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Job Description
Job Description
About the role:
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic professional to lead and support upcoming product launches, with a strong focus on data strategy and execution. This role will serve as a critical connector between cross-functional teams, helping to translate strategic goals into actionable insights and capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead data-driven initiatives supporting product launches, with a clear understanding of business strategy and data needs
- Drive the development and implementation of Data Platforms, ensuring alignment with commercial goals
- Manage external Data Platform vendors and ensure successful delivery of data products
- Serve as a liaison between Data Strategy, Commercial Operations, and Advanced Analytics teams to activate and operationalize solutions
- Contribute to core Commercial processes such as Incentive Compensation (IC), field force alignment, and territory design
- Partner in the development and deployment of advanced capabilities, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Next Best Action (NBA), and predictive modeling
Must have
- Considerable understanding of US Commercial Life Science processes and data
- Experience with drug launches
- Substantial understanding of Databricks, data warehouses, ETL/ELT processes, data products, and agile ways of working
- An ability to connect strategic business needs with the value of specific technologies and tech processes
- Through planner and passionate to drive Data and Data Platform deliverables
- Curiosity and affinity to explore new data sets and innovations with hands-on experiences
Preferred
- Experience in Rare or Rare-like diseases, esp. Gastro, Dermatology, and/or Neuroscience
- Leadership skills overseeing and directing teams
Qualifications:
- Proven experience in data strategy and platform execution, ideally within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and vendors
- Solid understanding of Commercial Operations and related analytics
- Experience working with or implementing AI/ML-powered tools and technologies is a plus
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
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:
Boston, MA
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.
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Locations
Boston, MA
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Job Exempt
Yes
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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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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