Takeda · 2 days ago
Lead, Product Sustainability
Lexington, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$154K/yr - $241K/yr
8+ years expTakeda is a company focused on transforming patient care through innovative pharmaceuticals and patient support programs. The Lead, Product Sustainability will develop and implement strategies for product sustainability, ensuring compliance and alignment with regulatory standards while collaborating cross-functionally to substantiate sustainability claims and narratives.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Lead the 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 customer tender requirements
Collaborate 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
Work with Environmental Sustainability Operations and DD&T to define data requirements, methodologies, and metrics needed to substantiate claims, including maintaining documentation that is traceable, defensible, and inspection/audit ready
Design, implement, and mature the Sustainability Product Claims governance framework, including roles, decision rights, operating procedures, documentation standards, and escalation pathways
Develop 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
Partner 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
Co lead or participate in governance forums and project teams focused on product level sustainability, ensuring application of policy
Monitor external regulatory, policy, and stakeholder trends related to environmental and sustainability claims; recommend updates to internal policies, templates, and training accordingly
Develop and deliver training, playbooks, and tools to build capability in sustainability narrative development across global and regional teams
Engage with external partners (e.g., industry associations, NGOs, specialist consultancies) to benchmark Takeda's approach, align with best practices, and strengthen credibility of methods and claim
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required in a scientific discipline
8+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, consumer goods, or related regulated industry
Experience in sustainability, ESG, brand/portfolio marketing, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, or communications
Demonstrated track record developing or governing product related claims, narratives, or communications in consultation with Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance partners
Program and project management capabilities
Experience working in a matrixed, global organization
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401(k) plan and company match
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid volunteer time off
Company holidays
Well-being benefits
Up to 80 hours of sick time
Up to 120 hours of paid vacation
Company
Takeda
Takeda is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops pharmaceutical drugs.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (45)
2024 (39)
2023 (38)
2022 (34)
2021 (44)
2020 (18)
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
Recent News
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