Patient Advocacy Lead

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine?Join us as a **Patient Advocacy Lead** for our **Plasma-Derived Therapies Business Unit**, based in Zurich. **Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.**

**OBJECTIVES**:
The purpose of the role is to:

- Be the reliable interface on behalf of Takeda to the international organisations that represent patient communities relying on plasma derived therapies (PDTs)
- Initiate and maintain strategic partnerships with patient organisations with a view to increase diagnosis and standards of care in therapeutic areas that rely on plasma derived therapies
- Integrate advocacy strategies in Takeda’s global cross functional plans and projects to advance access to plasma derived therapies globally.
- Empower local affiliates to initiate and implement local advocacy programs in PDT related therapeutic areas at country level

**ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Identify and map advocacy organisations in therapeutic areas that rely on plasma derived therapies
- Analyse shared objectives with international advocacy organisations that represent patients who rely on plasma derived therapies; establish collaboration and partnerships with these organisations to advance shared objectives
- Establish global advocacy strategic plans and tactics; integrate these in Takeda annual global strategic planning cycles through cross functional collaboration
- Build a strong internal network and develop tools to empower local affiliates for implementing local advocacy strategies and programs that advance diagnosis and standards of care for persons who rely on plasma derived therapies at country level
- Represent Takeda at patient community events where appropriate and engage external stakeholders
- Manage process for requests from advocacy organisations for funding of activities; analyse requests within framework of pharmaceutical code of conduct and make recommendations to Takeda PDT Review Committee; oversee contracting and payment process
- Plan and manage annual budgets

**DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS**:
**Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise**:

- Experience with offline and online systems to process funding approval requests in line with pharmaceutical code of conduct
- Demonstrated ability to accomplish goals within a matrix organisation
- Ability to align within a cross functional working environment
- Strong business acumen

**Leadership**
- Ability to coordinate and manage complex projects, securing internal cross-functional alignment.
- Exhibit leadership capabilities and behaviors: builds a collaborative culture, leads with strategic agility, navigates change, develops organizational capability, drives innovation.
- Can represent Takeda at external engagements.

**Decision-making and Autonomy**
- Ability to make recommendations to Takeda Review Committee for external grant and sponsorship requests
- Capable of working autonomously as part of the global Communications, Policy & Advocacy team and in collaboration with th regional and country teams.
- Effective use of appointed out-sourced consultancies

**Interaction**
- Ability to work collaboratively within a complex, matrix corporate environment to achieve goals.
- Builds strong relationships with international advocacy organisations
- Empowers local affiliates to implement advocacy programs locally
- Uses appropriate level of assertiveness and diplomacy when dealing with all levels of the organization and external contacts.
- Demonstrates enterprise mindset.

**Innovation**
- Identifies new and innovative ways and opportunities to advance partnerships to drive diagnosis and standards of care for patients that rely on plasma derived therapies
- Understands healthcare issues and strategic long term vision of company plans and objectives. Facility and credibility in discussing medical disorders and treatments and sensitive company matters.

**Complexity**
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects, internal/external stakeholders, external consultants / agencies / vendors, changing schedules and multi-tasking.
- Capability to manage high-intensity day-to-day deliverables and activities.

**EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS**:

- Embed ‘Takedaism’ (PTRB) in decision-making processes
- Language skills: Fluent in English and preferably in one (or two) other languages
- Respecting diversity, equity and inclusion; proven experience having applied these values
- Deep experience in patient community engagement, in an international/ global setting
- Proven experience working in an international environment engaging stakeholders from different cultures and backgrounds

**Locations**:
Zurich, Switzerland

**Worker Type**:
Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**:
Regular

**Time Type**:
Full time