Medical Affairs Lead — Cluster Launch & Team Leadership

Takeda Pharmaceutical; Zürich; On-site; CHF 149,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Zurich, Switzerland is seeking a Senior Manager Medical Affairs to lead and develop a team of Medical Advisors.

You will serve as the medical and scientific expert for assigned therapeutic areas, contributing to local launch plans and ensuring compliant scientific exchange with stakeholders. You will collaborate across Commercial, Clinical, and other functions, drive evidence generation, and promote data-driven decision making while upholding Takeda's ethical

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific or medical degree; MD, PhD or PharmD preferred.
• Substantial Medical Affairs experience, ideally within the relevant therapeutic area(s).
• Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including coaching and motivating teams.
• Strong medical and scientific expertise with deep clinical knowledge.
• Excellent scientific communication skills and ability to lead non-promotional exchange.
• Thorough understanding of regulatory, legal and ethical framework governing Medical Affairs.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management and decision autonomy.
• Commitment to Takeda's culture pillars and patient-centric mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the Medical Advisor team with clear priorities and development plans.
• Serve as the medical and scientific expert for assigned therapeutic areas and assets at cluster level.
• Contribute to local launch plans in alignment with global and regional strategy.
• Govern launch execution in Central Europe Cluster.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Clinical, PVA and other functions for compliant decisions.
• Lead high-quality, non-promotional scientific exchange with HCPs and external experts.
• Support MSLs with scientific narratives, education and insight generation.
• Gather and share medical insights to inform strategy and lifecycle planning.
• Contribute to medical education, advisory boards, congresses and external initiatives.
• Support evidence generation activities including Phase IV and real-world evidence.

Skills

People leadership

Scientific communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory & ethics understanding

Clinical/pharma knowledge

Education

MD/PhD/PharmD

Job description

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Zurich, Switzerland is seeking a Senior Manager Medical Affairs to lead and develop a team of Medical Advisors.

You will serve as the medical and scientific expert for assigned therapeutic areas, contributing to local launch plans and ensuring compliant scientific exchange with stakeholders. You will collaborate across Commercial, Clinical, and other functions, drive evidence generation, and promote data-driven decision making while upholding Takeda's ethical