ACCOUNTABILITIES
•Drive digital partnership strategy by identifying, evaluating, and structuring opportunities that align with Takeda China’s digital innovation and business goals.
•Lead stakeholder engagement across the healthcare ecosystem—including payors, providers, startups, and academic institutions—to build trust and advance collaborative initiatives.
•Develop strategic materials such as partnership proposals, investment assessments, and ecosystem maps to support executive decision-making and governance processes.
•Coordinate cross-functional collaboration with internal teams (e.g., R&D, marketing, development, global innovation) to ensure alignment and execution of partnership objectives.
•Plan and facilitate co-creation sessions and strategic workshops with internal and external partners, including agenda setting, method selection, and stakeholder preparation.
•Capture and synthesize workshop outcomes, translating insights into actionable strategies and ensuring follow-through across relevant teams and stakeholders.
•Oversee operational execution of partnership initiatives, including CRM tracking, documentation, and communication across the full lifecycle—from sourcing to scaling.
•Collaborate with Takeda Spark on discovery projects and New Product Development to ensure Target Digital Product Profile success through partnerships.
•Bridge the China digital innovation ecosystem with global teams including Digital Health, Digital Product Excellence, and Digital Business Development.
DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS ：
Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise
•Proficiency with CRM tools, digital health tracking platforms, and partnership management systems to monitor and coordinate Takeda’s digital partner network in China.
•Experience preparing high-impact strategic materials, including briefing decks, investment assessments, and ecosystem maps, using tools like PowerPoint, Excel, and data visualization software.
•Familiarity with digital health technologies, emerging business models, and innovation trends in China’s healthcare ecosystem, with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.
•Background working in or with startups, design thinking methodologies, patient journey mapping.
EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
•Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Public Health, Digital Innovation, or a related field. Graduate degree preferred.
•Minimum 5+ years of experience in investing, consulting, digital health, strategic partnerships, or innovation roles—preferably within the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry.
•Proven experience in identifying, structuring, and managing strategic partnerships across diverse stakeholder groups (e.g., payors, providers, startups, academic institutions).
•Familiarity with China’s healthcare landscape and digital health ecosystem is strongly preferred.
•Experience working as a startup founder or in a leadership position viewed favorably.
Skills & Competencies
•Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to translate market insights and emerging technologies into actionable partnership strategies.
•Excellent communication and storytelling abilities to influence internal and external stakeholders and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
•Experience preparing high-impact materials such as investment assessments, briefing decks, and partnership proposals for executive-level audiences.
•Ability to lead and facilitate strategic workshops and co-development sessions with internal and external partners.
•High-level proficiency in Chinese and professional literacy in English.
•Understanding of agile environments and co-development processes is a plus.
•Experience in healthcare innovation, digital product strategy, or business development is highly desirable.
What you’ll do:
•Be human-centered: Advocate for the end-user through human-centered methodologies
•Create clarity: Articulate complex ideas simply breaking them down into understandable concepts that evolve and enhance product and service experiences.
•Engage the Ecosystem: Build strong relationships with digital, academic and industry partners who share our co-creation vision for better health, brighter future.
•Bias towards action: Engage in portfolio prioritization to help set the strategy for the team.
•Radical collaboration: Engage and build alignment across different stakeholders, partners, and teams.
•Storytelling: Radiate information and celebrate success and failure.
•Be mindful of the process: Keep a critical eye on “how” we work, as well as “what” we are working on, and make improvements.
