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Job Description

About the role:
The Patient & Market Access, Associate Director is responsible for driving sales and marketing activities within the organization. This role focuses on business development, pricing strategy, media planning, brand licensing, and e-commerce strategy to enhance market access and expand brand presence. By implementing strategic initiatives, this role contributes to Takeda's mission of bringing better health to people and a brighter future to the world.

How you will contribute:

• Develop and implement business development strategies, including alliance/channel/network partnerships

• Conduct pricing research and strategy, including network cost/pricing and competitor analysis

• Plan and analyze media strategies, including ROI evaluation and digital marketing analytics

• Oversee brand licensing activities to ensure expansion within brand-approved quality standards

• Manage e-commerce strategy, planning, and merchant development

• Lead functional teams or projects, providing direction and support

• Communicate with leadership and stakeholders to ensure alignment and cooperation in strategic initiatives

What you bring to Takeda:

• Recognized as a subject matter expert in collaboration, sought after for strategic team-building advice

• Expert in business development, recognized internally and externally as a thought leader

• Provides strategic insights in forecasting, coaches others, and is sought after for expertise

• Able to develop strategic influence initiatives and coach others at all levels, including external stakeholders

• Expert in managed care, coaching others and leading strategic managed care initiatives

• Recognized for deep insights into market trends and consumer behaviors, coaches others in market research

• Recognized for deep expertise in value propositions, capable of driving strategic value delivery and perception

• Applies strategic planning techniques to anticipate and address complex market challenges

• Leads with confidence, providing direction and support to teams and projects

• Manages stakeholders effectively, ensuring alignment and cooperation in strategic initiatives

• Makes informed decisions that influence critical aspects of business operations and strategy

As a recognized expert within your business or function, you possess comprehensive expertise in your discipline and broad knowledge across related areas. You excel at anticipating internal/external challenges, recommending improvements, and providing leadership and consultative expertise for a specific business, region or function. Your role involves shaping company policies, solving unique, far-reaching problems affecting operations, disciplines, or other business units/functional areas/regions. You frequently interact with equivalent-level managers and customer representatives, conducting briefings and technical meetings. Operating independently, you provide guidance in the most complex situations, lead functional teams or projects, and serve as a best practice/quality resource.

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Japanese global biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, rare diseases, gastroenterology, and neuroscience. Based in Tokyo.

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