Global Insights Lead, Neuroscience Assets & Programs

Takeda Pharmaceutical; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda is seeking a Global Insights Lead in Cambridge, MA to guide strategic insights and competitive intelligence for Neuroscience assets. You will own research design, vendor management, synthesis, and deliver decision-ready recommendations to inform clinical development and early commercial strategy.

In this hybrid role, you will collaborate with R&D, Medical, Commercial teams and forecast inputs, helping shape launch readiness and franchise insights across the asset lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, synthesis, and communication skills.
• Background in strategic consulting or competitive intelligence strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting drug development and/or commercialization (launch or inline).
• Experience contributing to patient-based forecasts, including developing and validating inputs and assumptions and tracking changes over time.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to launch strategy or commercial readiness efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end qualitative and quantitative research for assigned assets/indications to understand treatment landscapes and unmet need; manage project plans, vendors, timelines, and budgets.
• Monitor competitors, pipeline developments, and evolving standards of care for assigned programs; identify implications and elevate material risks or changes.
• Integrate research and competitive intelligence into clear implications and recommendations for cross-functional teams.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations to inform indication strategy, study design, endpoints, and positioning with clinical/commercial leaders.
• Inform the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and early commercial strategy with insight-driven perspectives.
• Contribute insights and analyses to target product profiles (TPPs), business cases, and strategic narratives; support defined launch-readiness workstreams.
• Own the development, documentation, and ongoing review of insight-based inputs for patient-based forecasts; partner with forecasting teams for model maintenance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Synthesis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/PhD/PharmD preferred

Job description

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Job Description

Join Takeda as a Global Insights Lead, Neuroscience Assets & Programs out of our Cambridge, MA office. Where you will lead ssigned insight generation and competitive intelligence projects for Neuroscience assets/programs, with a core focus on Takeda’s Neuroscience Franchise. Own project scoping, research design, vendor selection and management execution, synthesis, and delivery of clear, decision-oriented recommendations to inform clinical development and early commercialization strategy, within priorities agreed upon with the Head of Neuroscience Insights.

As an insights thought partner on the Global Commercial Team, this role independently leads assigned research and competitive intelligence workstreams and is accountable for the quality, timeliness, and relevance of their deliverables. The role recommends actions to inform study design, endpoint selection, positioning, and early commercial strategy. Overall franchise priorities and resource trade-offs are aligned with the Head of Neuroscience Insights; final clinical and commercial decisions remain with the accountable cross-functional leaders.

Partner across Neuroscience indication teams to integrate insights and support a consistent franchise perspective. Apply commercialization and launch experience to deliver insights for assigned launch-readiness workstreams. Accountability is for insights delivery and recommendations, rather than overall franchise strategy, launch execution, or franchise-wide capability building. This position is part of the Global Insights & Analytics team within Takeda’s Strategy & Portfolio Development function.

How you will contribute

Strategic Insights & Competitive Intelligence

• Lead end-to-end qualitative and quantitative research for assigned assets/indications to understand treatment landscapes, unmet need, and treatment dynamics; manage project plans, vendors, timelines, and assigned research budgets within agreed approvals
• Monitor competitors, pipeline developments, and evolving standards of care for assigned programs; identify implications and elevate material risks or changes
• Integrate research and competitive intelligence into clear implications and recommendations for cross-functional teams

Clinical & Commercial Strategy

• Provide evidence-based recommendations to inform indication strategy, study design, endpoints, and positioning, in partnership with accountable clinical and commercial leaders
• Inform the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and early commercial strategy with insight-driven perspectives
• Contribute insights and analyses to target product profiles (TPPs), business cases, and strategic narratives; support defined launch-readiness workstreams

Forecasting

• Own the development, documentation, and ongoing review of insight-based inputs and assumptions for patient-based forecasts for assigned assets/indications; partner with forecasting teams responsible for model maintenance and overall forecast delivery
• Partner with forecasting teams to validate assumptions, assess model outputs, and track changes over time, within established forecasting governance
• Support scenario analysis and stakeholder alignment; recommend assumption updates for review by accountable forecasting and business leaders

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as insights lead for assigned orexin workstreams, delivering against agreed priorities and escalating scope, resource, or strategic trade-offs to the Head of Neuroscience Insights
• Partner closely with R&D, Medical, Commercial, and regional teams to translate business questions into research priorities and coordinate insights across assigned indications
• Communicate clear, data-driven perspectives to support decision-making

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s required; MBA, PharmD, or PhD preferred
• 8–10+ years of experience in market research, insights, forecasting, analytics, or strategy required
• Background in strategic consulting or competitive intelligence strongly preferred
• Experience supporting drug development and/or commercialization (launch or inline)
• Experience contributing to patient-based forecasts, including developing and validating inputs and assumptions and tracking changes over time
• Demonstrated experience contributing to launch strategy or commercial readiness efforts
• Strong analytical, synthesis, and communication skills
• Experience in Neuroscience/ Neuropsychiatry or specialty care a plus
• Strategic and agile thinker who translates data and competitive intelligence into actionable strategy
• Experience bridging clinical development and commercialization to inform decision-making across the asset lifecycle
• Strong understanding of how to generate insights that impact both early-stage strategy and downstream execution
• Experience developing, validating, and tracking patient-based forecast inputs and assumptions in partnership with forecasting teams
• Ability to integrate insights across assigned indications and contribute to franchise-level thinking without owning overall franchise strategy
• Collaborative, influence-based project leader who operates independently within agreed priorities and escalates decisions beyond the assigned scope

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

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:

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

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.

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Locations

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

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