Takeda · 1 day ago
Associate Director Rare Disease Data Product Management
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$154K/yr - $241K/yr
10+ years expTakeda is a patient-focused company transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals. The Associate Director, Rare Disease Data Product Management will manage and enhance data environments to support Rare Disease Analytics, Sales, and Marketing teams, ensuring alignment with business needs and driving improvements in data management processes.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary point of contact Rare Disease (RD) Business Unit (BUs) to coordinate all data product development and conduit to operational partners in Data, Digital, and Technology (DD&T), Commercial Operations and Business Solutions (COBS), Patient and Market Access (PAMA), and beyond
Manage the requirements, specifications, and design of the data product environment to support analytical, reporting, and stakeholder requirements. This includes partnering effectively across the Analytics team to triage issues and enhancements as well as to identify areas where we could expand our capabilities
Ensure that internal and external teams providing development and ongoing operating services for data products have clear direction on expectations and lead an ongoing process where performance measures are reviewed to ensure continuous improvement
Manage any changes in upstream or downstream systems that impact data products and perform prioritization, requirements gathering, and provide implementation leadership
Maintain stakeholder engagement and relationships across analytics functions outside of Commercial Analytics and Insights (CA&I) including COBS, PAMA, and marketing to proactively support business objectives
Partner with COBS and DD&T to ensure any changes to the data warehouse environments and field/commercial reporting platforms are consistent with business needs. This includes the review and approval of any data model changes
Partner with DD&T to ensure that technologies to support the Data or Reporting platform are supported and maintained to ensure availability for end users
Work with CA&I senior staff managers to identify internal and external resource requirements and negotiate resources to meet brand team market access needs
Partner with analytic teams to develop Therapeutic Area and franchise-specific product knowledge as the lead individual responsible for understanding and capturing the business rules that are incorporated into the data products published for the user communities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Statistics, Business, or Information Systems
10+ years of experience in Operations / IT and demonstrated experience with Data Analysis, Metadata Management, Data Quality, preferably in Pharma
10+ years of experience in Data Management including data architecture, governance, Data Modeling, ETL, Enterprise Data Warehouse and Analytics
6+ years of experience managing in a matrix environment across levels
Proven experience with Sales and Marketing organizations, especially in a pharmaceutical context
Prior Experience with pharmaceutical data sources e.g., IQVIA, Komodo, Market Access, Patient Services, and Specialty Pharmacy
Demonstrated experience in all phases of the data development life cycle including Requirements, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment, and Change Management
1+ years of experience in Cloud Data Platform technologies (e.g., Databricks) is required
Thorough conceptual understanding of designing and implementing data warehousing and associated services such as ingestion, curing, self-service, automation, and other internal and external consuming entities
Understanding of data governance concepts and tools including Master Data Management
Fluency with the latest techniques involving Artificial Intelligence and GenAI and their potential applicability to commercial pharma teams
Ability to guide a team in multiple project management modes including Agile
Proven project management skills, able to lead and manage large business change programs
Proficient in Word, Excel, Project, Visio, and PowerPoint including Advanced Excel experience (pivot tables, databases, macros, etc.)
Experience in supporting large scale system implementations
Preferred
Knowledge of coding techniques in SQL, SAS preferred. Familiarity with Python, pySpark, and Spark is beneficial
Master's degree
Prior working experience with BI tools such as Tableau or PowerBI preferred
Benefits
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives.
U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others.
U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
Company
Takeda
Takeda is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops pharmaceutical drugs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.46B2025-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.4B
2016-09-01Grant· $19.8M
2016-05-08Grant· $38M
Leadership Team
Christophe Weber
President and CEO
Schuyler Fairfield
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Supply Chain
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