Director, US Medical Strategy - GI

3310 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.•Boston, MA

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as a Director, US Medical Strategy- GI in our Cambridge, MA office. At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer stimulating careers, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world. Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

Requirements

Advanced Doctoral Degree (e.g., MD, DO, PhD, PharmD).
Experience with clinical research, publication activities, congress presentations, and public speaking.
Demonstrated experience applying digital, analytics, or AI‑enabled approaches to improve medical strategy, insights, operational efficiency, or decision‑making.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Doctoral Degree (e.g., MD, DO, PhD, PharmD) preferred with at least 5 years of relevant clinical practice, research, academic and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.
Experience in gastroenterology.

Responsibilities

Product Level strategic responsibility for one or more products.
Oversee the execution of medical strategies by the medical unit partner with the PM to track progress against strategic plans, including development + communication of periodic reports.
Apply data‑driven and AI‑enabled approaches to monitor execution, identify gaps, and continuously improve medical plans.
Lead/co-develop/coordinate with the medical unit and provide medical input into the near-term and long-term strategic direction for assigned product.
Accountable for the development and ongoing updates to relevant product specific medical strategies, in partnership with medical unit, and in alignment with the commercial brand strategy and global product teams.
Collaborate with Global Medical Evidence Generation team to develop evidence generation strategy.
Develop long-term lifecycle management strategy + tactics (HEOR etc.).
Leverage digital and AI‑enabled analyses to improve scenario planning, prioritization, and lifecycle management strategy.
Champion responsible adoption of digital and AI‑powered tools that improve efficiency, scalability, and consistency of medical strategy development and execution.
Collaborate with PM (as applicable) to develop and maintain the medical landscape and insights to inform strategy.
Serve as the in-house medical and scientific expert for therapies within GI and represent medical affairs at the Global level for a product.
Develop and execute ad board strategy, which may be done in partnership with the PM (as applicable), and insights from field medical/additional sources.
Synthesize summarized insights + implications from relevant sources (e.g., ad boards, field medical) to the medical unit and cross-functional stakeholders and update medical landscape + medical strategy (as appropriate).
Develop external KOL relationships and insights through Advisory Boards, professional associations/meetings and conferences etc.; manage global interactions with US KOLs and vice-versa.
Partner with Advocacy and other medical directors on external partnership, as appropriate (e.g., external affairs/government affairs).
Accountable/Responsible for budget at the Product level, and ongoing budget management in partnership with the PM in concert with GI Head.
Coordinates with the medical unit and functional leads.
Partner with the medical unit functional leads to ensure strategic alignment related to the execution of the relevant product medical strategy and how it is pulled through into tactics (e.g. Grants, Medical Communications (e.g. SCP, ICP, Slide Decks), Publications, Research, Field Medical, Etc.).
Support medical review of appropriate materials as part of medical and commercial review processes.
Lead/coordinate with the medical unit, including attending regular meetings, and representing on the SLT (assuming most medical units are product-level, but may be broader).
Represent medical affairs (i.e., be the point of contact) on cross-functional / cross-division meetings (representation on global medical forums, commercial / product forums, etc.).
Ensure appropriate delegation for GI/product-specific single point of contact for Medical Affairs; [e.g., ensure representation on GPT – R&D, GMA, Commercial Teams (e.g., insights team)].
Provide input into confidential new business development.
Demonstrates strategic enterprise thinking finding innovative ways to serve patients, and building trust, reputation, and business.
Creates an environment that inspires and enables people to move the organization forward.
Focuses on a few priorities and delivers superior results.
Elevates the capabilities of the organization for now and the future, demonstrating a continuous improvement mindset, including modernization of ways of working through digital and AI‑enabled approaches.
Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence up, down, and cross-functionally with the ability to influence internally, and externally.
Executive Presence & strategic storytelling.
Ability to oversee delegate and manage stakeholders.
Demonstrates strong partnerships and collaboration.