How You Will Contribute
Strategic Planning
- Develop and execute MSL scientific engagement plan aligned with the TA Medical Plan.
- Ensure appropriate and effective external stakeholder management by utilizing objective, aligned scientific criteria to profile KOLs and creates and regularly updates the TA KOL list.
- Capture and share in-field insights to support brand, medical and scientific strategy, and business development.
- Participate as a member of the Brand Team for the assigned TA.
Contribution To Organization Through Medical Expertise
- Participate in the development and implementation of key medical activities (e.g. Advisory Boards, Focus Group Meetings, medical education, and peer-to-peer training activities)
- Create or support the development of medical/scientific materials and slide decks as needed (e.g. MSL slide decks and advisory board slides) and ensure the content is appropriately reviewed and approved as per Takeda policies.
- Identify educational opportunities that are aligned with Takeda’s medical education strategies.
- Provide medical booth and session coverage at scientific meetings and report information of strategic interest to cross-functional internal stakeholders.
- Provide clinical presentations and medical information to managed markets, government accounts, and other external stakeholders upon request and as appropriate.
External Stakeholder Management
- Establish Takeda’s presence with KOLs and academic institutions in defined geographies for therapeutic areas of strategic interest to the company by identifying, developing, and fostering relationships with KOLs.
- Meet regularly with identified KOLs to provide ongoing, balanced scientific exchange related to on-label indications and disease state(s)
- Respond to HCP unsolicited requests for medical information (including off-label information) related for marketed Takeda products and Takeda pipeline products.
- Support scientific training of Takeda-contracted speakers by providing ongoing support and education as needed.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Provide medical insights and intelligence from the field to key cross-functional internal stakeholders within compliance framework to support the development and life-cycle management of Takeda compounds.
- Act as field-based reference point of scientific and clinical expertise for cross-functional internal stakeholders (e.g. medical, regulatory, commercial, market access) through training and ad-hoc support
- Serve as an ongoing, infrequent training resource for sales representatives as per requests by commercial or sales Training, utilizing approved training materials.
- Support related cross-functional team in planning and implementing disease awareness and patient access programs as needed and as per local regulatory requirements for products within Therapeutic Area.
- Prioritize patient safety by following all PV-related processes, and support reporting of product-related medical safety issues by providing input on product-related quality issues and incidents to the local PV-team.
Corporate Governance
- Complete all required training, activity documentation, expense reporting, and other administrative responsibilities.
- Ensure that all field scientific-medical communications are fair-balanced, based on appropriate scientific evidence, and compliant with local regulatory norms and internal compliance rules.
- Ensure compliance of all responsible activities to relevant laws and regulations as well as internal standards and SOPs
- Support the company reputation and profile in the field.
Continuous Improvement
- Responsible for maintaining a very high level of disease and product knowledge through continuous education
What You Bring To Takeda
- Pharmacy (Pharm D) or master’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy or similar discipline in Health Sciences.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry or in healthcare academic.
- 1-3 years of MSL or sales experience in psychiatry is a must.
- Exceptions to minimum qualifications may be granted to internal talent with proven leadership attributes, previous performance, and organization experience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships easily, even with challenging people.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; fluency in other languages is a plus.
- Excellent oral presentation skills.
- Strong planning & organization skills with ability to prioritize.
- Independent and self-driven with a positive work ethic
- Proven track record of teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership.
- Results oriented with high sense of urgency and adherence to timelines.
- Meticulous and strong analytical skills.
- Ability to engender trust and respect of peers and superiors.
- High integrity, ethical & professional mindset.
- Well versed in highly technical and scientific languages.
- Acts with integrity, fairness, honesty, and perseverance (“Takeda-ism”).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook