Associate Director, In Vivo Digital Portfolio & Data Stewardship

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Job Description

Associate Director, In Vivo Digital Portfolio & Data Stewardship

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Associate Director of In Vivo Digital Portfolio & Data Stewardship to drive digital enablement and data quality across our preclinical in vivo research organization. This role will bridge science, operations, and technology—ensuring seamless integration of study workflows, regulatory compliance, and data interoperability across platforms. The successful candidate will combine deep knowledge of In vivo research with the ability to translate scientific and business needs into digital solutions that enhance study execution, data integrity, and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Digital Strategy & Roadmap: Partner with Research, digital (RDDT) teams to define and implement the digital vision for in vivo workflows.
• Preclinical Study Workflow Support: Guide the design and optimization of study processes, spanning protocol setup, randomization, dosing, in life data collection, observations, sample collection, necropsy, and reporting.
• Data Stewardship & Interoperability: Ensure robust data standards and harmonization (animal IDs, sample IDs, study IDs) across systems such as Benchling In Vivo, Tetrascience,Pristima, and Studylog, enabling seamless interoperability with sample registration, study identification, and electronic lab notebooks (eLN).
• Integration of CRO Datasets: Lead the ingestion, mapping, and standardization of external CRO-generated in vivo datasets into internal workflows (e.g., Benchling In Vivo), ensuring data consistency, regulatory alignment, and reusability for downstream analytics.
• Vivarium Operations & Compliance: Support digital workflows in animal care, cage/room management, and compliance with IACUC/GLP standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a trusted partner across Research Units, Digital R&D, Quality, and Operations to ensure business needs are aligned with digital delivery.
• Audit & Data Integrity: Champion ALCOA+ principles, ensuring audit-readiness of all in vivo data and compliance with electronic record-keeping regulations.
• Metrics & Adoption: Define, monitor, and report on study-level KPIs (e.g., cycle times, missed observations, protocol deviations, adoption rates).

Digitization & Data Foundations

• Drive alignment of in vivo study data with FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) to ensure high-value reusability of preclinical endpoints.
• Establish and maintain ontologies and controlled vocabularies to harmonize study designs, procedures, and endpoints across systems and therapeutic areas.
• Implement GUPRIs (Globally Unique Persistent Identifiers) for animals, samples, procedures, and endpoints to enable consistency and traceability across workflows.
• Build the digital foundation that allows reuse of in vivo endpoints for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven insights.
• Partner with data science teams to ensure in vivo data structures support predictive modeling, translational alignment, and decision-making.

Core Skills & Qualifications

• Deep understanding of in vivo preclinical study workflows and ability to engage with both scientific and technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of vivarium operations, including cage/room management, animal identification, and regulatory compliance (IACUC, GLP).
• Proven expertise in data modeling and interoperability for animal and procedure-level data across digital platforms.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex workflows into digital requirements.
• Experience with workflow-driven platforms such as Benchling In Vivo, Benchling eLN, Pristima, and Studylog.
• Demonstrated leadership in driving cross-functional alignment and influencing adoption of new tools and standards.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Data Science, or related field
• 5–10 years’ experience in the Pharma and/or Biotech industry, with a singular focus on preclinical in vivo research, and secondary focus on digital enablement, and data stewardship of In Vivo research

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves)

• Experience in therapeutic area–specific in vivo workflows (e.g., DDU).
• Background in PKPD modeling and end-to-end in vivo/ex vivo workflows.
• Exposure to safety/toxicology and pathology data workflows to support Safety (NCSP)
• Experience with domain-specific testing and QA in digital tools for in vivo research.
• Familiarity with defining test scenarios for dosing, tumor measurements, body weights, and clinical observations.
• Proficiency in Japanese a strong plus.
• Skilled in facilitating dialogue between stakeholders with differing priorities, ensuring mutual understanding and alignment
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-relevant language and vice versa

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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For Location:

Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$153,600.00 - $241,340.00

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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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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