Associate Director, External Scientific Engagement Lead, GMAO

Job Description

Role Objectives:

• The Associate Director, External Scientific Engagement Lead will be responsible for developing medical and scientific engagement strategies and implementation of plans for engagement with prioritized professional organizations, medical societies, and KOLs.
• Overseeing the rollout of the new HCP engagement tool.
• As a member of the Medical Excellence, Training & Outreach team, partner with the Congress Strategy Lead and the Independent Medical Education and Grants Lead to develop an overarching strategy and ways of working for external engagements.
• Partner with global medical teams to identify and prioritize external engagements across the portfolio, and with Ethics & Compliance to ensure agile and compliant execution of activities.

• Initiate and lead the development of a cross-portfolio external engagement strategy and related tactics for prioritized external organizations and HCPs, aligned across Global Medical Affairs Oncology, Commercial, Patient Value, Policy & Access, R&D, Corporate Communications & Advocacy, Health Equity and Patient Affairs, and with other key cross-functional/ex-Oncology partners as needed to ensure a one Takeda approach to external engagement strategy, objectives, and execution.
• Identify, create, and sustain medical and scientific relationships with prioritized external organizations and HCPs.
• Acquire, assess, and use knowledge of healthcare trends, and partner with GMAO colleagues for expertise in cross-portfolio disease states and clinical treatment landscapes to help shape the external medical/scientific environment through strategy, external engagement, and partnerships with prioritized external organizations and HCPs.
• Identify and influence partnership opportunities, and ensure internal Takeda alignment and coordination of Takeda subject matter experts with these external stakeholders.
• Partner with GMAO and cross-functional teams to ensure clear points of contact with each external organization and coordination of engagement.
• Define and measure the impact of Takeda external scientific engagement, and partner with key internal stakeholders to communicate and share partnership updates and insights within Takeda and externally as appropriate.
• Oversee planning and implementation of the KOL engagement process, and collaborate with cross-functional global teams to identify, develop, and lead impactful KOL engagement activities that support the strategic imperatives of the oncology portfolio, and with optimal utilization of internal tools and systems.
• Collaborate with Legal, Ethics & Compliance, and other key stakeholders to ensure all activities are conducted in a compliant manner with Takeda’s policies, procedures, and standards, and with local regulatory/legal requirements.
• Become knowledgeable about Takeda Oncology strategy.

• Doctoral degree (PhD, Pharm
  
  D) in a scientific discipline with a minimum of 5 years of healthcare or related experience, inclusive of 3+ years of experience with the development and maintenance of external scientific/medical relationships, within medical affairs in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry or within a medical communications agency
• Master’s degree in a scientific discipline with a minimum of 8 years of healthcare or related experience, inclusive of 6+ years of experience with the development and maintenance of external scientific/medical relationships, within medical affairs in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry or within a medical communications agency.
• Proven leadership/relationship-building skills, strategic problem-solving ability, ability to foster teamwork, drive decision-making, and manage change in a complex, cross-functional, cross-cultural, global team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for medical engagement and develop a set of strategic medical engagement goals.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical guidelines and regulations.
• Highly effective written and verbal communications skills.

• Experience in managing external scientific relationships with major organizations and global key opinion leaders.
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