Data Products & Reproducibility Lead

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Cambridge, MA and Boston area seeks an Associate Director, Data Products and Reproducibility to lead scientific and technical standards for oncology data and analytics.

You will define rigorous data quality, provenance, and reproducibility standards across complex research workflows. The role requires deep computational biology expertise, collaboration with AI/ML, data science, software engineering, and biology teams to build durable, well-validated resources that

Qualifications

• Advanced degree with extensive post-degree experience in computational biology and data analytics.
• Expertise in bioinformatics data, workflows, and reproducible computing standards.
• Ability to set quality standards and roadmaps for research capabilities and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Establish and apply rigorous standards for analysis, validation, data quality, reproducibility, and provenance.
• Lead design and stewardship of robust, reproducible analyses, workflows, and shared capabilities.
• Collaborate with computational biologists and oncology researchers to convert questions into validated resources.
• Partner with AI/ML, data science, software engineering, and data engineering teams to ensure scientific soundness of prototypes.
• Set scientific direction and roadmaps for oncology computational biology capabilities in alignment with portfolio priorities.
• Develop and critically evaluate AI-enabled approaches for recurring research activities.
• Ensure analyses and AI-driven outputs are interpretable, well-documented, and defensible.
• Manage priorities and resourcing risks across multiple programs and communicate rationale clearly.

Education

PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Human Genetics, Genomics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline

7+ years of relevant post-degree experience

demonstrated record of scientific impact (peer-reviewed publications, methods adopted)

Job description

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Cambridge, MA and Boston area seeks an Associate Director, Data Products and Reproducibility to lead scientific and technical standards for oncology data and analytics.

You will define rigorous data quality, provenance, and reproducibility standards across complex research workflows. The role requires deep computational biology expertise, collaboration with AI/ML, data science, software engineering, and biology teams to build durable, well-validated resources that