Lead – Patient Engagement

Lead – Patient Engagement

Requirements

• Strong understanding of current pharmaceutical industry, in particular government policy, stakeholder engagement, or market access.
• Understanding of the specialty pharma business model and the overall healthcare environment.
• Ability to establish collaborative, trusting partnerships to drive common priorities with external customers.
• Establish active and compliant partnerships with patient organizations and communities.
• Promote and conduct the affairs of the company with the highest standards of integrity and corporate governance, demonstrating commitment to the values of Takeda-ism.
• Ability to lead without authority, to envision, enroll and engage internal cross functional partners to deliver strategic partnerships with patient organizations.
• Strong leadership to envision innovative strategies, including internal patient engagement systems, processes and SOPs.
• Detail oriented to maintain and track budget.
• Strong oral, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree (sciences, economics, political science or public administration).
• Post-graduate experience (training or degree) in a related field, preferred.
• Expert level experience (7+ years) in pharmaceutical reimbursement / market access strategy, advocacy, health policy and/or stakeholder partnerships.
• Proven track record for creating and demonstrating value at organization level in speciality therapeutic areas.
• Relevant experience in patient advocacy, stakeholder management and collaborative leadership.
• Build positive stakeholder relations internally and externally and both locally and globally.
• Experience in leading without authority to have enterprise wide impact.
• Innovative thinking and with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Bilingual French and English is an asset.
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work in close collaboration with Access, Medical, Regulatory, and other cross functional team members to ensure the delivery of a seamless strategy and plan for Takeda.
• Identify and execute opportunities to collaborate with POs that align with Takeda Canada’s overall strategic plan for Patient Engagement.
• Together with internal business partners, develop programs to raise awareness of and educate on disease-related topics including the delivery of platforms to inform and empower patients to have more control over their disease.
• Incorporate patient-centric strategies into the strategic imperatives of all pipeline products, working with Europe and Global colleagues.
• Develop a local metric for measuring the impact of the engagement activities on the patient experience/outcomes.
• Responsible for maintaining a thorough understanding of and strictly adhering to Takeda’s Code of Conduct, Innovative Medicines Canada’s (IMCs) Code of Ethical Practices, and Takeda’s SOPs, upholding a commitment to ethics and compliance and operating with integrity within all business objectives.
• Take an important role on the Canadian Donations and Grants Committee (Committee), working closely with Medical Affairs and Compliance; exercising proper supervision and oversight to ensure due diligence for the Committee.
• Exercise a leadership role in representing Takeda Canada’s position and driving strategies on patient engagement industry committees with IMC/BIOTECanada.
• Lead the development and oversight of the patient engagement process, system and SOP’s.
• Demonstrate curiosity and experimentation to learn, adopt and grow in the digital transformation.
• Incorporate digital innovation and technology to improve ways of working.

Preferred Qualifications

• Post-graduate experience (training or degree) in a related field, preferred.
• Bilingual French and English is an asset.