Role at a glance
- Job function
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Healthcare Other
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Hoofddorp, Netherlands
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Education
- PhD
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About the role
Original posting provided by Takeda
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Job Description
The Medical Lead Netherlands is part of the Netherlands Management Team within the Central European Cluster and acts as the medical representation of Takeda Netherlands. He/she is responsible for leading and executing the local medical strategy in alignment with global and regional plans and in close collaboration with the cluster medical team. The role contributes as the medical strategic lead within cross-functional teams (Medical, Marketing, Access, Digital, Evidence). He/she is leading, coaching and performance-managing the local NL MSL team, ensuring clear objectives, prioritisation and development. This role provides medical leadership for launch readiness and lifecycle management, acting as a medical role model.
How you will contribute:
- Define MSL engagement focus, deployment and scientific narratives in line with medical priorities.
- Ensure high-quality, compliant scientific exchange and external engagement by the MSL team.
- Synthesize medical and field insights from MSLs and translate them into actionable strategic input.
- Provide medical leadership for launch readiness and lifecycle management, including indication expansions.
- Build and maintain strong external scientific partnerships with KOLs, HCPs and scientific societies.
- Represent Medical in advisory boards, congresses and key scientific forums as appropriate.
- Support and guide evidence generation activities (e.g. Phase IV, RWE, registries).
- Oversee development and delivery of medical education, training and scientific materials.
- Ensure all activities comply with regulatory, ethical and company standards, acting as a medical role model.
Skills and qualifications:
- Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD or equivalent; MD an asset).
- Extensive Medical Affairs experience, including medical strategy and field medical (MSL) leadership.
- Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including coaching and developing teams.
- Strong scientific communication, stakeholder engagement and insight-generation skills.
- Thorough knowledge of the regulatory, legal and ethical framework for medical activities.
- Fluency in the local language and good command of English.
- Role-models Takeda's six culture pillars: Patient-Centric, People-Minded, Respectful & Collaborative, Decision Effectiveness, Performance Culture and Enterprise Orientation.
As a leader of a department, you oversee a medium-sized team of professionals working on diverse topics. While actively involved in daily operations when necessary, you will also provide strategic guidance, act as an advisor and trainer to your team, and make decisions guided by the sub-function business plans. Your responsibilities include managing projects, budgets, schedules, and performance standards, as well as engaging with internal and external stakeholders at various management levels and presenting findings at meetings.
Locations
Hoofddorp, NetherlandsBase Salary Range:
€93,200.00 - €128,150.00
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.
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Worker Type
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RegularTime Type
Full time
About the company
Takeda
Large Enterprise
Takeda is a global biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with a rich history spanning over 240 years. Specializing in the research, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines, Takeda focuses on therapeutic areas such as oncology, gastroenterology, neuroscience, and rare diseases. Committed to improving patient outcomes, the company harnesses advanced technologies and scientific expertise to deliver breakthrough therapies and enhance healthcare worldwide. Takeda's dedication to sustainability and social responsibility underscores its mission to strive towards better health for people and communities across the globe.