**Therapeutic Area Lead - Medical Manager** **WHAT YOU WILL DO** The Therapeutic Area Lead is responsible for providing overall, strategic and managerial leadership for Medical Affairs within a specific GI Therapeutic Area. The position will contribute to the achievement of business success by putting the patient’s needs and safety into primary focus. It is also responsible to provide medical and scientific leadership both internally and externally, including responsibility of creation and execution of the medical/clinical strategy, leading and managing medical staff as needed, collaborating with external stakeholders as needed, and serving as a TA medical and scientific expert within the company to advise effectively and appropriately the country’s cross-functional teams. **WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON** - Develop and oversee all local Medical Affairs activities in the relevant Therapeutic Area(s) and subsequently ensure execution of medical plans. - Maintain a very high level of updated medical knowledge and understanding of the overall treatment and healthcare environment in the Therapeutic Area(s). - Leverage strong science to create compelling strategies for the Therapeutic Area (s) that fulfill un - met medical needs, support successful product registration, and increase availability of Takeda’s medicine to patients. - Represent the Therapeutic Area Medical Affairs to senior cross-functional leadership as well as external stakeholders. - Reponsible for creating and executing the TA Medical Plan, aligned with both the Brand Plan and the Area / Regional / Global Medical Plan (where relevant). - Provide medical/scientific input into the Brand Plan as a member of the cross-functional Brand Team. - Utilize in-field insights to support medical and scientific strategy and business development. - Identify licensing opportunities in the Therapeutic Area(s) and support due diligence analyses as needed. - Lead or oversee the development and implementation of key medical activities (e.g. Advisory Boards, Focus Group Meetings, medical education and peer-to-peer training activities) in the Therapeutic Area (s). - Create or support the development of medical/scientific materials and slide decks as needed, such as MSL slide decks and advisory board slides. - Support Takeda’s speakers’ bureau through addressing educational needs of speakers’ bureau members and faculty. - Lead identification of educational opportunities that are aligned with Takeda’s medical education strategies and provides scientific support for continuous medical education (CMEs). - Collaborate with direct reports to establish and achieve appropriate KPIs. - Contribute and provide medical review of promotional materials for scientific meetings, symposia and other Medical Education activities, in accordance with applicable Codes of Practice and regulations as well as Takeda policies, within defined timelines. - Ensure that the technical-scientific content of promotional and non-promotional material is fair, balanced, and based on appropriate scientific evidence, as well as compliant with local regulatory norms and internal compliance rules. - Ensure compliance of all responsible activities to relevant laws and regulations as well as internal standards and SOPs. - Develop and execute data generation/dissemination plan for the relevant Therapeutic Area (s) in line with the Medical Plan. - Collaborate with clinical development teams and provide medical expertise to development in Therapeutic Area (s) as needed. - Provide leadership and medical expertise in the development of clinical research programs in line with global strategies to support local product registration and marketing. - Develop and support local data generation programs to support product registration and marketing. - Proactively and reactively collaborate with clinical operations to ensure local patients are included in global trials as well as patient recruitment targets are met. - Provides functional support and team management to direct reports by ensuring that appropriate structures, systems, competencies and values are developed and providing training where needed. - May be responsible for budget planning, resource allocation and preparation of monthly/quarterly reports for relevant Therapeutic Area(s). **WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR** **Experience & Education**: - Medical professional (MD or equivalent) - 3-5 years of experience in driving and managing the medical strategy for high cost brands in the pharmaceutical industry - + 3 years of prior experience in a similar role - People management experience is required - Experience creating & executing strategic medical plans - Deep understanding. Local Health Care System - English fluent **Competences & Skills**: - Excellent leadership, managerial, interpersonal and relationship building skill - Highly collaborative, confident and strong presence - Competencies Cross-functional collaboration skills - Interacts mostly with