Head of Medical Affairs, Eucan, Oncology Business Unit

The Head of Medical Affairs, EUCAN OBU is a senior leadership role acting as the medical thought partner for regional executive teams, delivering a unified regional perspective on priorities and portfolio optimization. This leader will oversee strategic medical activities across the Europe and Canada (EUCAN) region and guide a team of Regional Medical Leads to ensure seamless alignment with global medical strategies. Additionally, the Head will provide scientific and clinical expertise to shape and execute the medical strategy for assigned products, driving key initiatives such as data generation, analysis, scientific communications, training, medical information, congress planning, and thought leader engagement to advance the organization’s strategic objectives.

_ ACCOUNTABILITIES _

• Act as a medical thought partner for the Head of EUCAN Oncology and drive strategic priorities for the EUCAN OBU region e.g., launch excellence.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to Regional Medical Leads to drive clinical and scientific excellence in medical affairs.
• Drive medical insights and intelligence gathering to inform global and regional strategies.
• Provide leadership to Oncology Local Operating Country Medical Heads and facilitate alignment and support of LOCs to ensure the success of regional commercial and medical affairs activities.
• Provide scientific/clinical expertise and lead development of the medical strategy and deliverables for assigned products, including data generation, analysis, scientific communications, training, medical information, congress planning, and thought leader engagement.
• Represent Medical Affairs at the Global Product Team (GPT) and Global Brand Team (GBT), as assigned, to provide medical input and insights from practicing clinicians into clinical development to enable more customer and patient-centric clinical and brand planning.
• Identify and engage appropriate clinical trial sites and research partners in EUCAN region to advance oncology clinical development.
• Partner with Country Heads in identification, acquisition, development, performance management and retention of EUCAN OBU LOC Medical Heads
• Provide medical and scientific input to EUCAN Oncology strategy and priorities.
• Ensure delivery of high-impact external engagement initiatives, such as scientific events, advisory boards, and KOL partnerships
• Be an integral part of the Global Medical Affairs Oncology (GMAO) leadership team ensuring alignment between GM and the EUCAN Oncology region and represent the regional perspective.
• Incumbent will be a member of EUCAN Leadership Team representing Oncology Global Medical Affairs
• Foster a culture of talent development by coaching and mentoring direct reports and team members to support their career growth and leadership potential.
• Anticipate or identify changes in the marketplace that may provide scientific, medical, regulatory and/or commercial opportunities for Takeda.
• Partner with Head, Affiliate Support, Compliance and GMA operations to design and implement Global Standard Operating procedures that are aligned with the regional needs. Oversee communication and implementation of these SOPs within their region.
• Participate in select regional medical and scientific forums, conferences and meetings.

_ DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS _

• Comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and Medical Affairs.
• Experience working with national and international regulatory agencies, such as EMEA.
• Good knowledge of the Regional healthcare market, able to identify healthcare trends and the related commercial opportunities within the Region.

Leadership

• Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing.
• Ability to advance clinical trial recruitment in a complex oncology therapeutic development program
• Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company.
• Ability to distil complex issues and ideas down to simple comprehensible terms.
• Executive leadership presence and confidence.
• Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset and role model these behaviors for the organization.

Decision-making and Autonomy

• Ability to make highly complex decisions that impact the enterprise
• Ability to seek diverse input from multiple constituents and stakeholders to drive innovative solutions.
• Ability to incorporate feedback and ensure decisions are made swiftly to yield flawless execution.
• Ability for enterprise partnership with Global Medical Affairs, R&D, and Global Pricing & Access to establish robust development strategies

Interaction

• Effectively represent Takeda in High-level negotiations with the ability to resolve conflict in a constructive manner.
• Ability to build strong partnerships and drive role clarity with other interfacing Takeda functions

Innovation
- Forward thinking with the ability to influence