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Job Description
Job Summary
The Access To Medicine (AtM) Unit Lead in close collaboration with the key stakeholders is responsible for ensuring undisrupted access through the development and implementation of sustainable, innovative access models, aimed at broadening access to Takeda’s innovative life-changing treatments and ensuring patients are able to complete their full prescribed course of treatment while maintaining and improving standards of care.
Be responsible for developing the value proposition of Takeda’s innovative life-changing treatments, and disseminating the value messages to relevant stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Drive sustainable patient access
Creating and implementing a comprehensive strategy to drive sustainable patient access to Takeda medicines for complex and rare diseases.
Developing a clear value proposition of Takeda’s innovative life-changing treatments and disseminating the value message to relevant stakeholders.
Continuously maximizing patient benefit by improving awareness, diagnosis, and standard of care, and optimizing the duration of treatment.
Ensuring product availability in the market through excellence in Key Account Management and Tender Management.
Working close with Local, Area, and Regional teams, ensures the development and execution of industry-leading Innovative Value Access Strategies and Patient Assistance Programs for Takeda’s innovative life-changing treatments.
Develop and implement impactful stakeholder management plans/strategies at the overlap of Market Access and Public Affairs and drive execution of these plans/strategies.
Identify and evaluate risks/opportunities policy developments and the latest decisions that may have an impact on existing Takeda treatments.
Collaborating with other internal stakeholders contributing to Takeda processes such as Budget launch readiness/brand plans, business reviews, etc., and providing them with required information/assumptions as well as ensuring cross-functional alignment Collaborate with external stakeholders as the lead of business operations including participating in and managing tenders, overseeing distributors as well as tracking and monitoring reach, impact, and sustainability of access programs
Liaison with the Regional and Global teams, as well as the development of Vietnam AtM capacity, in order to ensure long-term patient access to our Innovative AtM portfolio.
Leads the team in line with the Takeda Leadership behaviors
Role model Takeda values and effectively lead, develop, and manage the team.
Upholds, role models, and monitors high integrity standards and ensures compliance.
Drives high performance, empowerment, and collaboration Team
Ensures an effective allocation of resources, effective budget management, and aims for simple processes.
Contribute to the strategy and overall leadership of Takeda as a member of the Vietnam Leadership Team.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in health economics, medicine, economic or scientific education
5-8 years experience in Pharm/Biotech company
Proven capability in managing Key Accounts, tender management, and experience in implementing patient assistance program
Experience in Project Management is a bonus
Strategic and analytical thinking
Able to develop models for quantification of scenarios and risk eg financial models, economic/clinical models
Excellent external communication skills to influence and nurture strong relationships with key stakeholders
Experience and maturity to challenge and intervene with colleagues and leaders
Strong ability and experience working in a complex matrix organization
Excellent communication skills required, written and verbal (presentations)
Good conduct of English language skills