative medicines for payers, policymakers, healthcare providers, patients, and other stakeholders.
- Lead multiple evidence workstreams, including:
- Registries or other data network collaborations.
- Retrospective studies of existing databases to assess patient characteristics, treatment patterns—including drug utilization and adherence—and associated clinical, economic, and/or patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
- Cross-sectional surveys of patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals (HCPs), and/or payers.
- Literature reviews and assessments exploring the burden of illness and/or comparative efficacy and effectiveness.
- Promote effective communication of study findings through conference presentations, publications, and dossiers, while engaging with relevant internal and external audiences, including regulators, HCPs, payers, patients, etc.
- Develop and manage strong collaborations with evidence key opinion leaders (KOLs) to strengthen relationships with external clinicians.
Scope
- Deliver experienced strategic input and leadership to project teams during the peri and post-registration stages of development to maximize patient access to Takeda’s innovative medicines.
- Conduct specialized research to enhance the effectiveness of real-world evidence contributions to value and access across various therapy areas and products.
- Provide expertise in designing clinical and epidemiological/outcomes research programs and their commercialization.
- Offer methodological leadership and input into real-world evidence strategies.
- Identify and validate external data sources.
- Develop relationships with international opinion leaders and collaborative groups to identify data opportunities and elevate Takeda's presence within the scientific and academic community.
- Participate in external policy committees, societies, and consortia while interacting with payers and other subject matter experts.
- Navigate technology, analytical, legal, and privacy complexities to achieve project objectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members to define global evidentiary needs of key stakeholders (regulatory bodies, HCPs, patients/caregivers, payers, and HTA bodies) to meet the evolving healthcare landscape.
- Enhance collaboration among various groups within Takeda through the sharing of data and best practices.
- Prepare and review research protocols from regions and local operating companies, statistical analysis plans (SAPs), and reports reflecting ongoing or completed work.
- Participate as a strategic and functional expert on other cross-functional leadership teams.
- Ensure compliance with all policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Be accountable for the product's annual plan budget and contract/budget management.
Dimensions and Aspects
Technical/Functional Expertise:
- Advanced level understanding of research and the pharmaceutical industry.
- Extensive knowledge of relevant systems.
Education, Behavioral Competencies, and Skills
- Minimum MSc degree required (preferably PhD) in a health sciences-related field, with 6-8 years of research-related and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.
- Strong and effective communication skills are essential.
- Extensive knowledge of real-world evidence (RWE) activities and their relation to product development and commercialization processes across all life-cycle stages; experience with late stage clinical studies, research collaborations, and RWE, with knowledge of HTA/payer needs.
- Demonstrated expertise and hands-on experience in applied medical evidence (e.g., health services evaluation, patient registries, retrospective or prospective observational studies, PROs/HRQoL).
- Influencing skills in one-on-one and group settings—capable of consensus building and effective decision-making.
- Able to collaborate, communicate, and interact thoughtfully and effectively with diverse multicultural stakeholders, both internal and external to Takeda.
- Considerable experience in collaborating with research partners and managing multiple tasks and complex projects is required.
- Proficient communication of scientific evidence, with strong written and verbal presentation skills, along with the ability to convey technical issues to non-technical experts.
- Excellent networking, communication, and influencing skills; ability to lead cross-functional teams.
- Capability to influence without authority, particularly with senior-level individuals.
Apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.