Medical Advisor; Psoriasis​/Dermatology

Job Description

A) Role Core Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

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- Scientific Leadership & Medical Expertise

• Serve as the scientific and medical expert for the assigned therapeutic area.
• Maintain deep understanding of disease areas, treatment paradigms, clinical evidence, healthcare landscape, and emerging scientific developments.
• Critically evaluate scientific literature, clinical data, and real-world evidence to support medical decision-making.
• Provide scientific expertise and medical guidance to internal and external stakeholders.

2
- Scientific Exchange & External Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish, develop, and maintain credible, compliant, and long‑term relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals, academic institutions, scientific societies, and other relevant external stakeholders.
• Lead high‑quality scientific exchange activities and communicate complex medical information in a balanced, accurate, and compliant manner.
• Identify emerging scientific trends, unmet medical needs, and evolving stakeholder perspectives within the therapeutic area.
• Represent Takeda at scientific congresses, medical meetings, advisory boards, and other scientific engagement activities.

3
- Medical Insights Generation

• Gather, analyse and communicate actionable medical insights from external stakeholders, scientific interactions, and healthcare environments.
• Translate medical insights into meaningful recommendations to support therapeutic area priorities, evidence generation plans, patient‑focused initiatives, and business decision‑making.
• Proactively identify scientific gaps, educational needs, and opportunities to improve patient care.

4
- Evidence Generation & Medical Projects

• Support development and execution of evidence generation activities, including investigator‑sponsored studies, real‑world evidence initiatives, medical research collaborations, and scientific projects.
• Contribute medical expertise to study planning, execution, interpretation, and communication of scientific outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to generate meaningful scientific evidence addressing unmet patient needs.

5
- Medical Education & Capability Building

• Develop and deliver scientific training and educational programs for internal stakeholders.
• Support capability building initiatives by providing therapeutic area expertise and scientific updates.
• Act as a medical resource for cross‑functional teams and contribute to enhancing scientific knowledge across the organization.

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- Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Therapy Area Leads, Medical Excellence, Medical Affairs teams, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Patient Services, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute medical expertise to cross‑functional initiatives while ensuring alignment with medical and scientific priorities.
• Support launch readiness, lifecycle management activities, and patient‑focused initiatives through scientific input and collaboration.

7
- Patient & Healthcare Ecosystem Understanding

• Maintain strong understanding of patient journeys, healthcare systems, treatment pathways, and evolving clinical practice.
• Spend significant time engaging with healthcare stakeholders to better understand real‑world clinical challenges and opportunities.
• Use healthcare ecosystem insights to support scientific priorities and improve patient outcomes.

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- Digital Innovation & Data Utilization

• Leverage scientific data, digital tools, and innovative approaches to enhance stakeholder engagement and medical impact.
• Utilize data‑driven insights to support evidence‑based decision‑making and identify emerging opportunities.

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- Compliance, Ethics & Medical Governance

• Ensure all activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws,…