Lead, R&D and Portfolio Communications
Takeda
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Cambridge • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $153,600 - $241,340 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Execute comprehensive communication planning, agile strategies and continuous monitoring across Takeda’s marketed brands portfolio and pipeline.
- Develop and build a center of excellence for therapeutic issues and crises communications, including a robust framework for readiness and response capabilities.
- Proactively manage therapeutic lifecycle and program changes, crafting messaging, mitigating emerging risks and protecting Takeda’s reputation.
- Enable a “One Takeda” approach to ensure consistency in our communications approach across various external and internal stakeholders, regions, and therapeutic programs.
- Develop and maintain relevant communications framework(s), template resources, a best practice messaging library and leverage Agentic AI /AI agents to support regional and country-level Takeda communications team members.
- Serve as a trusted communications counsel for relevant cross-functional partners and project teams, working closely with Global Issues Communications, regional/country and Therapeutic Area Communications teams as needed.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including commercial, regulatory, legal, R&D and medical affairs, to ensure cohesive communication strategies.
- Success in this role will be measured by the effectiveness of communication strategies, media coverage, and the ability to manage and mitigate complex issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- A minimum of 10 years of professional experience required at a corporation or consultancy with expertise in corporate, product, executive and/or international communications.
- Experience supporting or managing therapeutic brands as well as experience managing issues and building corporate reputation is required.
- Experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and knowledge of regulatory requirements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required, as well as strong interpersonal skills.
- Experience leveraging AI tools, data-driven decision making and digital resources to drive operational efficiencies is preferred.
- Healthcare industry experience required; experience supporting marketed therapeutic brand communications is preferred.
Benefits
- U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives.
- U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in 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 per calendar year.
- New hires eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
communication planningagile strategiescrisis communicationsmessagingrisk mitigationcommunications frameworkbest practice messagingdata-driven decision makingoperational efficienciestherapeutic lifecycle management
Soft skills
strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationinterpersonal skillstrusted communications counselcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingstakeholder managementadaptabilityleadership