Immunology Medical Lead, Gem

**Job Title: Immunology Medical Lead, GEM**
**Location: Singapore**:
**About the role**:

- Lead the medical strategy in Immunology portfolio and selected pipeline assets focused on the GEM region
- Provide expert medical/scientific strategic and operational input into core GEM Medical Affairs matters such as: health-care professional and provider engagements (e.g. Payers, Patient Associations, Prescribers, Providers, Investigators, Nurses, Medical Societies); generation of clinical and scientific data (demonstrating therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines and value proposition); patient safety matters (risk minimization activities /safety surveillance activities); publication strategy; internal scientific training
- Hold accountability for the implementation of all tactics related to assets under his/her responsibility (e.g. evidence generation, medical education, publications, scientific training, insight generation) and for budget supporting these activities
- Provide strategic medical input into franchise strategies at all levels
- Partner closely with key LOCs including the access groups, NPP planning, and MCE
- Drive Medical Affairs activities and generation and dissemination of data supporting overall product, scientific and business strategy
- Analyse and maximize all available scientific & epidemiologic data to best inform pre and post-launch research strategy
- Support generation of internal data, while also collaborating with external researchers to generate real-world data with a focus on meeting the regional needs in terms of access requirements as well as regulatory needs
- Coordinate the elaboration and review (including RWD) study protocols and their respective publication strategy, with support of global functional teams
- Act as a key collaborator and contributor to the Commercial team for product brand plan development and ensure consistency of product strategy and value positioning
- Develop and maintain professional engagement with external experts in the field of Immunology, Dermatology and Rheumatology
- Contribute to developing innovative research concepts for clinical data generation; provide relevant scientific and technical training
- Represent GEM needs and strategies at global franchise meetings and relevant governance bodies (Global Medical Strategy Teams)
- Identify training needs and clinical development strategic initiatives in the context of Medical Affairs; support the development of training to target needs
- Participate in design and execution of clinical trial safety, product safety and risk management plans
- Oversee scientific/medical education of investigators, clinical monitors, and team members related to therapeutic area or disease specific information
- Identify capability needs at country level and deliver appropriate capability development programs
- Keep up-to-date on professional information and technology through conferences and/or medical literature
- Represent at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, Medical/Clinical Advisory Boards
- Lead the strategy and implementation of Advisory Boards
- Coordinate insight collection from the field (e.g. via existing Medical platforms deployed in the field) and its consolidation

**How you will contribute**:

- Understanding of the lifecycle of the relevant compounds, competition, disease area
- Ability to think ahead and out of the box, take a structured approach to planning and securing support / buy-in for own ideas
- Comfort with a large cross-functional team across several time zones
- Ability to interact externally and internally to support pharmaceutical business strategy
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in development strategy and the design of protocols
- Demonstrated sense of urgency and strong goal orientation, an ability to make decisions and a history of meeting deadlines and objectives.
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills
- Ability to influence and work effectively with various disciplines and functional areas

**What you bring to Takeda**:

- MD degree or local equivalent with 10+ years' experience in working and proven results preferably in medical affairs role in biotech, pharmaceuticals industry, academic or hospital environment.
- Ideally with success in positions of increasing responsivity involving influence and interaction with cross functional teams, and senior management
- Demonstrated success in global, cross-functional environment
- Expertise and or training in Immunology, Dermatology, Rheumatology TA is preferred

**More about us**:
**At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.**:
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