Director, Regional Therapeutic Strategy

Taiho Oncology; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 218,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Taiho Oncology in the United States seeks a Director, Regional Therapeutic Strategy to lead region-specific therapeutic-area strategy, translate national plans into local actions, and collaborate across Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs, Market Access, and regional stakeholders.

You will build relationships with KOLs and academic centers, identify barriers to patient access, and drive launch readiness and lifecycle initiatives, leveraging AI and analytics while ensuring compliant,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or oncology industry experience.
• Significant experience in oncology marketing, sales leadership, market access, or commercial strategy.
• Demonstrated success influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Experience developing and implementing strategic business plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute regional therapeutic-area strategies aligned with corporate objectives.
• Analyze market dynamics, competitive activity, treatment patterns, and customer needs to identify growth opportunities.
• Translate national brand strategies into region-specific action plans.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to commercial leadership regarding opportunities, risks, and market trends.
• Partner with Sales Leadership to align field execution with brand objectives.

Skills

Oncology marketing

Sales leadership

Market access

Commercial strategy

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Product launch experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Looking for a chance to make a meaningful difference in the oncology space? Taiho Oncology is on a mission: to improve the lives of patients with cancer, their families, and caregivers. Our “People first” approach means we also highly value our employees, who work relentlessly to help execute our mission. Taiho’s success is founded on ensuring we always act with accountability, collaboration, and trust. By following these guiding principles, we earn and maintain the confidence of patients, the global healthcare community, collaborators and partners, and each other. Together, we are working on cutting-edge science and growing our portfolio and pipeline across a range of tumor types to address the ongoing and evolving needs of patients. Advanced technology, a world-class clinical development organization, and state-of-the-art facilities: these and other resources empower us to innovate and touch the lives of more and more patients. It’s our work, our passion, and our legacy. We invite you to join us.

Field

Employee Value Proposition:

• The Director, Regional TherapeuticStrategyserves as the field-based strategic leader responsible for translating corporateobjectivesinto regional insights, therapeutic-area strategy, and customer engagement plans. TheDRTS acts as the critical bridge between Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs, Market Access, and key regional stakeholders toidentifyopportunities, remove barriers to patient access, andoptimizebrand performance across assigned therapeutic areas.

Position Summary:

• The Director, Regional Therapeutic Strategy (DRTS) is a senior field-based commercial leader responsible for driving therapeutic-area strategy and execution within a defined geography. TheDRTS leverages deep disease-stateexpertise, customer insights, and market intelligence toidentifyopportunities and develop regional business strategies that improve patient access, accelerateappropriate productadoption, and strengthen customer engagement.

Performance Objectives:

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute regional therapeutic-area strategies aligned with corporate brandobjectives.
• Analyze market dynamics, competitive activity, treatment patterns, and customer needs toidentifygrowth opportunities.
• Translate national brand strategies into region-specific action plans.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to commercial leadershipregardingemerging opportunities, risks, and market trends.

Customer Engagement & Insights

• Build andmaintainrelationships with key regional stakeholders including KOLs, academic centers, community oncology practices, and health systems.
• Gather actionable customer insights to inform brand strategy, lifecycle planning, and future investments.
• Identifyregional barriers to diagnosis, treatment, patient access, and productutilization.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Sales Leadership to align field execution with brandobjectives.
• Maintain effective collaboration with Medical Affairs to share relevant therapeutic-area observations and insights, consistent with applicable policies and functional responsibilities.
• Work closely with Market Access to understand payer and health system dynamics.
• Participate in launch planning,indicationexpansion readiness, and lifecycle management initiatives.

Commercial Excellence

• Supportimplementationof marketing programs and regional initiatives.
• Monitor performance metrics and recommend actions tooptimizebrand performance.
• Contribute to annual brand planning activities.
• Provide ongoing market intelligence and competitive assessments.

Innovation & Organizational Influence

• Identifyemerging trends that mayimpactthe business.
• Champion innovative engagement approaches and customer solutions.
• Support development of future commercial strategies through continuous market learning.

AI & Digital Innovation

• Leverages AI, advanced analytics, and digital technologies to accelerate insight generation. Improve businessoutcomes andcreate innovative customer engagement strategies whilemaintainingcompliance and responsible use standards.

Education/Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor'sdegreerequired.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 10+ years pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or oncology industry experience.
• Significant experiencein oncology marketing, sales leadership, market access, or commercial strategy.
• Demonstrated success influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Experience developing and implementing strategic business plans.
• Product launch experience preferred.

Competencies

• Strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Strong oncology therapeuticexpertise.
• Executive-level communication skills.
• Customer insight generation.
• Cross-functional leadership.
• Data-driven decision making.
• Change management and influence.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $217,600 - $256,000 annually. This pay range is based on the market range for positions of this type. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including annual bonus/incentive comp plans, potential long term incentive plan, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if a candidate/employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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