[Hiring] Cluster Medical Head @Takeda

Role Description

The Cluster Medical Head (Russia, CIS and Israel) leads the medical strategy, scientific engagement, and medical compliance for the cluster, aligned to IBU Medical. Ensures medical governance, scientific integrity, and compliance across all cluster medical activities. Provides medical input into launch and lifecycle planning and partners with Business Unit Heads to advance patient outcomes. Leads, develops, and functionally manages the cluster medical team.

Accountabilities:

• Own the medical strategy for the cluster / lead LOC, aligned to IBU Medical priorities.
• Ensure medical governance, compliance, and scientific integrity across all cluster medical activities.
• Provide medical input into launch and lifecycle planning for the portfolio.
• Lead and develop the cluster medical team and build scientific capability.
• Functionally manage office-based medical roles and Medical Science Liaisons.
• Partner with Business Unit and Country Heads to integrate medical strategy with commercial and access plans.
• Implement global and IBU medical standards, policies, and ways of working across the cluster.
• Represent Medical Affairs in cluster and IBU governance forums.
• Drive evidence-generation and scientific-engagement plans with key external experts.
• Ensure all medical activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, and industry codes.

Core Elements Related to This Role:

• Cluster lead for medical strategy, scientific engagement, and medical compliance.
• Functionally manages office-based medical roles across the cluster and field medical (MSL) teams.
• Holds a dotted-line functional alignment to IBU Medical Affairs for strategy, standards, and governance, while delivering execution within the cluster.
• Safeguards scientific integrity and medical governance as a trusted partner to Commercial and Market Access.
• Management level: Senior Director (Global Grade I). A strategic leader who oversees a broad area of responsibility within the cluster, sits on the cluster leadership team, and contributes to enterprise-level decisions.

Dimensions and Aspects:

• Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise: Deep, broad expertise across the function with the ability to set strategy and direction for the cluster.
• Leadership: Sets vision and strategy, leads and develops senior teams, drives change, and aligns the organization behind cluster priorities.
• Decision-making and Autonomy: High autonomy; accountable for strategic decisions with significant business, financial, and reputational impact across the cluster.
• Interaction: Extensive internal engagement with cluster and IBU leadership and external engagement with senior payers, regulators, KOLs, and partners.
• Innovation: Champions scientific rigor, knowledge sharing, and calculated risk-taking to advance patient access and innovation.
• Complexity: Manages a broad and diverse portfolio across multiple markets and cultures in a dynamic external environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MSc or equivalent); this is a non-M.D. profile.
• Extensive Medical Affairs leadership experience across strategy, governance, and field medical in a multi-country setting.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MSc or relevant scientific/medical qualification) preferred.
• [Insert required years] of progressive experience in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry, including substantial leadership experience in the relevant function.
• Proven track record of leadership in a complex, matrixed, multi-country environment.
• Strong knowledge of the Cluster healthcare, regulatory, access, and reimbursement environment.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder-engagement skills; business fluency in English plus relevant local language(s).
• Lives Takeda’s values – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and applies Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business (PTRB) decision-making in every decision.

Location

• While a primary location is identified for this role, qualified candidates located in key IBU countries in Cluster Russia, CIS, and Kazakhstan may also be considered, subject to business needs, role requirements, talent availability, and local legal requirements.

Compensation

• The salary range displayed reflects the primary location associated with this posting. Compensation may vary for candidates considered in Israel and Kazakhstan. Where applicable, location-specific salary ranges and compensation information will be provided in accordance with local requirements.

Worker Type

• Employee
• Regular
• Full time