Associate Director, Congress Lead

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Healthcare insurance

Leave and development programs

Learning platforms

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Bengaluru seeks an experienced GCM Lead to drive global congress operations, KOL mapping and content programming.

You will translate briefs into actionable plans, lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with Med Comms, Meetings & Events and vendors. The role requires deep biopharma knowledge, 10+ years experience in scientific communications, and strong leadership with a track record in managing time-sensitive global delivery and AI-enabled stakeholder mapping.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years in biopharma with 5+ years in scientific communications.
• Experience managing teams preferred or senior individual contributors.
• Strong digital fluency and AI-enabled stakeholder mapping.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage GCM intake, prioritization and delivery across the congress portfolio.
• Translate briefs into workplans, staffing, timelines and checkpoints.
• Coordinate with GCM Med Comms, Meetings & Events and vendors within accountability boundaries.
• Oversee AI-enabled KOL mapping, session coverage and attendance analysis.
• Ensure approved scientific narrative is applied to congress content and readiness.

Skills

Congress operations

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

AI fluency

Digital tools

Content workflows

Time-sensitive delivery

Vendor coordination

People leadership

Education

Medical/science degree

Advanced degree preferred

Life sciences background

Tools

Content repositories

Version control

Medical-review workflows

Job description

Role Objectives

• Lead the Bengaluru GCM Congress capability, delivering scalable operational support across prioritized Global congresses and defined regional and local congress activities
• Own GCM execution across KOL mapping, coverage planning, approved booth-content assembly and programming, daily-report production, overnight updates and coordination with the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead
• Ensure the approved scientific narrative and messaging are accurately applied to congress content and approach

Key Responsibilities

Activitiy & Team Leadership

• Manage GCM intake, prioritization, capacity and delivery across the congress portfolio
• Translate Global Congress CoE briefs into workplans, staffing requirements, timelines and activity checkpoints
• Lead and develop the GCM Sci Comms & Pubs Leads responsible for Congress Communications, Education and Operations Support and coordinate handoffs with Meetings & Events, Business Operations, the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and approved vendors within agreed accountability boundaries

Congress Operations

• Oversee AI-enabled KOL mapping, session coverage, attendance analysis and participant-assignment planning
• Oversee application of approved scientific narrative and messaging across coverage plans, booth-content packages, and on-site or remote readiness support
• Oversee overnight turnaround of daily-reports and implementation of approved panel and programming changes during congresses

Post-congress Material Support & Coordination

• Oversee preparation of congress-content requirements and source packages for the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and monitor production status, library maintenance and reuse-led regional or local support through the agreed workflow
• Ensure final outputs are appropriately reviewed, source-linked, version-controlled and aligned to approved scientific direction and local-use restrictions
• Monitor activity performance levels, quality, turnaround, reuse, capacity and stakeholder satisfaction and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

Experience: More than 10 years in the biopharmaceutical industry with at least 5 years of related experience; More than 5 years in scientific communications, Medical communications, congress operations or data dissemination; experience managing teams preferred or senior individual contributors

Technical skills:

• Understanding of Medical-congress operations, booth-assembly and dissemination
• Experience managing time-sensitive global delivery across teams
• Strong digital and AI fluency for stakeholder mapping and rapid synthesis
• Knowledge of modular content, content repositories, Medical-review workflows and version control
• Strong people leadership, capacity management, vendor coordination and stakeholder-management skills

Education: A Medical, scientific, pharmacy, life sciences, public health, Medical communications or related degree is required; an advanced degree is a plus

Languages: Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous

Benefits

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in additional to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks), Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 days)

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Employment Details

Worker Type Employee

Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

About Takeda

Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do. We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own.

Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.