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Job Description

About the role:

You will Drive global pricing strategies and portfolio-wide decisions to ensure sustainable patient access, anchored in Takeda's PTRB (Patient, Trust, Reputation, and Business) principles. Foster pricing excellence and instill a value-based mindset across all strategic initiatives, maximizing the impact of Takeda's products while upholding patient-centricity and enhancing organizational reputation and trust. You will report to Head, Global Pricing & Policy

How you will contribute:

+ Develop, analyze, and implement pricing strategies tailored to assigned product areas, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.

+ Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate pricing strategies with brand, market access, and portfolio optimization objectives.

+ Conduct market research and pricing evaluations in collaboration with global functions and regional stakeholders.

+ Monitor competitive pricing and access trends, synthesize data on competitors (inclusive of biosimilars and generics), and recommend actionable strategies. Contribute to the global launch planning process for assigned areas to maximize asset and portfolio value through stakeholder collaboration.

+ Provide strategic guidance for global launch pricing, lifecycle management, and end-of-life pricing strategies in close cooperation with relevant stakeholders.

+ Develop pricing approaches, including value-based contracts for pipeline products, informed by detailed assessments of value propositions. Inform pricing strategies for early-stage products and due diligence projects, ensuring alignment with market dynamics and business objectives.

+ Maintain a thorough knowledge of key global markets, offering insights to shape and inform pricing strategies for assigned areas.

+ Promote a value-centric mindset across stakeholder engagements to ensure the incorporation of value in decision-making processes.

+ Lead operational pricing decisions, presenting recommendations to senior management based on global and market-specific developments.

+ Oversee International Reference Pricing (IRP) activities, driving impactful recommendations for reimbursement and price negotiations globally

Education and Experience Requirements

+ University degree required, Master's or PhD in Healthcare discipline or Business preferred

+ 8+ years of experience with a preference of direct experience in international pricing and reimbursement

+ Minimum 5 years' experience in global pricing or market access role required with LoC experience preferred

+ Experience establishing and managing business processes

Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

+ **Pricing & Reimbursement Policies:** Expertise in global pricing strategies and reimbursement policies, with a deep understanding of the interdependencies within the global market access environment.

+ **Strategic Leadership:** Proven ability to lead Global Pricing initiatives with significant business impact, driving effective and actionable strategies.

+ **Critical Thinking & Problem Solving:** Exceptional skills in complex, multi-criteria analysis, especially in dynamic environments with variable uncertainties.

+ **Results-Oriented:** Strong prioritization and decision-making capabilities with a focus on achieving impactful outcomes.

+ **Business Acumen:** Extensive knowledge of business processes and the ability to shape and continuously improve them for better efficiency.

+ **Collaboration & Leadership:** Recognized as a highly collaborative leader in pricing activities across Global, Regional, and Country teams, ensuring excellence in cross-functional coordination.

Internal and External Contacts

+ Internal Contacts: Key member of Global Market Access team and Strategic Pricing partner of Global Product Strategy Leads, Commercial Leads, Global and Regional Market Access Leads, Global Outcome Research Leads to ensure cross-functional alignment and successful execution of the Global Pricing Strategy across Takeda portfolio

+ External Contacts: External consultants and vendors.

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.

\#LI - Hybrid

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

$174,500.00 - $274,230.00

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.

EEO Statement

_Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law._

Locations

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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