Head of Medical Affairs, EUCAN

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OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

The Head of Medical Affairs, EUCAN will be the medical thought partner for regional executive teams and provide a consolidated regional view on priorities and portfolio. The role will work closely with GMA (Global Medical Affairs) to align & prioritize resources/budget to support regional needs and ensure collaboration with GMA strategy franchise heads and EUCAN-focused regional TA leadership.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Act as a medical thought partner for the EUCAN regional president and drive strategic priorities for the EUCAN region e.g., launch excellence.
• Provide leadership to Local Operating Country Medical Directors and facilitate alignment and support of LOCs to ensure the success of regional commercial and medical affairs activities.
• Partner with Head, Affiliate Support, Compliance and GMA operations to design and implement Global Standard Operating procedures that are aligned with the regional needs. Oversee communication and implementation of these SOPs within their region.
• Align with President EUCAN Business Unit, EET and General Managers and Therapeutic Area GMA Heads, and EUCAN-focused regional TA leads to align resources and budget to support needs of the regional business.
• Partner with General Managers in identification, acquisition, development, performance management and retention of LOC Medical Directors.
• Provide medical and scientific input to EUCAN priorities.
• Partner closely with LOCs including the access groups, NPP planning, and MCE.
• Work with LOC medical director and lead integration and communication to internal and external regulatory and development teams as appropriate of strategic medical input to ensure maximization of a product’s therapeutic and commercial potential across all therapeutic areas, prioritized for the region.
• Anticipate or identify changes in the marketplace that may provide scientific, medical, regulatory and/or commercial opportunities for Takeda.
• Be an integral part of the Global Medical (GM) leadership team ensuring alignment between GM and the EUCAN region and represent the regional perspective.
• Participate in select regional medical and scientific forums, conferences and meetings.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

• Comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and Medical Affairs.
• Experience working with national and international regulatory agencies, such as EMEA.
• Good knowledge of the Regional healthcare market, able to identify healthcare trends and the related commercially opportunities within the Region.

Leadership:

• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix set-up across functions, regions and cultures.
• Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing.
• Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company.
• Ability to distil complex issues and ideas down to simple comprehensible terms.
• Executive leadership presence and confidence.
• Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset and role models these behaviors for the organization.

Decision-making and Autonomy:

• Broad decision-making responsibilities:
• Ability to make highly complex decisions that impact the enterprise.
• Accountable for decision making for Global Medical Affairs function.
• Ability to seek diverse input from multiple constituents and stakeholders to drive innovative solutions.
• Ability to incorporate feedback and ensure decisions are made swiftly to yield flawless execution.
• Ability for enterprise partnership with Global Medical Affairs, R&D, and Global Pricing & Access to establish robust development strategies.
• Accountable for designing and implementing vision and strategy for designated scope.

Interaction:

• Effectively navigates the changing external and internal environment and leads others through change by creating and inspiring and engaging workplace.
• Ability to effectively implement R&D’s partnership strategy.
• Effectively represent Takeda in High-level negotiations with the ability to resolve conflict in a constructive manner.
• Ability to build strong partnerships and drive role clarity with other interfacing Takeda functions, including but not limited to TAs, BUs, GPLS, MCE, LOC, Market Access, GEO, GRA.

Innovation:

• Visionary and forward thinking with the ability to influence and effectively drive organizational change and continuous innovation.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward innovative solutions.
• Ability to take risks implementing innovative solutions, accelerating time to market.

Complexity:

• Ability to work in a global ecosystem (internal and external) with a high degree of complexity.
• Breadth of knowledge required across therapeutic areas, indications, and/or modalities.
• Experience operating in a multi-disciplinary drug development environment including international experience and exposure to a variety of therapeutic areas.

External representation:

• Strong focus on external engagement; ability to build and maintain relationships with KOLs.
• Ability to represent the Region in Medical thought leadership activities and bring external perspectives into the Region to enhance Takeda’s strategic initiatives.

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• MD preferred, advanced degree required (MD, PhD, PharmD), with 10+ years combined experience in pharmaceutical industry, and academic research, or healthcare management.
• Understands and delivers critical capabilities of a modern global specialty medicine medical affairs organization: clinical research, evidence generation, value demonstration, medical communication, medical information, publication activities, congress presentations, interaction with Medical Science Liaison networks, compliance, and public speaking.
• Additionally, a solid familiarity with the entire commercialization process and the marketplace dynamics that impact organizational decisions and deliverables.

• Senior management experience in Global Medical Affairs or related field, leading a medium to large organization and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
• Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables.
• Operational experience in pharmaceutical drug development with significant direct exposure to clinical development.
• Track record of successful leadership, management, and development of large, multi-disciplinary globally dispersed teams. Strong judge of talent with the ability to make tough talent decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively influence and lead in a complex matrix environment with minimal direct/indirect reports.
• Proven track record of navigating and managing relationships with a diverse and extensive range of stakeholders, ensuring alignment and collaboration across multiple teams and functions.
• Expertise in leveraging interpersonal skills to drive initiatives and achieve organizational goals in a multifaceted setting.
• Health care business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.