Takeda · 1 week ago
Access Marketing Lead
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$174K/yr - $274K/yr
9+ years expTakeda is a patient-focused company transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals. As the Access Marketing Lead, you will lead strategic and tactical planning for patient access and reimbursement, ensuring launch readiness and effective execution to achieve brand objectives and KPIs.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
You will ensure deep Oncology ecosystem insights, understanding, and customer potential barriers and drive value demonstration to support patient access across key stakeholders including Payers, Strategic Accounts, and GPOs along with other critical intermediaries and influencers (e.g., NCCN, etc)
Develop robust launch tactical resources and tools (personal and non-personal) that support the field organizations, including pull-through and patient support, to realize and measure launch goals, objectives and KPIs
Lead development and alignment of an integrated PVA launch strategy, tactical plan, and budget/resource management together with the Integrated Brand team; represent PVA in brand, global, and cross-functional activities ensuring tight communication with PVA leadership, alignment of strategy and execution plans, and identify opportunities for synergies
Responsible to develop a focused and impactful plan to generate optimal coding, coverage, and reimbursement for upcoming launch across Payers and Oncology stakeholders including GPOs and strategic accounts, as well as other entities (e.g., VA/DoD, potential ICER risk management/preparation, etc
Generate deep, actionable, and impactful market and customer insights through leading market research and analytics exercises to ensure critical understanding of drivers/barriers and opportunities/threats
Support and contribute to launch sales and GtN forecast, build bottoms up coverage forecast, and partner with PVA teams on contracting strategy and scenario planning for GPO and Payers (across segments and channels)
Develop impactful tools, resources, and materials for clarity on coding, support coverage and value demonstration (e.g., PIE, Payer and Strategic Account Value Proposition), and reimbursement with focus on field teams includes sales support and pull-through
Partner to identify and develop critical capabilities needed for a successful launch as the Oncology market continues to be dynamic with shift in needs to ensure success
Support reach to PVA customers by partnering with field teams leads to develop innovative and creative ways reach access to decision-makers, stakeholders, and influencers (e.g., non-personal and digital programing)
Accountable for robust project management keeping PVA team on cadence with brand timelines, set clear timelines and milestones for PVA, and manage budget/resources in concert with the PVA leadership team
Identify additional and emerging opportunities and levers to drive access and mitigate threats, challenges and hurdles to patients receiving access to therapy
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related field required
9+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience required with a strong track record of success including launch experience in complex and competitive therapeutic areas (i.e., multiple MOAs, unique patient journey, generics/biosimilars, shifting market dynamics)
7+ years of experience in US access strategy, analytics, payer marketing, and/or consulting related experience with both Pharmacy and Medical benefit products in managed classes required
Oncology/Hematology market access launch experience required
Ability to lead across functions and engage with senior Oncology BU leadership with robust verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and partner with commercial and medical colleagues reinforcing a OneOncology Takeda
Exemplify Takeda's core values – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, Perseverance
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred (MBA/MPH/PharmD/PhD)
Strong understanding of the US healthcare system, policy influence/impact, and flow of product, dollar, and decision-making across key stakeholders preferred
Strong knowledge of US access market dynamics and how managed care organizations (i.e., PBMs, National and Regional Payers, IDNs etc) make decisions across commercial & public channels
Benefits
Short-term and/ or long-term incentives
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401(k) plan and company match
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
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
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (45)
2024 (39)
2023 (38)
2022 (34)
2021 (44)
2020 (18)
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
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