Congress Communications & Operations Manager

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Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
Hybrid
Senior level
Healthtech • Software • Analytics • Biotech • Pharmaceutical • Manufacturing
Takeda exists to create better health for people, brighter future for the world.
The Role
Coordinates global, regional, and local congress operations for a biopharmaceutical organization. Responsibilities include pre-congress planning, KOL and attendee identification, session coverage, booth-content assembly, logistics coordination, on-site and remote support, AI-enabled note synthesis, daily reporting, post-congress content workflows, approvals, and publication tracking. The role applies scientific messaging, supports medical communications, and escalates scientific, regulatory, budget, and compliance decisions to appropriate stakeholders.
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Job Description

Role Objectives:

•       Execute Congress operational support across pre-congress planning, congress-period delivery, post-congress handoffs for global congresses and defined regional or local congress requests

•       Use approved AI to create coverage and participant-assignment plans, identify attendees and KOLs, assemble approved modular booth content and draft daily reports; coordinate content-production delivery through the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead

•       Apply the approved scientific narrative and messaging and escalate scientific strategy, attendance, budget, local-regulatory and content-approval decisions to the appropriate Global Medical or local owner

Key Responsibilities:

Pre-congress Planning

•       Maintain congress plans, trackers, source inventories, risks, actions and open decisions

•       Use approved AI tools to scan congress programs, identify presenters and KOLs and to draft attendance, session-coverage and participant-assignment plans

•       Coordinate technical programming and track logistics and contracting handoffs

•       Share approved scientific narrative and messaging with GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Leads to develop required materials and booth-content packages, assemble approved modular content

Congress-period Delivery

•       Coordinate on-site and remote operational support and execution of the approved coverage plan

•       Review AI-enabled note capture from congresses and draft concise daily reports for Global Medical scientific and contextual review

•       Track rapid-response actions and implement approved next-day coverage, panel-content or programming changes

•       Support local congresses through approved content reuse, standard templates, content-library access and remote coordination and escalate bespoke scientific or local-compliance needs

Post-congress

•       Compile the congress source package, prepare content production requirements for the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and track production status, review comments, versions, approvals and final publication through the agreed workflow

Qualifications:

Experience:   More than 5 years of relevant experience within the biopharmaceutical industry, including at least 3 years in scientific communications, congress support, medical content operations, and/or cross-functional project coordination.

Technical skills:

•       Working knowledge of congress/event  planning, session coverage, booth-content and post-congress workflows

•       Ability to use AI and digital tools for KOL mapping and structured synthesis

•       Strong scientific literacy and ability to draft accurate, concise and source-supported summaries

•       Familiarity with modular content, repositories, version control and Medical-review workflows

•       Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver across global time zones and tight deadlines

Education:  Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Public Health, Medical Communications, or a related field required. Advanced scientific or healthcare qualifications (PharmD, PhD, or equivalent) are preferred.



Languages: Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous


LocationsIND - Bengaluru

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time

Skills Required

  • More than 5 years of relevant experience within the biopharmaceutical industry
  • At least 3 years of experience in scientific communications, congress support, medical content operations, and/or cross-functional project coordination
  • Working knowledge of congress and event planning, session coverage, booth content, and post-congress workflows
  • Ability to use AI and digital tools for KOL mapping and structured synthesis
  • Strong scientific literacy and ability to draft accurate, concise, source-supported summaries
  • Familiarity with modular content, repositories, version control, and medical-review workflows
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver across global time zones and tight deadlines
  • Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Public Health, Medical Communications, or a related field
  • Fluent English
  • Advanced scientific or healthcare qualification such as PharmD or PhD
  • Additional languages

Takeda Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Retirement Support — Employer-funded retirement is described as notably strong, combining a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match with an additional company contribution that scales with age and service. Access to an employee stock purchase plan further supports long-term wealth building.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid bonding leave for all parents, substantial adoption/surrogacy reimbursement, and robust caregiver resources (backup care and Maven family-forming support) are emphasized as core strengths. These offerings create a comprehensive safety net for a range of family situations.
  • Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (nationwide PPO/HSA and regional HMOs), employer HSA funding, and integrated mental-health and well-being programs signal depth in coverage. Preventive care is covered in-network, and plan choices by state expand access.

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For over 240 years, Takeda’s propensity to evolve has driven the next generation of innovation, and as a future-focused organization, we’re continuing to drive forward with endurance in our steadfast pursuit to achieve the best outcomes for our patients in a rapidly changing world.  We have been preparing for this period of value creation by investing in data, digital and technology, and we’re proud of our employees and their commitment to turning groundbreaking ideas into life-changing impacts.   Since our founding in Japan, integrity and putting patients first have been at the heart of our identity, and we will emerge ready for our future as one of the most trusted and science-driven digital biopharmaceutical companies. Join a team where your innovation impacts lives.   Together, we’ll realize improved outcomes by improving data quality, enhancing launch execution and improving the patient journey. You’ll play a critical role in accelerating data collection and increasing accuracy across all parts of the business. Patients across the globe will benefit from access to treatments afforded by greater opportunities and efficiency in our research and development.  

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