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Associate Director, Regional Accounts (ESI Vertical) – Great Lakes West (AL, LA,

Takeda, Agawam, MA, United States


Job Description About the role:

Be the point of accountability to deliver on Takeda's strategic intent of “Partner for Access” in a geography covering 5-12 priority accounts and select non-priority accounts. Responsible for all books of business - Commercial, Medicare, State Medicaid and Managed Medicaid

Gain, protect and improve profitable access to Takeda's products

Deliver Takeda's partnership aspiration to priority accounts

Engage payers in discussions around Takeda's broad portfolio (small molecule, specialty, rare and orphan products)

Be the “Face of Managed Markets” within Takeda by serving as the main point of contact for market access related topics with internal partners across all Business Units

Work directly with local matrix colleagues to identify market access trends, opportunities/issues and drive pull through across the geography

Communicate access changes and local impact to maximize wins and mitigate losses

How you will contribute:

Drive for results

Secure and maintain appropriate access for Takeda brands on formulary and/or written medical policy with positioning focused on profitable access

Understand account priorities - build and execute on strategic account plans to deliver on Takeda strategies for access

Optimize payer opportunities by utilizing available resources (volume/ claims analytics, reimbursement data, etc.) at the product and payer level

Negotiate contracts and meet revenue/rebate objectives vs. budget

Build and present business cases for contracting with direct accounts and for accounts with strategic partnership opportunities

Influence downstream clients to adopt favorable access from PBMs and create demand by influencing PBMs to model and provide favorable access to Takeda brands.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

BS/BA degree

3+ years of previous leadership (1st or 2nd line) or payer account management experience

Broad portfolio experience across multiple therapeutic with the ability to manage multiple therapeutic areas across regional PBM's and Payers

Preferred:

Experience in specialty/rare disease markets (e.g., sales, brand and/or payer marketing, field reimbursement, patient services, specialty pharmacy)

In depth understanding of the commercial, Medicare, and PBM business and regional decisio

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

Locations Massachusetts - Virtual

Worker Type Employee

Worker Sub-Type Regular

Time Type Full time

Job Exempt Yes

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