Local Evidence Generation Head, US

USA - 3316 Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.; Kendall Square (MA); On-site; USD 212,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Director to shape and lead US evidence generation plans aligning with global strategies.

You will oversee study design, manage budgets and timelines, and build partnerships with healthcare systems, investigators, and data partners to strengthen evidence-based decision making. The role emphasizes advancing digital and analytical capabilities, improving efficiency, and upholding regulatory and payer relevance across interventional and

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, 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Stakeholder influence

Matrix leadership

Communication

Facilitation

Presentation

Digital analytics

Data science

Education

Advanced degree in a scientific/clinical/epidemiological/quantitative/health outcomes discipline

Job description

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.

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: $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

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

Locations USA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

Worker Type

Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time Job Exempt Yes It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Company Information

Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do. We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own. Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.