Role Objectives
- Execute Congress operational support across pre-congress planning, congress-period delivery, post-congress handoffs for global congresses and defined regional or local congress requests
- Use approved AI to create coverage and participant-assignment plans, identify attendees and KOLs, assemble approved modular booth content and draft daily reports; coordinate content-production delivery through the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead
- Apply the approved scientific narrative and messaging and escalation scientific strategy, attendance, budget, local-regulatory and content-approval decisions to the appropriate Global Medical or local owner
Key Responsibilities
Pre-congress Planning
- Maintain congress plans, trackers, source inventories, risks, actions and open decisions
- Use approved AI tools to scan congress programs, identify presenters and KOLs and to draft attendance, session-coverage and participant-assignment plans
- Coordinate technical programming and track logistics and contracting handoffs
- Share approved scientific narrative and messaging with GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Leads to develop required materials and booth-content packages, assemble approved modular content
Congress-period Delivery
- Coordinate on-site and remote operational support and execution of the approved coverage plan
- Review AI-enabled note capture from congresses and draft concise daily reports for Global Medical scientific and contextual review
- Track rapid-response actions and implement approved next-day coverage, panel-content or programming changes
- Support local congresses through approved content reuse, standard templates, content-library access and remote coordination and escalates bespoke scientific or local-compliance needs
Post-congress
- Compile the congress source package, prepare content production requirements for the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and track production status, review comments, versions, approvals and final publication through the agreed workflow
Qualifications
Experience: More than 5 years of relevant experience within the biopharmaceutical industry, including at least 3 years in scientific communications, congress support, medical content operations, and/or cross-functional project coordination.
Technical skills
- Working knowledge of congress/event planning, session coverage, booth-content and post-congress workflows
- Ability to use AI and digital tools for KOL mapping and structured synthesis
- Strong scientific literacy and ability to draft accurate, concise and source-supported summaries
- Familiarity with modular content, repositories, version control and Medical-review workflows
- Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver across global time zones and tight deadlines
Education
Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Public Health, Medical Communications, or a related field required. Advanced scientific or healthcare qualifications (PharmD, PhD, or equivalent) are preferred.
Languages
Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous.
Locations IND - Bengaluru
Worker Type Employee
Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time
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.