Associate Director, Portfolio Management Lead

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Job Description About the role: At Takeda, we are a forward-looking, world-class R&D organization that unlocks innovation and delivers transformative therapies to patients. By focusing R&D efforts on four therapeutic areas and other targeted investments, we push the boundaries of what is possible in order to bring life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.
Join Takeda as an Associate Director, Portfolio Management Lead where you will ensure that the PharmSci Portfolio operates smoothly, efficiently, and strategically by partnering with Program Leadership to provide operational and strategic support on high-priority, complex, cross-functional program and portfolio management initiatives. As part of the PS Program Leadership, you will report to Head, Pharmaceutical Sciences PMO.
How you will contribute: Objectives of the role: Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work effectively within a matrix organization to manage stakeholders, contribute to informed decision-making within the Pharm Sci Portfolio & Programs, and ensure seamless transitions from early to late development.
Strategic Decision-Making: Prepare and present pipeline overviews to PSPL, analyzing potential changes due to strategic decisions, failures/lessons learned, re-prioritization, accelerations, or technology changes.
Portfolio Management: Assist in creating and updating "what-if" scenarios, help develop CMC timelines, improve milestone data completeness, and enhance program reporting accuracy in our portfolio and program management systems.
PMO Operations: Deliver operational, financial, time tracking, resource management, and project & program reporting support for PSPL, while representing PSPL on Pharm Sci or R&D wide initiatives.
Decision Making & Process Improvement: Offer data-analysis and visualization training to Portfolio Management Leads, develop innovative solutions to streamline PSPL processes, and support the PharmSci Portfolio Management Office in ensuring efficient transitions through development stages.
Accountabilities: Collaborate across PharmSci to prepare pipeline overviews for leadership, including:
Designing, creating, and maintaining custom reports and overviews to gain novel insights and improve decision-making.
Highlight upcoming program milestones and show Pharm Sci's impact on deliverables (progress and/or challenges).
Create mid-to-long-term overviews of key portfolio deliverables.
Track Pharm Sci deliverables & KPIs and highlight challenges that need to be addressed.
Work with PharmSci interfaces for external innovation, research, and GMS to collect relevant information to support alignment amongst the functions.
Collaborate with Finance to include budgetary considerations of various pipeline scenarios.
Lead, support & coach the PS-Leads, Functional Leads, or PMs to develop and maintain timelines, budget & risks with completeness, accuracy, and consistency across PSPL.
Collaborate with PharmSci Program Management Office to prepare pipeline overviews for Pharm Sci leadership.
Drive the implementation of PharmSci Insights, including supporting systems, driving process changes, monitoring utilization, and developing comprehensive reporting.
Provide Ad hoc Program Management support, delivering high-level support for programs outside the standard PSPL PM support model.
Collaborate with research teams to support planning, logistics, and data delivery as programs transition into the portfolio.
Leverage or develop tools and systems to visualize data from single-source-of-truth and aid in portfolio & program scenario planning, decisions and strategies within own team.
Awareness and working knowledge industry trends and incorporates into approaches.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications: Bachelors degree with 15+ years relevant experience, Masters degree with 13+ years relevant experience, Ph.D. with 7+ yrs relevant experience
Knowledge in pharmaceutical development: drug development, process chemistry, biologics, formulation development, analytical development, and/or statistics
Technical, data sciences or natural sciences degree beneficial
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Strong strategic communication skills
Structured thinker with strong organizational abilities
Ability to work well in a cross-functional team environment and drive resolution of issues while maintaining positive working relationships across functions
Time management skills and is able to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Ability to expresses one's self clearly and concisely to key stakeholders; documents issues and/or concerns concisely and comprehensively; adjusts style, language and/or terminology appropriate for the audience.
More about us: At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.
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For Location:
Boston, MA U.S. Base Salary Range:
$149,100.00 - $234,300.00 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. 
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. 
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