Associate Director, Enterprise Strategy, Patient and Market Access

Takeda•Lexington, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director, Enterprise Strategy, Patient and Market Access is a high-visibility, cross-portfolio role at the center of how Takeda's U.S. market access function thinks, plans, and operates. Reporting to the Senior Director of Enterprise Strategy, this position is the connective tissue across PAMA — translating external market forces, internal insights, and enterprise priorities into coordinated enterprise strategy and execution. This is a role for someone who thrives at the intersection of big-picture thinking and practical delivery. You'll work across the full U.S. portfolio, shaping how Takeda prepares for future market shifts. You will serve as a strategic problem solver, integrator, and thought partner—helping translate external trends, internal insights, and enterprise priorities into actionable strategy and coordinated execution.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required
7+ years of experience in U.S. Market Access, Payer Strategy, Channel Strategy, HEOR/Policy, or Enterprise Strategy roles required.
Strong understanding of U.S. payer archetypes, PBMs, SP networks, employer dynamics, and access innovation models.
Demonstrated ability to connect enterprise level insights across brands, channels, and capabilities.
Experience working within matrixed environments with cross functional teams (Commercial, A&I, HEOR, Patient Services, Trade, Medical).
Strong analytical, communication, storytelling, and executive ready presentation skills.
Strategically Oriented — capable of connecting ecosystem trends to enterprise implications.
Insight Driven — comfortable distilling analytics, policy, and market intelligence into clear recommendations.
Collaborative — able to align and influence across PAMA and USBU teams.
Enterprise Minded — sees across silos and aligns tactics to long-term enterprise goals.
Action Oriented — capable of operationalizing strategy into structured workplans and cross functional execution.

Nice To Haves

Master's preferred

Responsibilities

Identify, refine, and prioritize PAMA's enterprise access strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with USBU direction and core access challenges and opportunities
Design and execute cross-portfolio access strategies that cut across brands, channels, and patient segments
Develop briefing materials, white papers, and strategic recommendations that guide senior leadership decisions
Conduct ongoing landscape scanning across payer, channel, employer, regulatory, and ecosystem trends — translating them into enterprise-level strategic implications
Build shared organizational vision around major future marketplace shifts affecting access, coverage, and patient affordability
Develop and maintain strategic action plans in response to anticipated shifts, driving execution where appropriate
Partner with Access Strategy, Trade, Pricing & Policy, Patient Services, Analytics & Insights, and Commercial colleagues to ensure enterprise strategy is actionable and consistently adopted
Partner with the Senior Director to ensure access strategies are cohesive across franchises, channels, and patient populations
Participate in enterprise annual planning, long-range strategy cycles, and future-state capability building
Develop templates, frameworks, and enterprise roadmaps that operationalize strategic priorities and create consistency across business units
Prepare enterprise strategy materials, leadership updates, and executive presentations for senior audiences
Support governance forums including enterprise steering committees, cross-functional meetings, and PAMA LT review sessions
Drive consistent, high-quality communication across internal stakeholders — enabling transparency, alignment, and informed decision-making