Evidence Generation Lead

Takeda pharmaceutical; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda pharmaceutical in the United Kingdom and Ireland is seeking an Associate Director to shape and deliver the evidence generation strategy. You will identify local evidence gaps and translate them into scientifically rigorous, feasible plans that address healthcare stakeholders and decision-makers.

As part of the Global Evidence Generation organization, you will connect local priorities with regional and global planning, contributing to high-quality real-world evidence, observational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in medicine, pharmacy, life sciences, public health, epidemiology, health economics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead evidence generation strategy by identifying local gaps with medical, market access, and cross-functional partners.
• Guide research across the study lifecycle from concept development to dissemination.
• Develop study materials including protocols, analysis plans, reports, abstracts, and manuscripts.
• Ensure scientific quality and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate integrated evidence planning with local, regional, and global partners.
• Manage the evidence portfolio including budgets, contracts, vendors, and timelines.
• Build strategic scientific relationships with healthcare professionals and investigators.

Skills

Evidence generation

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Digital skills

English language

Education

Bachelor's degree in medicine/pharmacy/life sciences/public health/epidemiology/health economics

Job description

In this Associate Director level role, you will help shape and deliver the evidence generation strategy for the United Kingdom and Ireland. You will play a key role in identifying local evidence gaps and translating them into scientifically rigorous, feasible, patient-focused, and compliant plans that address the needs of healthcare stakeholders and decision-makers. As part of the Global Evidence Generation organization, you will connect local priorities with regional and global evidence planning, research priorities, and investment decisions. Your work will contribute to high-quality real-world evidence, observational research, database studies, research collaborations, and investigator-initiated research. You will also help strengthen evidence planning and execution through innovative thinking, digital technologies, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence-enabled approaches.How You Will Contribute:

• Lead evidence generation strategy by identifying and prioritizing local evidence gaps with medical, market access, and cross-functional partners.
• Guide research across the study lifecycle from concept development and governance review through execution, analysis, reporting, close-out, and dissemination.
• Develop scientific study materials with internal experts and external partners, including protocols, analysis plans, reports, abstracts, and manuscripts.
• Ensure scientific quality and compliance by applying company policies, ethical standards, research practices, and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate integrated evidence planning with local, regional, and global partners across medical, research, access, regulatory, data, and operational functions.
• Manage the evidence portfolio by overseeing priorities, budgets, forecasts, contracts, vendors, timelines, performance, and material risks.
• Build strategic scientific relationships with healthcare professionals, patient organizations, institutions, investigators, networks, and scientific societies.
• Apply digital and analytical capabilities to strengthen evidence planning, portfolio oversight, communication, and execution., Compensation: The salary range displayed reflects the primary location associated with this posting. Compensation may vary for candidates considered in other locations. Where applicable, location-specific salary ranges and compensation information will be provided in accordance with local requirements.
  
• Bachelor's degree in medicine, pharmacy, life sciences, public health, epidemiology, health economics, or a related field.
• Ten to twelve years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare research, academia, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated leadership of evidence generation activities, including non-interventional, real-world evidence, observational, database, or other Medical Affairs studies.
• Strong knowledge of evidence generation strategy, research methods, good research practices, and applicable ethical and regulatory requirements.
• Strong understanding of United Kingdom healthcare systems, health technology assessment requirements, reimbursement decisions, and evidence needs.
• Ability to translate medical and healthcare questions into clear evidence needs and executable research plans.
• Strong scientific judgment and experience evaluating study designs, data, analyses, and scientific outputs.
• Professional fluency in English with strong project, portfolio, vendor, budget, stakeholder influence, matrix leadership, communication, and digital skills., 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.