Associate Director - Value, Access, Insights, and Solutions

The Value Access Insights & Solutions (VAIS) team is responsible developing and executing payer-focused medical strategies and tactics addressing the evolving payer and U.S. healthcare system. These plans are critical to establishing and maintaining access to Takeda medicines and medical solutions for patients who need them by informing the formulary process of healthcare decision makers. The team is an integral member of the Marketing Content Enablement & Customer Engagement group, supports multiple therapeutic areas, and is a strategic partner to Product Medical Units, Medical Communications, Public Affairs, Managed Markets, Market Access and Channel Strategy and other internal stakeholders.

Their expertise of the healthcare landscape and ability to articulate actionable insights for Takeda influences evidence generation, policy and communication imperatives. The team leads the creation of strategic engagement and communication plans and oversees the development and training of customized resources, tools and innovations utilized by field medical teams and U.S. Medical senior leadership when interacting with payers, health systems and other population-based decision makers (i.e., provider organizations, policy makers, patient organizations).

You will report to the Director, Value Access Insights and Solutions. This is a hybrid role which can be based in either Cambridge, MA or Lexington, MA.

Serving as a partner to Product Medical Units, Medical Communications, Medical leads, Field Medical Leaders, Brand Teams, Market Access and Channel Strategy, Public Affairs and other Global and US internal stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment on cross-functional imperatives and initiatives. Contributing to / leading the collection and synthesis of data and insights about the evolving payer and U.S. healthcare system that are critical to establishing and maintaining access to Takeda medicines and medical solutions for patients who need them.

Leading the creation of strategic engagement and communication plans for assigned products and oversee the development of customized resources, tools and innovations utilized by field medical teams and U.S. Medical senior leadership when interacting with payers, health systems and other population-based decision makers (i.e., provider organizations, policy makers, patient organizations). Contributes to the VAIS team in cross-therapeutic area projects related to value, payer insight, communication innovation, and other relevant topics.

Contributing to the identification of value drivers and evidence needs/gaps with US formulary decision makers for currently marketed products and for the successful launch of pipeline assets. Utilize expertise of the healthcare landscape and ability to articulate actionable insights for Takeda to influence evidence generation, policy, and communication imperatives to meet the needs of population-based decision makers. Collaborating closely with US HEOR, Clinical Research, and other cross-functional partners to influence evidence generation activities.

Strategic partner to Product Medical Units, Medical Communications, Field Medical Leaders, Brand Teams, Market Access, Public Affairs and other Global and US internal stakeholders. Collects, synthesizes and collates data from internal and external sources (customers, outcomes research, benchmarking, survey, clinical, economic, behavioral, market access reports, competitive intelligence, etc.) to help generate the medical strategy and tactics for discussions with population-based healthcare decision-makers.

Generate communication resources, tools and innovations aligned with customer needs (payers, health systems,…