Senior Director, Scientific & Competitive Analysis, Global Oncology

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Job Description
The Senior Director Scientific & Competitive Analysis is responsible for leading the competitive intelligence group within the Oncology Business Unit (OBU). The position will serve as a strategic thought partner for commercial and R&D teams in achieving and maintaining competitive leadership.
About the role:
The Senior Director Scientific & Competitive Analysis will be leading a team in creating and delivering integrated insights across multiple sources through primary and secondary competitive intelligence. Scientific and Competitive Analysis team is responsible for leading competitive landscape research and analysis to support business operations. The insights generated will inform business decisions and strategies, contributing to Takeda's mission. The position is expected to bring strong leadership in market analysis, brand planning, situation analysis, project management and cross-functional alignment skills. The role will also be serving as a competitive intelligence (CI) function expert across OBU to provide competitive landscaping and analysis that inform brand strategies, clinical development strategies for pipeline, disease area strategies and Business Development and external partnership opportunities.
As a strategic leader overseeing multiple functional areas, divisions, or product groups through associate directors and senior managers, with global or multi-country-level responsibility. You will shape corporate policies, provide guidance to directors and senior managers, and hold a recognized influential position. Your decisions impact the success of the division, group, company, or corporation, and you may sit on a leadership team, directly influencing the overall business strategy of your area.
How you will contribute:

• Lead a team performing CI research and analysis projects
• Conduct advanced CI landscape reporting and data analysis to identify trends
• Evaluate CI products/offerings and manage vendors to deliver on key business priorities
• Lead the coordination, planning and execution of competitive coverage at conferences
• Ensure consistency of CI activities across different inline, pipeline and BD assets
• Work to continually improve the business processes of the Scientific & Competitive Analysis team and of key customer groups
• Develops, implements, and maintains project management of CI projects
• Execute short to mid-term strategy in alignment with corporate objectives
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the commercial/NPP/BD teams and other key stakeholders as they work through the strategy to drive growth in inline brands, accelerate pipeline assets, and evaluate BD assets
• Collaborate closely with other I&A functions - MR, Forecasting, and Analytics - to deliver integrated insights to key stakeholders
• Take a leadership role in defining and executing the necessary competitive intelligence activities required to generate insights that support global clinical development and commercialization of Takeda Oncology's current portfolio as well as future business development
• Build internal stakeholder relationships from a variety of groups (i.e. commercial, medical affairs, patient value and patient access, R&D, corporate communication, patient advocacy)
• Interact with executive leadership on matters of significance to the organization
• Work closely with global and regional leadership, as well as commercial teams to disseminate CI information in an agile manner
• Provide competitive landscape updates to senior leadership on a monthly/quarterly basis
• Shape corporate policies and provide guidance to associate directors and senior managers

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• BS in a life science; plus MS/MBA/PhD or equivalent, 10+ years of experience in the healthcare industry with exposure to pharmaceutical product development
• Recognized as an expert in collaboration, capable of leading strategic team-building initiatives and high-impact projects
• Able to synthesize primary and secondary CI and resultant impact to clearly convey complex information to senior leadership
• Utilizes advanced knowledge of best practices and leadership in specialty pharmaceutical commercial business operations to analyze CI data and provide actionable insights
• Expert in delivering persuasive presentations and mentoring others in presentation skills
• Expertise in CI research methods as they pertain to integration with specialty pharmaceutical data sources for strategic recommendations
• Applies CI monitoring capability to analyze market conditions and inform business strategies, predict probably issues and problem solve (scenario planning)
• Proficient in the use of CI tools to support data-driven decision making
• Manages CI data effectively, ensuring accuracy and relevance in analysis

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.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.
Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary
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For Location:
Boston, MA
U.S. Base Salary Range:
$205,100.00 - $322,300.00
The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
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Locations
Boston, MA
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Job Exempt
Yes
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