Associate Director, Corporate Program Management Office (CPMO)

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Job Description
Associate Director, Corporate Program Management Office (CPMO)
Takeda Pharmaceutical
Cambridge, MA or Lexington, MA
About the role:
Are you looking for a patient-focused company that will inspire you and support your career? If so, be empowered to take charge of your future at Takeda. Join us as a Associate Director Corporate Program Management in our Lexington, MA or Cambridge, MA office.
Here everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. As an Associate Director Corporate Program Management working on the US Business Unit (USBU) Strategy & Planning team, you will be responsible for planning, organizing and managing successful strategic initiatives through program, project, and portfolio management.
How you will contribute:

• Establish governance and an operational plan for cross-functional teams to drive implementation for corporate programs of high strategic importance to the USBU, helping Takeda deliver on its commitments to patients and embed new commercial capabilities across the enterprise as well as support new product launches.
• Ensure optimal program support and contribute to program leadership, working collaboratively to resolve issues, manage risks, and ensure effective resource management to realize program objectives on schedule and within budget.
• Collaborate closely with the Leadership Team and commercial cross-functional teams to coordinate the implementation of programs and their governance across business units and functions in a highly matrixed environment. Thought partner to program leadership, sharing best practices and lessons learned from other launches and programs.
• It requires a dynamic individual with a collaborative approach, high learning agility, strong emotional intelligence, and strong planning and communication skills.
• Manage program initiatives that adhere to USBU objectives.
• Develop and implement use of program/project management processes, systems and governance.
• Contribute to the development of launch excellence best practices in collaboration with the CPMO.
• Manage project deliverables, including presentations, process flows, spreadsheets, and documentation to track project progress (e.g., scope/charter, requirements, project plans, dashboards, risk registers, and process documents).
• Clarify roles and responsibilities of core team members and support cross-functional project teams to achieve objectives, leveraging best practices and project management tools.
• Assist in stakeholder communication planning, ensuring key updates on risks, issues, and resource needs are shared with leadership.
• Facilitate project team meetings and collaborate cross-functionally with key internal/external stakeholders from commercial, medical, market access, regulatory, and other relevant functions.
• Support project teams in identifying and addressing program risks and challenges.
• Contribute to the orchestration of "mock launches" to assess readiness and identify potential gaps.
• Actively participate in the Launch Excellence Community of Practice, supporting the adoption of the launch excellence playbook.
• Maintain program tracking and communication tools, such as dashboards or reports, to provide visibility on progress and key milestones..
• Facilitate planning and scenario workshops.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly desired
• 8+ years of proven experience managing cross-functional initiatives in program or project management
• Life Sciences experience required, preferably 3+ years specifically within a commercialization environment in life sciences
• Experience in designing, monitoring, and controlling programs
• Expertise with Launch Excellence, Agile, Six Sigma, Lean, or similar operational excellence approaches preferred
• Strong understanding of change management principles and performance evaluation processes
• Able to thrive in a highly dynamic, fast-paced, continuously changing global environment with minimal oversight/direction
• We are seeking driven, ambitious candidates with prior experience either as consultants to the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors, or who have experience working directly for a commercial pharmaceutical organization participating in the delivery of complex projects and delivering impactful results.

Critical core competencies for successful performance in this role are:

• Strong understanding of life sciences or adjacent industry
• Results-oriented with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
• Critical thinker and creative problem solver with strong learning agility
• Strong collaborator in managing cross-functional teams
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with organizational and interpersonal savvy, including experience engaging with leadership
• Proficiency in MS Project, Visio, and MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• This role requires domestic travel approximately 10% of the time

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.
This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.
Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.
For Location:
USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500
U.S. Base Salary Range:
$153,600.00 - $241,340.00
The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
EEO Statement
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Locations
USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Job Exempt
Yes
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