Associate Director, Process Analytics & Automation

Takeda; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Lexington, MA is hiring Associate Director - Process Analytics Lead to drive method development and platform implementation across small molecules and biologics. You will shape high-throughput analytical methods, support automation and robotics, and build scalable, compliant workflows with data integrity and execution consistency.

You will partner with Process Development, Quality, Compliance, Digital, IT and vendors to align priorities, lead multi-year roadmaps, oversee method

Qualifications

• 8+ years in analytical development/process analytics or related field.
• Degree in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven experience designing and scaling automation solutions across workflows and sites.
• Experience deploying robotics-enabled high-throughput analytical workflows; method transfer and validation.
• Strong governance and AQbD method frameworks; performance metrics.
• Experience bridging high-throughput methods to GMP release/stability.
• People/matrix leadership; mentoring and cross-program influence.
• Ability to partner with senior scientific stakeholders to scale automation.
• Fluent English; Japanese a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, optimization, and sustainment of high-throughput analytical methods across programs and product types.
• Define standards, performance measures, and governance for method lifecycle management.
• Ensure transfer, training, and implementation of methods into labs with documentation and troubleshooting plans.
• Deliver platform roadmap with automated analytical methods and workflows including robotics.
• Support vendor selection and management for automation platforms; drive cross-site standardization.
• Lead multi-year roadmaps for analytical development and automation; manage risks and value delivery.
• Modernize lab operations: data management, instrument connectivity, workflow standardization.
• Provide technical and people leadership to Process Analytics Development.

Skills

High-throughput analytics

Analytical method development

Leadership/people management

GMP/regulated environments

Stakeholder influence

Automation & robotics

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic roadmaps

AQbD

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Robotics

Automation platforms

AQbD frameworks

Job description

Takeda in Lexington, MA is hiring Associate Director - Process Analytics Lead to drive method development and platform implementation across small molecules and biologics. You will shape high-throughput analytical methods, support automation and robotics, and build scalable, compliant workflows with data integrity and execution consistency.

You will partner with Process Development, Quality, Compliance, Digital, IT and vendors to align priorities, lead multi-year roadmaps, oversee method