Strategy Lead

**_ PURPOSE OF JOB/POSITION_**

The Strategy Lead is expected to take a role in driving Takeda’s strategic plans and initiatives concerning commercial success. He/She would support the development of differentiated commercial strategies and long-term growth strategies for GEM markets based on customer insights and in-depth market / competitive analyses; this is required as GEM has more than 15 global brands and encompasses more than 25 markets.

**_ ACCOUNTABILITIES_**
- Support leadership and strategic directions to emerging market leadership team based on firm grasp of competitive dynamics, customer needs, regulatory impacts and economic trajectory in GEM
- Express opinion and counsel to GEM President and GEMLT (GEM Leadership) in key business themes
- Work and align with a diverse talented team (strategy, sales force effectiveness and business analytics areas)
- Drive innovation on business/operation model with insights and delivers sustainable impacts to GEM BU
- Drive and manage "input from all major business units to facilitate the integration of individual business unit plans with the corporate plan

**_ FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUSINESS EXPERTISE, NATURE OF IMPACT, _**

**_COMMUNICATION SKILLS, INNOVATION_**

**Critical functional knowledge**
- Proven ability to understand the GEM market, able to identify business opportunities, develop analytics-based strategic plans, establish cross-functional/geography partnerships and drives actionable decisions to deliver on short and long-term growth targets and operational excellence
- Proven interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with Area/Country functional functions and to collaborate with them on implementing key initiatives

**Critical business expertise**
- Strong multi-factorial analysis to correlate data and information to help to drive GEM strategies
- Strong leadership behaviours to be able to influence and drive decision re0inforcing Takeda Values

**Nature of Impact**:

- Indirect impact to GEM strategy and P&L business planning
- Medium and long term impact in GEM successful strategy and vision implementation

**Communication Skills**:

- Excellent downwards communication skills to align several stakeholders with global and GEM strategy and vision
- Excellent upwards communication skills to drive program excellence and engaging functional partners

**Innovation**
- Pragmatic use of digital to build capability and provide deep market and customer insights that are valuable to business and strategy planning

**_ CAPABILITIES_**

**Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities**
- Good knowledge of business and market dynamics at country level in pharmaceutical industry
- Business savvy
- Strategic and analytical thinking

**Critical leadership capabilities**
- Entrepreneurial and proactive management skills and a "can do attitude” to manage fast-growing market
- Committed to talent development and capability building for sustainable growth

**_ CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS & KEY CHALLENGES_**
- Proven experiences in business and strategic planning at local/area level
- Deep knowledge in pharmaceutical industry
- Local experience in leading complex initiatives and oversight of budgets and key elements of strategic/global projects

**_ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION_**
- Bachelor’s degree in Biological and Medical Sciences, or Medicine or equivalent knowledge experience is preferred
- Business knowledge, MBA preferred
- Fluent English speaker to ensure effective communication across the region and to Global
- >5 years of standard-setting performance in this role or a comparable role

**Locations**:
Singapore, Singapore

**Worker Type**:
Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**:
Regular

**Time Type**:
Full time