Evidence Generation Enablement & Planning Lead: PRO/COA Implementation & Benchmarking

Location: IND - Bengaluru

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About the Role

• Support PRO/COA strategy development through structured benchmarking, landscape scans, evidence pulls, precedent tracking, and documentation support.
• Provide consistent, traceable, and high-quality benchmarking execution and delivery to support and enable Global Evidence Generation SMEs to focus on strategy, endpoint selection, scientific interpretation, and final decisions.
• Support implementation of COA strategy.

How You Will Contribute

PRO/COA Benchmarking Support

• ·Conduct PRO and COA benchmark scans across comparator assets, precedent studies, HTA examples, payer requirements, regulatory examples, and published evidence
• Summarize relevant PRO instruments, COA endpoints, endpoint-use patterns, market-specific requirements, and evidence expectations
• Identify comparator precedents, study design examples, endpoint definitions, timing of assessment, and evidence-use context where there are meaningful established clinical thresholds
• Flag gaps, limitations, market-specific considerations, and precedent constraints for Global Evidence Generation review

Evidence Pulls, Trackers & Repository Management

• Maintain PRO/COA benchmark trackers, source libraries, evidence summaries, and supporting documentation by asset, indication, and/or disease area as appropriate
• Store source materials, strategy notes, benchmark outputs, decision rationale, and supporting references in the designated repository
• Apply required naming conventions, metadata, version control, access rules, and study asset linkage
• Update benchmark libraries as new evidence, regulatory/labeling, HTA feedback, payer requirements, or study precedents become available

Stakeholder Coordination & Escalation

• Coordinate inputs from Global Evidence Generation, HEOR, Market Access, R&D, LOCs, and PRO/COA SMEs to clarify benchmark questions, asset scope, indication, geography, and intended decision use
• Prepare concise benchmark outputs for US review, including source links, assumptions, limitations, and open questions
• Escalate endpoint selection questions, market applicability issues, strategic implications, and scientific interpretation needs to Global Evidence Generation or PRO/COA owners
• Support continuous improvement of PRO benchmarking templates, trackers, and source library structure
• Digital, Automation, and AI-Enabled Ways of Working
• Use approved digital, analytical, automation, and AI-enabled tools to support evidence retrieval, scenario execution, sensitivity analysis, assumption documentation, and first-pass summaries where appropriate.
• Apply human review to technology-supported outputs to confirm accuracy, completeness, source traceability, privacy, scientific integrity, quality, and compliance.

• Use approved repositories, collaboration tools, and project-management platforms to maintain current, version-controlled, and decision-ready scenario materials.

Skills and Qualifications

Experience

• More than 2 years of related work experience and more than 2 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in HEOR, PRO/COA support, market-access evidence, RWE Operations, Medical Affairs Operations, or scientific project coordination preferred
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• Technical and Functional Skills
• Working knowledge of PRO/COA concepts, endpoint benchmarking, regulatory or health authority requirements/guidance, HTA evidence expectations, and evidence generation planning
• Ability to conduct structured evidence pulls, benchmark scans, source summaries, and gap documentations
• Familiarity with regulatory reviews, HTA submissions, payer evidence requirements, publication databases, evidence repositories, and study documentation preferred
• Strong Excel and project management software skills
• Familiarity with AI tools for landscape scans, benchmarking, etc.
• Strong documentation, version-control, repository management, and attention-to-detail skills
• ·Ability to distinguish operational benchmarking support for US scientific interpretation and strategy decisions

Education and Languages

·A degree in a scientific, medical, life sciences, pharmacy, public health, outcomes research, epidemiology, or health economics is required.

Fluent English is required; additional languages are 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 addition to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs

No Meeting Days

Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone

Employee Referral Program

Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 days)

About ICC in Takeda

Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We’re not just transforming our company; we’re improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.

As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

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Full time

Locations

IND - Bengaluru - Research and Development

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Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time