Senior Vice President, U.S. Patient and Market Access (PAMA)

Role Summary

Senior Vice President, U.S. Patient and Market Access (PAMA) based in Boston, MA. Leads the U.S. Patient and Market Access function, developing and executing strategies to optimize patient access, reimbursement, availability, and affordability for Takeda products in the US. Serves as an enterprise-wide leader on the USBU executive team and the global Takeda Leadership Team, guiding multi-billion negotiations and building an inclusive, high-performing organization.

Responsibilities

• Providing overall direction to the U.S. Business Unit (USBU) on portfolio and product-level pricing, access, reimbursement and affordability strategies and programs. This includes in-line products, line extensions and new product planning.
• Serving as a high-performance contributor on the USBU Executive Leadership Team in helping to achieve organizational financial and non-financial KPIs.
• Working closely with U.S, Public Affairs, and other internal stakeholders to help the USBU understand, shape and prepare for market-driven and legislative/regulatory changes.
• Serving as the final negotiator on multi-billion dollar agreements across payers, PBMs, specialty pharmacy, retail pharmacy, GPO and distribution customers.
• Ensuring industry-leading patient support programs, embracing latest technology and human-centered design principles.
• Leading a diverse team of professionals and creating an equitable and inclusive environment where team members can each leverage their expertise to better support patients and each other.
• Serving as a TLT thought-partner, close collaborator, and USBU point of contact with the US Oncology Market Access and Patient Services teams, Global Manufacturing and Global Market Access organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 20 years of experience within a major global pharmaceutical or biotechnology company with a proven track record of building and leading high performance, diverse teams, as defined by business results; experience should include a broad portfolio including specialty and rare products.
• 15 years of experience managing teams specifically within Market Access; ideally some experience in global, regional or OUS markets.
• Deep understanding of the US healthcare system, including payer, PBM, GPO, specialty pharmacy, distributor and provider dynamics, and experience navigating complex reimbursement and access challenges.
• Established leadership-level relationships with payers, PBMs, GPOs, specialty pharmacies and distributors.