Associate Director, GDO Business Analytics & Insights

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.; Kendall Square (MA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Cambridge, MA is seeking an Associate Director GDO Business Analytics and Insights to translate strategic priorities into an analytics and insights strategy, aligned with enterprise performance metrics.

You will lead the design of a new analytics delivery capability, recruit and onboard talent, and collaborate with DSDS, CDSO, and R&D data governance teams to ensure governed data sources drive decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years in BI, data visualization, or drug development.
• Global experience and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics strategy and delivery aligned with GDO metrics.
• Build and deploy bespoke analytics and predictive models.
• Partner with study teams to translate requirements into analytics projects.
• Ensure governance and data truth across DSDS, GDO, and IT partners.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences / Computer Science / Mathematics

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

Takeda is looking for an Associate Director GDO Business Analytics and Insights.

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

• Liaise with DSDS, CDSO & GDO Leadership Teams to translate strategic and operational priorities into an effective analytical & insights strategy, aligned with performance measurement metrics developed by the organization.
• Liaise with various internal and external groups (Study Execution Teams, Clinical Operations, Innovation & Data, Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance , Therapeutic Area Units, regions, CROs, DD&T teams, and external vendors) to ensure optimal development, deployment, and adoption of platform analytics to inform study planning, execution and reporting through a net-new analytics capability.
• Lead the development of a new analytics & insights delivery capabilitiy including the organizational design, recruitment, onboarding, training, and performance tracking for the new capability in alignment with GCM strategy.
• Align with data governance and data modeling experts within the DSDS and DD&T teams to ensure data is pulled from well-governed, established sources of truth and insights are aligned to functional, R&D, and enterprise data governance policies. Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to inform data governance and data modeling strategy across the function, R&D, and enterprise data teams.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for leading the adoption of analytics solutions, bespoke insights and predictive modelling deliverables.
• Responsible for developing the analytics strategy to support GDO metrics and success measures.
• Responsible for building a novel analytics & insights capability in alignment with GCM (global capability model) strategy, including orgnizational design, recruiting, onboarding, training, and managing performance for analytics & insights delivery teams.
• Reponsible for designing and implementing a methodology to prioritize deliverables and track execution, including deliverables prioritization, status tracking, project management, status, and risk assessment
• Responsible for partnering with GDO business function leads and study teams to evaluate feasibility of bespoke analytics to support specific trial needs, translate business requirements into actionable analytics projects, and provision adequate access to required data sources.
• Responsible for prioritization of analytics & insights requests in alignment with functional priority, trial operational data strategy, and delivery capacity
• Supports Sr. Director, Trial Delivery Data Strategy in identifying high-priority problem statements and coordinating analytics solutions with Takeda functions, GCM teams, and external vendors.
• Evaluates, recommends, and communicates appropriate data visualization best practices, predictive models/techniques, and industry knowledge to other team members.
• Provide oversight and works collaboratively to ensure the design and execution of bespoke analytics to support specific trial needs as required
• Collaborates with DSDS colleagues as well as R&D data governance and data modeling teams to ensure data leveraged for analytics & insights follows defined source of truth data and governance principles
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert for operational analytics, insights data visualization for internal initiatives and projects; act as point of escalation for resolution of emergent issues pertaining these areas
• Ensures a collaborative, high-performing environment and serves as a role model of Takeda leadership behaviors.

CORE ELEMENTS RELATED TO THIS ROLE

Combines business acumen with a deep understanding of data, data engineering, and analytics methods and technologies pertaining to operational data from clinical trials Delivers solutions which drive industrialized integration into business processes and operations Leads or contributes to advancement of analytics initatives and complex problem solving in the areas of business analytics and machine learning. Understand current and emerging landscape of how analytical methods and platforms address key business needs The ability to drive forward advanced technology and data strategies that are applied in high tech environments and translate them into value building data solutions and engagements. This also requires working with the team to execute and the organizations to understand what is possible and where to apply them. The ability to create and drive an analytics strategy that spans across multiple divisions and extract insights to allow leadership to make better decisions. Develop working relationships with internal groups, external collaborators, strategic vendors, service providers and universities to keep up to date and continue to introduce and verify viability of new methods as they are developed and applied. Proactive and able to handle complexity within a matrix environment, able to interact with senior stakeholders and aware/adaptive of/to cultural differences. Works with functions across GDO to develop, plan, and manage bespoke analytics and machine learning initiatives to stakeholders across the organization.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise

Thorough knowledge of data visualization, business intelligence platforms, building measures and metrics and developing reporting solutions Ability to serve as a “translator” between clinical development problems to analytics solutions and to lead others to learn this skill Sufficient knowledge of communication tools including online meeting and virtual meeting platforms to optimize communication and information exchange in a global environment

Leadership

Demonstrated ability to work across functions, regions and cultures Enterprise level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate and drive results Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company Ability to distill complex issues and ideas down to simple comprehensible terms Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset and models these behaviors for the organization.

Decision-making and Autonomy

Broad decision-making responsibilities Ability to make highly complex decisions that impact the enterprise Accountable for decision making for designated function Ability to incorporate feedback and ensure decisions are based on predictable delivery Accountable for designing and implementing vision and strategy for designated scope

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

Bachelors' Degree or international equivalent in Life Sciences, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, or similar quantitative discipline required; advanced degree preferred.

8+ years of applicable business intelligence, data visualization, and/or drug development experience; global experience and experience in drug development strongly preferred

Experience in people leadership, managing global teams and coordinating collaboration with cross-functional teams; experience managing a data or BI team highly advantageous

Experience working directly with business stakeholders to translate between business requirements and data required

Experience working with IT partners and vendors for business solutions desired

Strong strategic thinking, planning, execution, and communication skills, ability to act at operational and strategic levels

Global/international experience required, including ability to collaborate with colleagues and staff in other locations

Operational experience in pharmaceutical drug development with significant direct exposure to clinical development

Healthcare business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry highly advantageous

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: Cambridge, MA U.S. Base Salary Range: $154,400.00 - $242,550.00

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.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations Cambridge, MA

Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time Job Exempt Yes

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Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do. We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own. Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.