Clinical Data Configuration Lead

Takeda; United States; Remote; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Company match

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Company holidays

Well-being benefits

Job summary

Takeda is seeking an Associate Director, Clinical Data Configuration to lead data configuration, transformation, and visualization efforts in a remote-capable role reporting to the Director, Data Configuration Engineer. Massachusetts-based virtual location; reporting aligns with R&D Testing, Innovation, and Data Enablement.

You will drive timelines, ensure inspection readiness, and mentor teams across matrix environments while aligning with enterprise data strategy and regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field plus minimum 7 years of experience.
• Experience with EDC build/data management or EDC extraction/configuration.
• Familiarity with data cleaning tools (Veeva CDB, J Review, Elluminate).
• Visualization/configuration: experience designing visual objects and libraries.
• Strong clinical trial terminology and data transfer specification knowledge; understanding of SDTM.
• Data/Integration: XML/standards repositories, APIs, ALS, MDR; ETL/ELT; AWS/Databricks.
• Programming: SQL, SAS, R or Python; R Shiny/Python app development.
• Microsoft Office.
• Project leadership and management; initiative, deadlines, detail-oriented.
• Experience leading projects/workgroups.
• Mentoring/training others.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Data Configuration Representatives, setting priorities, allocating resources, and driving delivery of data configuration capabilities.
• Direct cross-functional/matrix teams and vendor delivery across data configuration, transformation, and visualization platforms; own timelines and quality.
• Own stakeholder engagement with data engineering and clinical partners to define requirements and ensure scalable data capabilities.
• Provide end-to-end program leadership for data configuration across multiple concurrent programs.
• Define, govern and promote standards and data transfer specifications; own SOP development and implementation.
• Establish quality frameworks for outputs, ensuring data integrity and compliance across platforms.
• Own inspection readiness for data configuration activities, ensuring audit-ready documentation and controls.

Skills

EDC build/data management

Data transformation

SQL

SAS

Python

R

Clinical data terminology

AWS/Databricks

Visualization tools

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS, statistics/biostatistics, math, biology/health-related

Tools

Veeva CDB

J Review

Elluminate

Microsoft Office

Job description

Takeda is seeking an Associate Director, Clinical Data Configuration to lead data configuration, transformation, and visualization efforts in a remote-capable role reporting to the Director, Data Configuration Engineer. Massachusetts-based virtual location; reporting aligns with R&D Testing, Innovation, and Data Enablement.

You will drive timelines, ensure inspection readiness, and mentor teams across matrix environments while aligning with enterprise data strategy and regulatory expectations.