Associate Director - Patient Data Domain Expert

Company: Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH
Location: Lexington
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

The health and safety of our employees and candidates is very important to us. Due to the current situation related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we're leveraging our digital capabilities to ensure we can continue to recruit top talent at Takeda. As your application progresses, you may be asked to use one of our digital tools to help you through your recruitment journey. If so, one of our colleagues will explain how these tools will be used during the recruitment process. Thank you. *Please be aware of an Identity Theft Scheme targeting individuals seeking jobs with Takeda and other employers. See below or here for more info. Takeda fosters a collaborative and stimulating work environment filled with opportunity and the chance to make a difference in people's lives. It is a workplace driven by integrity, one of Takeda's long-held values that extends to both the patients we serve and our employees who develop and deliver medicines. Across our company, Takeda employees bring together diverse strengths that together create a stronger whole. As one of the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies, Takeda is committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter future to people worldwide. We aspire to bring our leadership in translating science into life-changing medicines to the next level, in our core focus areas; oncology, gastroenterology, neuroscience, rare diseases, plasma-derived therapies, and vaccines. We are a passionate team doing important work that impacts patients' lives. If you are driven to create better health and a brighter future, join us! Success What makes a successful member of our team? Check out the traits we're looking for and see if you have the right mix. Recognized for our culture and way of working, we're one of only select companies to receive Top Global Employer -- status for 2021. Job ID R0033528 Date posted 04/01/2021 Location Lexington, Massachusetts By clicking the "Apply" button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda's Privacy Notice and Terms of Use . I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge. Job Description As a member of the Commercial Data Management and Strategy (CDMS) team, the Patient Domain Expert, reports into the Director, Data Strategy and Governance. This role will be responsible for executing the Patient Level Data domain strategy for the US Commercial organization (USCO). This person will be responsible for working across multiple Takeda business units such as Neuroscience (NSBU) and Gastroenterology (GIBU), Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) and Rare Diseases (RDBU) to create and support cross-functional initiatives focused on maturing understanding of the patient journey for blockbuster and rare disease treatments. This role is responsible for data related to engaging patients, communicating information about symptoms, and getting them on therapy and staying on therapy. This role will collaborate with the Data Acquisition and Data Management & Reporting team members on the data requirement gathering process for onboarding new patient data traditional and omni channel data sources and updating existing patient data. This role will also work with the Data Governance and Privacy leads to ensure that patient data is acquired, managed and accessed ethically and in compliance with Takeda policies, federal and local regulations. The role requires:

• Engage with business unit stakeholders to elicit patient experience data requirements; translating business need into data requirements
• Provide subject matter expertise and serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders on how the patient data we collect, purchase, and generate can support stakeholders' business objectives; including the use of technology to facilitate ethical and compliant use of data
• Ensure compliant use of patient level data for analytics and reporting, ensuring adherence to all Takeda privacy and compliance policies for patient level data assets
• Create and maintain cross-brand patient engagement reports for business stakeholders to track service performance and identify areas of improvement across the patient journey
• Cross-functional collaboration including, but not limited to, Commercial Analytics and Forecasting, Managed Markets, Patient Services, Privacy, Ethics & Compliance, and Legal (e.g., General Counsel) translating official legal and compliance guidance for business users and providing feedback to the legal and compliance teams
• Manage data quality definition for the patient data domain and accountable for delivering agreed-upon level of data quality
• Provides input into enhancement of roles and responsibilities related to data governance for the patient domain
• Benchmarks the maturity of the patient domain against Takeda privacy measures. Provides progress reports to senior leadership on the roadmap for data governance/data privacy for the patient data domain, and escalates risks & issues as required
• Coordinates with other Data Domain Sponsors, Executors and Stewards as needed, particularly with the HCP and HCO data areas that are very relevant to commercial data use SCOPE
  • Support the creation of an execution and oversight of the patient domain guidance, bringing official SOPs and policy to life in a "toolkit" format to be leveraged by business users
  • Aid in the establishment of a patient data domain roadmap that will outline required resources and capability launch planning--
  • Engage with a cross-functional stakeholder group to ensure understanding and alignment, serve to bring patient data policy to life within the USBU and also to bring to light privacy and compliance challenges and opportunities to the ethics and privacy experts at Takeda when dealing with patient level data
  • Provide effective and clear progress reporting to leadership, project/process teams, peers, and stakeholders through multi-channel communication including emails, meetings, slide presentations, messaging, and in-person interactions.
  • Create and manage effective relationships across the business to facilitate understanding and alignment for wide-spread value of project outcomes.
  • Contribute as a significant voice within CDM&S team by providing guidance on areas of patient data need across the verticals to facilitate an interdependent environment.
  • Represent USBU interests in broad advisory committees related to data governance, ethics, privacy and compliance for patient data domain topics EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:-- Required
    • Bachelors in a scientific discipline
    • 5+ years of project management experience
    • Demonstrated ability in leading cross-functional execution of initiatives
    • Strong ability to identify risk/issues and escalate them for resolution when needed
    • Manage multiple complex initiatives while still maintaining a collaborative approach and professional demeanor
    • Strong communication skills (verbal, written, and power point presentations in English) to peers and to leadership that is clear and concise
    • Innate relationship management skills to develop and maintain effective collaborations
    • Solution driven and action oriented personality to bring accountability and success to the supported projects and teams.--
    • Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Project
    • Patient first mindset with a strong emphasis on trust, reputation, and enabling the business Additionally Beneficial
      • Masters in Business Administration
      • Certification in project management methodologies such as PMP
      • Proficient in Visio, SharePoint, Teams, and WebEx
      • Experience in supporting the launch of a new department or function
      • Experience in continuous improvement or certification in a methodology such as PPI
      • Prior pharmaceutical experience supporting the business operations function
      • Prior project experience with software or data along with management of external vendors and third party support
      • Subject matter experience with patient privacy and data protection measures, including regulations such as HIPPA, GDPR and CCPA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
        • Willingness to travel to meetings including overnight trips. Check out where you could be
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