R&D Veeva CoE Solution Lead

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Job Description
About the role:
As a R&D Veeva CoE Solution Lead, you will lead a product initiative within the Takeda portfolio, focusing on customer needs, strategic product roadmap, and go-to-market strategy. This role ensures the product aligns with business objectives and delivers value across the organization.
How will you contribute:

• Serves as the single point of contact for cross-vault Veeva Vault value definition and realization activities at the platform level.
• Act as a point of contact and subject matter expert that will enable, track, explain cross-vault automation and vault connectivity to other Takeda technology that maximizes business value of the platform.
• Collaborate with the Vault platform business owners and business process owners to understand business needs and align to overall cross-vault platform strategy.
• Develop and own Veeva Vault platform roadmap based on aligned cross-vault platform strategy.

• Develop and maintain Veeva Vault Platform solution roadmap, incorporating cross-vault connectors and vault to external system integrations.
• Develop understanding of the core technology issues central to the R&D Veeva Vault Platform through shared partnerships with functional business areas.
• Be a Steering Committee member of key cross-vault programs.
• Partner with execution teams and function-specific capabilities to support impact assessments and plan for cross-Vault feature implementation, change management and training.
• Establish and manage Veeva COE engagement via community development, newsletters, town halls, etc.
• Define and monitor success metrics related to the value of the Veeva Platform and ensure the value of the Veeva Platform is realized.

• Serve as single point of contact for the cross-vault, and vault to external systems solution roadmap, based on the cross-vault strategy defined with the broader COE in conjunction with the functional business units.
• Participate in R&D Veeva CoE leadership team meetings.
• Define and establish standard best practices for delivery of R&D Vault training, communications, and change management in partnership with change management leaders within the R&D Organization.
• Identify and advocate for cross-vault / vault-to-non-vault technology that maximizes business benefit of the platform.

• Strong knowledge of product management methodologies.
• Operational knowledge of Veeva Vault
• Operational knowledge of relevant R&D business processes as they relate to Veeva Vault.

• Establish and manage Veeva Vault platform cross-vault and vault to external system solution roadmap through collaboration with COE team members and functional business stakeholders.
• Present solution roadmap to internal stakeholders and align resources to deliver roadmap.
• Provide Voice of the Customer feedback and continuous improvement

• Leverage independent judgment to determine optimal methods of task completion and work prioritization.
• Adherence to R&D policies, processes and standards.
• Authority to delegate tasks and responsibilities to other team-members.

• Within the R&D Veeva CoE team - working with peers to deliver across business regions in a seamless fashion.
• Work with Global Development Compliance, to ensure process, change and training activities related to cross-vault solutions are accounted for and delivered.
• Within the R&D team - working with leaders and designees across the organization to ensure consistent, seamless delivery on platform product management activities, share best practices with other product leaders and ensure alignment between cross-vault processes and business processes.
• External Partners: working with external vendors, to implement cross-vault platform solutions

• Participation in Technology platform and services pilots and solution finding with the R&D Veeva CoE Team.
• Creativity in addressing technical challenges in highly regulated and complex environment.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Bachelor's degree in information systems or related field or equivalent experience required, Master's Degree preferred.
• 6+ years experience as a product manager in a complex, multi-product environment.
• 2+ Years of setting performance standards in a comparable role
• Prosci other other relevant change management certification would be ideal.
• Experience managing FTE, consulting and/or contract resources to support product development activities.
• Strong analytical, communication, interpersonal and organizational skills required.
• A collaborative and curious mindset is an absolute must.

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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary
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For Location:
Boston, MA
U.S. Base Salary Range:
$137,000.00 - $215,270.00
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
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