Takeda · 5 hours ago
Senior Vice President, U.S. Patient and Market Access (PAMA)
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$353K/yr - $485K/yr
20+ years expTakeda is a leading global pharmaceutical company dedicated to ensuring patient access to innovative therapies. The Senior Vice President of Patient and Market Access will lead a team responsible for developing and executing strategies to optimize patient access, reimbursement, availability, and affordability for Takeda's products in the U.S. market.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Providing overall direction to the U.S. Business Unit (USBU) on portfolio and product-level pricing, access, reimbursement and affordability strategies and programs. This includes in-line products, line extensions and new product planning
Serving as a high-performance contributor on the USBU Executive Leadership Team in helping to achieve organizational financial and non-financial KPIs
Working closely with U.S, Public Affairs, and other internal stakeholders to help the USBU understand, shape and prepare for market-driven and legislative/regulatory changes
Serving as the final negotiator on multi-billion dollar agreements across payers, PBMs, specialty pharmacy, retail pharmacy, GPO and distribution customers
Ensuring industry-leading patient support programs, embracing latest technology and human-centered design principles
Leading a diverse team of professionals and creating an equitable and inclusive environment where team members can each leverage their expertise to better support patients and each other
Serving as a TLT thought-partner, close collaborator, and USBU point of contact with the US Oncology Market Access and Patient Services teams, Global Manufacturing and Global Market Access organizations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare, or related field
20 years of experience within a major global pharmaceutical or biotechnology company with a proven track record of building and leading high performance, diverse teams, as defined by business results; experience should include a broad portfolio including specialty and rare products
15 years of experience managing teams specifically within Market Access
Deep understanding of the US healthcare system, including payer, PBM, GPO, specialty pharmacy, distributor and provider dynamics, and experience navigating complex reimbursement and access challenges
Established leadership-level relationships with payers, PBMs, GPOs, specialty pharmacies and distributors
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Experience in global, regional or OUS markets
Benefits
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
Well-being benefits
Up to 80 hours of sick time
Up to 120 hours of paid vacation
Company
Takeda
Takeda is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops pharmaceutical drugs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.46B2025-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.4B
2016-09-01Grant· $19.8M
2016-05-08Grant· $38M
Leadership Team
Christophe Weber
President and CEO
Schuyler Fairfield
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Supply Chain
Recent News
2025-12-30
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