Jobs at Takeda

Administers pharmaceutical rebate contracts and payments for Commercial and Medicare Part D customers. Responsibilities include interpreting contract terms, configuring agreements in ModelN FLEX, validating data, reconciling payer and GPO files, calculating rebates and fees, supporting audits, performing variance analysis, responding to stakeholder requests, maintaining documentation, and assisting with system testing, training, and process improvements.

Leads risk-based quality management across global clinical programs, ensuring GCP compliance, patient safety, data integrity, inspection readiness, audit strategy, investigations, CAPA, and regulatory engagement. Oversees clinical quality governance, enterprise transformation, and a global quality team while advising senior leadership and driving continuous improvement across clinical development and pharmacovigilance systems.

Leads quality management and inspection readiness for oncology clinical programs. Develops risk-based quality, audit, and GCP compliance strategies; escalates risks and mitigations to governance bodies; leads investigations into serious breaches, scientific misconduct, and significant deviations; manages regulatory inspection strategy; and mentors quality teams. The role requires strong pharmaceutical quality leadership, clinical development expertise, regulatory knowledge, executive presence, and experience operating in complex global environments.

Leads integration of Takeda Research’s AI, automation, and technology transformation initiatives. Develops strategic recommendations, manages dependencies, evaluates emerging technologies, maintains multi-year roadmaps, supports executive governance, and aligns senior stakeholders. Requires life sciences strategy experience, consulting background, AI and drug discovery fluency, transformation leadership, and advanced executive communication skills.

Leads US Oncology market access analytics and modeling across patient services, trade and distribution, healthcare policy, and other data sources. Develops KPIs, forecasts, scenario analyses, and actionable recommendations for leadership and field teams. Partners cross-functionally with Market Access, Health Policy, Finance, Global PVA, and commercial teams to assess business impacts, risks, opportunities, and strategic alternatives.

Leads global Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics Quality operations, strategy execution, transformation, organizational effectiveness, digitalization, AI adoption, governance, performance management, budgeting, workforce planning, vendor investments, and change management. Partners with senior leadership to manage strategic initiatives, improve operational excellence, build capabilities, and sustain a high-performing organization across R&D and Global Quality.

Leads Takeda’s global environmental compliance, EHSS, sustainability, and operational climate programs. Responsibilities include environmental risk management, regulatory engagement, hazardous waste oversight, natural resource conservation, environmental due diligence, Scope 1 and 2 net-zero strategy governance, renewable energy optimization, emissions reporting, carbon market oversight, and team development. The role partners across manufacturing, engineering, procurement, facilities, supply chain, legal, finance, and other functions to advance compliance, resilience, sustainability, and Takeda’s FY2035 operational net-zero goals.

The Associate Director advances Takeda Research strategy and transformation initiatives, including Labs of Tomorrow. Responsibilities include strategic analysis, roadmap development, scenario planning, executive communications, governance support, and translating enterprise priorities into actionable research plans. The role partners with senior scientific leaders and operational teams while monitoring AI, data science, automation, and emerging research technologies. Candidates need advanced life sciences education, drug discovery expertise, pharmaceutical or biotech strategy experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and consulting-style problem-solving ability.

Leads global regulatory strategy and major submissions for oncology drug development programs. Serves as global regulatory lead, primary FDA contact, and accountable owner for US submissions and approvals, including NDA, BLA, and MAA filings. Coordinates global regulatory strategies, advises cross-functional teams, manages agency interactions, identifies regulatory risks, supports market access activities, and may lead due diligence and departmental initiatives.

Leads global regulatory CMC strategy and execution for biopharmaceutical products across development, registration, commercialization, and lifecycle management. Oversees major submissions, health authority interactions, dossier content, compliance, change controls, risk assessments, and regulatory strategy. Partners with cross-functional and external teams, mentors colleagues, addresses complex CMC issues, and supports approvals across global markets.

Develop deep learning models for structure prediction, protein-ligand co-folding, affinity prediction, and generative molecular design. Build rigorous benchmarking pipelines, analyze structural and sequence datasets, and integrate validated models into drug discovery workflows. Collaborate with ML engineers, structural biologists, medicinal chemists, and software engineers while communicating findings through presentations, technical writing, and publications.

Leads Takeda’s global small-molecule in vitro pharmacology function, setting scientific strategy, building distributed teams, and overseeing assay development, automation readiness, high-throughput screening, translational pharmacology, technology investments, budgets, metrics, and external scientific engagement. The role supports discovery through candidate selection and IND-enabling decisions while integrating pharmacology with ADME, DMPK, biomarkers, AI, and other cross-functional capabilities.

Leads site-level regulatory CMC change control and post-approval activities across small molecules, biologics, and external manufacturing sites. Oversees regulatory assessments and submissions, applies science- and risk-based ICH Q12 principles, standardizes workflows, and implements automation. Collaborates with global Regulatory CMC, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to ensure global compliance, develop regulatory strategies, and improve scalable, predictable regulatory operations.

Leads end-to-end pharmacovigilance processes, setting strategy, governance, oversight, and accountability across global cross-functional teams. Ensures regulatory compliance, inspection readiness, risk mitigation, quality event and CAPA management, and effective process documentation. Drives continuous improvement and operational excellence through technology and AI-enabled capabilities while representing PV processes during audits and health authority inspections.

Leads global oncology programs from discovery through commercialization and lifecycle management. Defines asset strategy, manages cross-functional global program teams, oversees budgets, resources, risks, timelines, regulatory objectives, and patient access initiatives. Provides matrix leadership, executive reporting, stakeholder management, and strategic support for feasibility studies, licensing opportunities, and business initiatives across multiple development phases.

Leads global regulatory strategy for complex oncology programs from development through registration and launch. Oversees Global Regulatory Teams, FDA submissions, NDA/BLA/MAA filings, cross-regional regulatory alignment, health-agency interactions, and risk mitigation. Provides scientific and regulatory guidance, presents recommendations to leadership, mentors team members, and ensures submission quality and timelines across late-stage pharmaceutical assets.

Leads consumer omnichannel strategy for Takeda’s psoriasis product launch and growth. Owns patient journeys across websites, CRM, email, SMS, digital media, social, and experience tools. Develops Salesforce Marketing Cloud CRM, digital media plans, content and influencer strategies, analytics frameworks, and optimization programs. Partners with marketing, analytics, technology, patient services, agencies, and vendors to deliver compliant, personalized, data-driven consumer experiences in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.

Leads global and U.S. launch and pre-launch forecasts for oncology assets. Develops patient-based and quantitative forecasting models, integrates market data, creates scenarios, pressure-tests assumptions, and drives consensus across Marketing, Market Access, Medical, Finance, Supply, and Trade. Evaluates forecasting methodologies to improve accuracy and agility while providing strategic insights for commercialization planning.

Leads omnichannel DTC and HCP media strategy for pharmaceutical brands, including media planning, buying, agency and vendor management, cross-channel orchestration, budget optimization, performance measurement, and test-and-learn initiatives. Partners with brand, analytics, procurement, medical, commercial, and agency teams to maximize media ROI while ensuring regulatory alignment and effective campaign execution.

Leads automation engineering within a regulated biopharmaceutical manufacturing environment. Serves as a subject matter expert for PLC, DCS, MES, and related data systems; troubleshoots operations, ensures compliance, leads automation projects, reviews technical work, drives optimization, supports audits, develops SOPs, and maintains system documentation. Requires strong DeltaV or comparable DCS, PLC programming, validation, commissioning, batch manufacturing, industrial networking, and project leadership experience.