Principal Analyst, Patient Access Analytics COE

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At Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team OBJECTIVES / PURPOSE We are seeking a high-caliber Principal Analyst to join Takeda's GCC Commercial Analytics & Insights (CA&I) organization in India. This individual contributor role is designed for a seasoned US pharma access analytics professional who combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking, stakeholder advisory capability, and a demonstrated ability to solve complex patient access and market access problems. The Principal Analyst serves as the GCC team's analytics anchor for assigned access analytics workstreams. Serve as an analytical partner to Market Access, Patient Services, Commercial Analytics, and brand teams, delivering actionable insights through rigorous payer, access, reimbursement, and account-level analytics. Own and independently execute complex access analytics workstreams — including payer/formulary analysis, access pull-through, specialty pharmacy analytics, patient support program measurement, and reimbursement trend analysis — with minimal supervision and strong bias for quality and commercial relevance. Bring a consultative mindset to cross-functional partnerships: proactively framing access business questions, evaluating analytical approaches, recommending methodologies, and communicating findings in a clear and persuasive manner to senior access and commercial stakeholders. Provide informal analytical leadership to Senior Analyst and Analyst colleagues, contributing to team knowledge-sharing, methodology standards, and quality review. ACCOUNTABILITIES Access Analytics and Market Access Insights Conduct claims, specialty pharmacy, managed care, and formulary analyses to identify access barriers, reimbursement dynamics, patient affordability trends, and access pull-through opportunities across assigned brands. Integrate and analyze diverse US access data sources — including claims data, specialty pharmacy data, managed care data, formulary data, HUB/patient support program data, prescription data, and account-level commercial datasets — to generate comprehensive access insights. Perform complex analyses in the areas of provider/account segmentation, payer and formulary dynamics, reimbursement trends, access opportunity identification, and account buying patterns across multiple brands and timelines simultaneously. Apply quantitative and coding skills to assess access drivers, patient initiation and continuation dynamics, cross-channel access performance, and commercial impact using techniques such as regression, correlation, segmentation, and scenario analysis. Access Performance Measurement and Reporting Establish, track, and report on access KPIs such as coverage, approval and rejection dynamics, time to fill, abandonment, fulfillment, adherence, pull-through, patient support program performance, and payer/account-level opportunity metrics. Build and maintain access dashboards and standardized analytical reporting tools in Tableau or Power BI; ensure outputs are accurate, timely, and structured to meet Market Access and brand stakeholder requirements. Support access strategy and reimbursement optimization efforts, including formulary monitoring, specialty pharmacy performance assessment, and ad hoc diagnosis of access performance against commercial objectives. Review existing access reports and operations on a regular basis; identify opportunities to rationalize, automate, or enhance deliverables in line with evolving access priorities and data availability. Stakeholder Engagement and Consultative Support Act in a consultant role in cross-functional meetings, bringing technical and functional analytical inputs that inform access strategy, patient services planning, account management, and commercial decision-making. Prepare and deliver presentations to senior management on matters concerning payer and formulary dynamics, access performance, reimbursement trends, patient support program performance, and the changing business environment. Partner with Market Access, Patient Services, Commercial Analytics, and brand stakeholders to translate business questions into well-scoped analytical workplans; proactively surface analytical opportunities and ensure outputs are tightly aligned to access priorities. Provide informal guidance and quality review to Senior Analyst and Analysts on assigned workstreams, sharing analytical best practices and supporting consistent quality output across the team. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in an analytical field such as Statistics, Operations Research, Management Science, Economics, Data Science, Public Health, or Mathematics required. Advanced degree in a quantitative, healthcare, or analytical field is preferred; MBA with a quantitative focus is also acceptable. Experience: 5-7 years of progressive quantitative analytical experience in the US pharmaceutical industry; direct, hands-on experience with US access analytics, market access analytics, or commercial analytics is required. Complete understanding and applied expertise in the use and manipulation of US access and commercial data sources, including claims, specialty pharmacy, managed care, formulary, HUB/patient support program, prescription, and account-level datasets. Demonstrated ability to independently manage and deliver complex access analytics projects across multiple brands and timelines simultaneously. Proficiency in coding techniques using SAS, R, or Python for data manipulation, analysis, and workflow automation; advanced Excel skills required. Strong experience with Tableau or Power BI for access dashboards, data visualization, and performance reporting. Knowledge of reimbursement, patient affordability, specialty pharmacy, payer dynamics, and patient support program measurement in a pharma commercial context is preferred. Consulting experience — internal or external — within the pharmaceutical industry is preferr