Work as Public Affairs & Patient advocacy Lead at Takeda

More than 30,000 Takeda employees working in more than 70 countries are committed to improving quality of life for patients, who remain at the center of everything we do. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is a global, research and development-driven organization working internally and with external partners to translate science into life-changing medicines. Takeda focuses on the core therapeutic areas of oncology, gastroenterology, neuroscience and providing vaccines that address the most important infectious diseases. Novel products, especially in oncology and gastroenterology, as well as our presence in emerging markets, fuel our growth.

Post : Public Affairs & Patient advocacy Lead

Job Description
The role exists to build reputation and demonstrate company as a partner for government and other stakeholders in country’s healthcare ecosystem to advance standards of care and access to care in rare and underserved disease conditions. Establish and cultivate relations with central and state government officials, key opinion leaders and other relevant stakeholders. Responsible for implementing Public Affairs initiatives to optimize Market Access to rare disease therapies in the country.. Develop local value propositions in line with healthcare policy environment. Leads and drives excellence in Patient Advocacy Initiatives by working closely with key stake holders especially the Leading PAG . Incumbent works with cross functional team to identify, scope and lead projects driving advocacy leading to strengthening Reputation and Trust with Society and the PAG

Accountabilities :
• Relationships-building with key decision makers/agencies at the National level to develop support for company’s positions and priorities
• Provide the insights on the Government latest Policies& regulations and proactively suggest the changes anticipated so that organization adapts as per the Local requirements
• Provides competitor and payer insights & intelligence to internal functions
• Lead Public Affairs strategies in close alignment with Medical Affairs & Marketing to advance company’s business goals and strategic/business priorities
• Would be a point of contact with country PAG and Coordinate with the PAG for the smooth closure of the their requests ( sponsorships / Grants / Donations) and also ensure that these are full aligned as per the company ethics and compliance SOPs

Additional Information:
Job ID : SR0039048
Industry Type: Pharma
Location : Gurgaon, India
Functional Area : Public Affairs & Patient advocacy
End Date : 25th August, 2019