Global Brand Lead, Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS)

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Job Description

About the Role

Takeda is advancing r-ADAMTS13 (TAK-755/ADZYNMA) as a potential transformative therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS), an acute, high-burden condition with significant unmet need and limited treatment options for many patients.

As a Global Brand Lead, you will help shape the global commercial strategy for an investigational therapy in acute ischemic stroke, a high-burden condition with significant unmet need and limited treatment options for many patients. You will play a key role during proof-of-concept development, guiding strategic choices that inform the target product profile and potential later-stage clinical development. This is not a conventional marketing role focused on campaigns or promotional materials. You will bring a broad commercial and program perspective to complex scientific, clinical, access, manufacturing, and market questions. Working with a global cross-functional team, you will evaluate potential scenarios, clarify decision points, and anticipate how the rapidly evolving treatment landscape may affect the program. Your work will contribute to evidence-based investment decisions, future commercialization planning, and preparation for hospital-based adoption if proof of concept is achieved.

How You Will Contribute

• Lead commercial scenario planning by evaluating clinical outcomes, competitor developments, treatment changes, regulatory pathways, and potential commercialization options.
• Shape clinical development strategy by connecting endpoints, evidence requirements, patient needs, access considerations, and potential pricing implications.
• Refine the target product profile through market research, stakeholder insights, forecasting, and assessment of future treatment scenarios.
• Establish strategic decision frameworks that clarify available options, key assumptions, decision triggers, and recommendations for program investment.
• Guide cross-functional collaboration across clinical development, access, insights, manufacturing, medical, regulatory, and regional teams.
• Develop positioning and market strategy for potential standalone or combination use within a complex scientific-based treatment pathway.
• Engage scientific and senior stakeholders to test strategic options, communicate recommendations, and support informed decision-making.
• Design the global launch readiness framework for AIS, including stroke center segmentation, treatment pathway mapping, hospital protocol integration, formulary/P&T readiness, and acute-care implementation requirements.
• Develop global frameworks and tools to support cross-functional decisions on target patient population, TPP refinement, evidence priorities, pricing/access strategy, and potential dual-branding implications.
• Collaborate with Global Pricing & Access and regions to define the value proposition, hospital access needs, and evidence requirements.
• Partner with Global Medical and regions to build the AIS scientific narrative, KOL engagement strategy, congress planning, medical education priorities, and evidence-generation roadmap.

Qualifications

• University degree in marketing/business or life sciences; advanced degree is a plus.
• 10+ years of pharmaceutical experience; acute care, neuroscience, hematology, cardiovascular, or hospital specialty experience is a plus.
• Stroke, emergency medicine, hospital access, thrombolytic, or high-science specialty launch experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into end-to-end execution, including insight generation, agency management, budget and timeline ownership, and delivery of development- and launch-critical assets.
• Excellent senior-level communication, influencing, and governance skills, with ability to align diverse stakeholders around clear strategic choices.
• Ability to work independently and drive outcomes with minimal direction in a fast-paced, evolving environment

• Demonstrated ability to lead in a matrixed, global environment.

• Launch, pre-launch, or late-stage development experience required, ideally in a global or major-market role.

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

 

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy with base in our Cambridge, MA office.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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For Location:

USA - MA - Cambridge - Binney St

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$177,000.00 - $278,080.00

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. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location. 

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Locations

USA - MA - Cambridge - Binney St

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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