Local Evidence Generation Head, US

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Adams (MA); On-site; USD 212,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in the United States, based in Cambridge, MA, is seeking a Senior Director to lead evidence generation initiatives. This role focuses on identifying US evidence needs, shaping global plans, and guiding study design with cross-functional teams to support patient access and healthcare decision-making.

You will drive innovation in evidence planning, embrace digital tools and AI-enabled approaches, and manage portfolios with strict timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a scientific, clinical, epidemiological, quantitative, health economics, or health outcomes discipline.
• 11+ years of relevant experience with a doctoral degree or 13 years with a master's degree.
• Experience in real-world evidence, epidemiology, health outcomes research, or medical evidence generation.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize evidence needs for United States stakeholders, assets, patients, payers, healthcare systems, regulators, and prescribers.
• Shape evidence generation plans by aligning US needs with global strategies and governance.
• Guide study design decisions considering rigor, data sources, and regulatory relevance.
• Oversee priority studies, contracts, timelines, budgets, and external partnerships.
• Direct portfolio governance including resource allocation and risk escalation.
• Build strategic research relationships with healthcare systems, investigators, and data partners.
• Advance digital and analytical capabilities to improve evidence planning and efficiency.

Skills

Evidence generation leadership

Study design

Stakeholder management

US healthcare systems knowledge

Regulatory and payer relevance

Digital and analytics capabilities

Communication and presentation

Education

Doctoral degree

Master's degree

Job description

Job Description

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About the Role

In this Senior Director level role, you will help identify, assess, and prioritize United States evidence needs for the relevant therapeutic area. You will play a key role in ensuring that local stakeholder, asset, and healthcare system priorities inform global evidence plans and investment decisions. As part of the Global Evidence Generation organization, you will partner with scientific, medical, research, and cross-functional teams to develop and deliver rigorous evidence strategies. Your work will contribute to interventional studies, real-world evidence, observational research, database studies, and research collaborations that support patient access and healthcare decision-making. You will also help strengthen the quality, speed, efficiency, and impact of evidence planning and delivery through innovation, automation, digital tools, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence-enabled approaches.

How You Will Contribute

• Identify and prioritize evidence needs for United States stakeholders, assets, patients, payers, healthcare systems, regulators, and prescribers.
• Shape evidence generation plans by ensuring priority United States needs inform global strategies, studies, investments, and governance decisions.
• Guide study design decisions by evaluating scientific rigor, methodological feasibility, data sources, endpoints, and regulatory and payer relevance.
• Oversee priority studies by monitoring contracts, timelines, budgets, quality milestones, external partnerships, and delivery risks.
• Direct portfolio governance covering scenario planning, investment trade-offs, resource allocation, decision-making, and risk escalation.
• Build strategic research relationships with healthcare systems, investigators, patient organizations, academic institutions, data partners, and scientific groups.
• Advance digital and analytical capabilities to improve evidence planning, operational efficiency, scalability, quality, and impact.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a scientific, clinical, epidemiological, quantitative, health economics, or health outcomes discipline.
• At least 11 years of relevant experience with a doctoral degree or 13 years with a master's degree.
• Relevant experience in real-world evidence, epidemiology, health outcomes research, medical evidence generation, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in evidence gap assessment, study design, and scientific leadership within a stated therapeutic area.
• Strong understanding of United States healthcare systems, payer requirements, regulatory evidence needs, reimbursement decisions, and managed care.
• Ability to translate medical and healthcare questions into clear evidence gaps and scientifically sound, feasible research plans.
• Strong scientific judgment when evaluating study designs, data sources, analyses, endpoints, patient populations, and scientific outputs.
• Professional fluency in English with strong stakeholder influence, matrix leadership, communication, facilitation, presentation, digital, and data science skills.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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For Location: USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

U.S. Base Salary Range: $212,000.00 - $333,190.00

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

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Locations

USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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