Product Sustainability Strategy Leader

USA - 3390 Baxalta U.S., Inc.; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Lexington, MA seeks a Lead, Product Sustainability Strategy to develop and implement global product sustainability narratives aligned with brand goals and tender requirements.

You will collaborate with Regulatory, Legal, Compliance, Marketing, and Medical Affairs to establish guardrails for claims, define evidence standards, and govern disclosure, ensuring accuracy, defensibility, and audit-readiness across portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific field required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in pharma/healthcare or related regulated industry.
• Experience governing product-related claims with Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of Takeda’s product sustainability narrative strategies for priority brands and pipeline assets, ensuring alignment with enterprise sustainability goals, brand strategies, and tender requirements.
• Collaborates closely with Regulatory Affairs, Legal, Compliance, and Pharmacovigilance to define guardrails for sustainability related claims, ensure appropriate evidence standards, and oversee review and approval processes.
• Works with Environmental Sustainability Operations and DD&T to define data requirements, methodologies, and metrics needed to substantiate claims, including maintaining documentation that istraceable, defensible, and inspection/audit ready.
• Designs, implements, and matures the Sustainability Product Claims governance framework, including roles, decision rights, operating procedures, documentation standards, and escalation pathways.
• Develops clear, credible, and differentiated product sustainability narratives and claims, translating complex technical assessments (e.g., life cycle assessment outputs, emissions data) into compelling content for diverse stakeholders.
• Partners with Commercial, Marketing, Market Access, and Medical Affairs to integrate sustainability narratives into brand plans, promotional and non promotional materials, and patient and HCP education tools in compliance with regulatory and promotional standards.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory awareness

Life cycle assessment

Data storytelling

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Takeda in Lexington, MA seeks a Lead, Product Sustainability Strategy to develop and implement global product sustainability narratives aligned with brand goals and tender requirements.

You will collaborate with Regulatory, Legal, Compliance, Marketing, and Medical Affairs to establish guardrails for claims, define evidence standards, and govern disclosure, ensuring accuracy, defensibility, and audit-readiness across portfolio.