Senior Director, Patient Access Brand Strategy and Ops- Dermatology

Takeda • Lexington, MA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Patient Access Brand Strategy & Operations – Dermatology is the enterprise lead responsible for designing, operationalizing, and optimizing the full patient access strategy for the Dermatology launch and lifecycle. This role ensures that Dermatology patients experience timely, equitable, and seamless access—leveraging affordability support, hub operations, specialty pharmacy partnerships, digital support solutions, and cross-functional brand alignment. The leader will translate the Dermatology brand vision and strategic imperatives into an integrated patient access operating model, partnering closely with Market Access, A&I, Commercial, DD&T, and global launch teams to ensure Takeda delivers a best-in-class experience for dermatology patients. This role is pivotal to preparing Dermatology for a competitive psoriatic disease space and will drive tactical execution, operational excellence, and readiness across the entire ecosystem.

Requirements

• 12+ years Leader experience in pharmaceutical patient access, brand strategy & operations, or related commercial/market access roles.
• Proven leadership in patient services, hub operations, PAP, SP networks, and cross functional commercialization.
• Strong understanding of payer dynamics, reimbursement ecosystems, and affordability strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage high complexity programs.
• Strategic + Execution focused: Able to translate Dermatology’s brand and clinical narrative into an operational patient access engine.
• Patient centric: Deeply attuned to the dermatology patient journey and emotional drivers behind treatment engagement.
• Collaborative: Thrives in cross functional launch environments and quickly builds coalition across BU + global teams.
• Operationally rigorous: Strong in governance, process design, vendor management, and performance accountability.

Nice To Haves

• Launch experience is strongly preferred, ideally in specialty, dermatology, immunology, or high complexity therapeutic areas.
• Experience integrating digital solutions into patient support models is highly valued.
• Innovative + Digital forward: Embraces new models, insights, and digital capabilities to elevate patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead Dermatology Patient Access Strategy
• Design and Govern Dermatology Patient Support Programs
• Specialty Pharmacy (SP) & Channel Operations Leadership
• CrossFunctional Launch Integration
• Digital + Data Enabled Patient Experience
• Operational Excellence & Vendor Management
• Leadership, Governance & Talent

Benefits

• U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others.
• U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees