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About the role:

Delivers and executes upon the patient education strategy to best support the patient community through branded and unbranded education. The Community Education Specialist is responsible for product support and helping meet the appropriate unmet educational, access and resource needs of patients who have diseases for which Takeda has a product. The educator collaborates with patient advocacy groups, marketing, and cross functional partners to provide a ONE Takeda approach to patient education and to be a liaison to Takeda resources. You will report to Community Education Area Director.

How you will contribute:

• Knowledge of the Bleeding Disorders community and its key stakeholders.
• Mentor new and existing Community Education Specialists by providing orientation, education and training on new and existing Education programs and their applications.
• Generate breakthrough solutions and ideas, and enable others to do the same. Draws on unexpected or seemingly unrelated ways of enterprise thinking. Incorporate stakeholder feedback to improve the business.
• May provides support and professional expertise to internal and external customers by providing health education which includes planning and implementing educational seminars and training programs for the bleeding disorder community.
• Demonstrate clinical knowledge to support patient community with therapeutic needs
• Develop educational programs to meet disease state and patient education needs
• Build and models a culture of questioning and constructive challenge and collaboration to foster openness and candid dialogue among the Franchise and regions. Listens to and carefully considers other’s perspectives, especially to manage and resolve conflict.
• May provide backup support for other CES colleagues who have conflicts when striving to meet the education needs of the community.
• As a primarily external stakeholder facing role, engagements will range from phone calls, teleconferences and live meetings predominately within the specified geography.
• Coordination/communication of activities and identification of issues across all teams that interface with the customer (i.e., clinical consultants, field service, sales, quality) in order to address issues within assigned responsibilities.
• Additional interactions on a national level will be on an as needed basis at larger conferences.
• Supports Advocacy Chapters (to determine educational needs analysis and develop strategies to educate and advance education needs for the bleeding disorders community. Provide customer feedback and act as liaison to Sales, Marketing and other internal teams on designing and improving new/existing products, programs and tools.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Hemophilia or bleeding disorders experience preferred, along with expertise in community outreach work.
• Five years minimum experience in clinical setting, healthcare education or social services required.
• Travel required 50%, including nights and weekends.
• Must be 18 years of age or older with valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record
• Analytical and problem solving capability, along with ability to work independently
• Bachelor’s degree required. Health care arena preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with team members, customers and internal and external employees at all levels.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must have authorization and ability to drive a company leased vehicle or rental

What Takeda can offer you:

• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days
• Community Outreach Programs and company match of charitable contributions
• Flexible Ways of Working
• Family Planning Support
• Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

In accordance with the CO Equal Pay Act, Colorado Applicants Are Not Permitted to Apply.

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Locations

USA - OH - Virtual

USA - MI - Virtual

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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