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Job Description

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Our team is growing and for this we need bright minds with creativity and flexibility – what talent do you have?

About the role

Drive global pricing strategies and portfolio-wide decisions to ensure sustainable patient access, anchored in Takeda’s PTRB (Patient, Trust, Reputation, and Business) principles. Foster pricing excellence and instill a value-based mindset across all strategic initiatives, maximizing the impact of Takeda’s products while upholding patient-centricity and enhancing organizational reputation and trust.

How you will contribute

• Develop, analyze, and implement pricing strategies tailored to assigned product areas, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate pricing strategies with brand, market access, and portfolio optimization objectives.

• Conduct market research and pricing evaluations in collaboration with global functions and regional stakeholders.

• Monitor competitive pricing and access trends, synthesize data on competitors (inclusive of biosimilars and generics), and recommend actionable strategies.

• Contribute to the global launch planning process for assigned areas to maximize asset and portfolio value through stakeholder collaboration.

• Provide strategic guidance for global launch pricing, lifecycle management, and end-of-life pricing strategies in close cooperation with relevant stakeholders.

• Enable cross-functional teams to translate science and payer value propositions to pricing strategy, and secure broad patient access and affordability.

• Develop forward-thinking pricing approaches, including value-based contracts for pipeline products, informed by detailed assessments of value propositions.

• Inform pricing strategies for early-stage products and due diligence projects, ensuring alignment with market dynamics and business objectives.

• Maintain a thorough knowledge of key global markets, offering insights to shape and inform pricing strategies for assigned areas.

• Promote a value-centric mindset across stakeholder engagements to ensure the incorporation of value in decision-making processes.

• Lead operational pricing decisions, presenting recommendations to senior management based on global and market-specific developments.

• Oversee International Reference Pricing (IRP) activities, driving impactful recommendations for reimbursement and price negotiations globally.

​Education and Experience Requirements

• University degree required, Master’s and/or PhD in Healthcare discipline or Business preferred.

• 8-10 years of pharmaceutical experience with a strong preference of direct experience in international pricing and reimbursement.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in global pricing or market access role required with LoC experience preferred .

• Experience in establishing and managing effective business processes.

• Deep subject matter expertise in pricing, market access, and health economics strategy development and execution is preferred.

Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

• Pricing & Reimbursement Policies: Expertise in global pricing strategies and reimbursement policies, with a deep understanding of the interdependencies within the global market access environment.

• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to lead Global Pricing initiatives with significant business impact, driving effective and actionable strategies.

• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving: Exceptional skills in complex, multi-criteria analysis, especially in dynamic environments with variable uncertainties.

• Results-Oriented: Strong prioritization and decision-making capabilities with a focus on achieving impactful outcomes.

• Business Acumen: Extensive knowledge of business processes and the ability to shape and continuously improve them for better efficiency.

• Collaboration & Leadership: Recognized as a highly collaborative leader in pricing activities across Global, Regional, and Country teams, ensuring excellence in cross-functional coordination.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Skilled at synthesizing product attributes and evidence plans to engage cross-functional stakeholders effectively. Leverages local and regional insights to shape compelling pricing strategies and narratives that support access goals

Empowering our people to shine

At Takeda, we earn the trust of society and our customers through our values of Takeda-ism: Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, Perseverance. We incorporate these values in everything we do. They represent who we are and how we act. They help us make decisions that we can be proud of today and in the future. We enable our employees to develop their full potential. As a global top employer, we offer exciting career paths, promote innovation, and strive for top performance in everything we do. Takeda fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and international work environment where our teams are united by their relentless commitment to our goal of improving people's health and creating a better future for the world.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

Takeda is committed to foster diversity, equality, and inclusion. Hiring decisions are based entirely on qualifications and are made regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your application via our online tool!

Learn more at takedajobs.com

LocationsZurich, Switzerland

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time