Associate Director, Scientific Computation & Applied Technology

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Job Description

This role is responsible for enabling and managing future scientific data and computation platforms within the Takeda portfolio and is responsible for the day-to-day development and alignment of delivery to the strategic vision.  This role is also focused on the understanding and introduction of emerging technology that will change the way we use scientific data and deliver computation through cloud technology and platforms.  Responsibilities of this role include, the conception, delivery, release plans, and communicating progress to stakeholders.

As a recognized expert within your business or function, you possess comprehensive expertise in your discipline and broad knowledge across related areas. You excel at anticipating internal/external challenges, recommending improvements, and providing leadership and consultative expertise for a specific business, region or function. Your role involves shaping company policies, solving unique, far-reaching problems affecting operations, disciplines, or other business units/functional areas/regions. You frequently interact with equivalent-level managers and customer representatives, conducting briefings and technical meetings. Operating independently, you provide guidance in the most complex situations, lead functional teams or projects, and serve as a best practice/quality resource.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Lead the analysis, design, development, and implementation of scientific research and development data and computation platforms to enable computing and research workflows

• Oversee scientific data, computing, and data science platform design, plan projects, establish and monitor progress, and ensure that projects are completed on time, on budget, and properly integrate

• Work closely with R&D strategy and architecture to understand current gaps and future needs of scientific data and computation platforms including the identification of platforms and patterns that can be leveraged strategically across functions and use cases.

• Deep interaction with business partnering functions, scientists, and other business end users to deeply understand the business and computational needs, workflow, and opportunities of the technology scientific data and computing capabilities

• Work closely and support computational projects from drug discovery units and therapeutic areas to ensure success through scalable infrastructure enablement

• Direct the development and configuration of scientific and data platforms from conceptualization through stabilization

• Oversee effort in testing, debugging, and documenting R&D data science platforms

• Direct effort to plan all activities associated with implementation and maintenance of platforms

• Direct effort to provide support to production support service requests and perform routine maintenance and support activities

• Direct effort, use established requirements management methodology and tools, to identify, verify and document business, functional and technical requirements to support development of technology and/or business-driven technology solutions

• Direct effort to work with IT Architects to define business solutions, ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities, as well as the target benefits expected

• Oversee effort to identify new hardware/software technologies to fit specialized business needs and configurations

• Direct innovative experimentation and proof-of-concept work to introduce new directions and features to scientific technology capabilities

• Technology selection by assessing and recommending new frameworks, platforms, and tools.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS :

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise:

• Experienced with scientific computation platforms including computational biology, computational chemistry, and multi-omics pipelines

• Strong and broad knowledge of cloud and hardware compute capabilities in a biopharmaceutical context

• Experienced with high-performance computing, including AWS services (Parallel Cluster, Batch, Healthomics)

• Apply strategic planning techniques to align IT projects with business objectives, capable of guiding teams in complex scenarios

• Understanding of IT infrastructure design and implementation, with the ability to oversee complex systems integrations

• Experienced in data science platform landscape, modern tools and practices, and AI/MI to harness insights from data

• Experienced in monitoring and optimizing the performance of IT systems to support business operations

• Effective in managing relationships with stakeholders at all levels, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals

• Capable of working across functional boundaries to promote teamwork and achieve common goals

• Experienced in fostering an environment of collaboration and accountability

• Proficient in managing large-scale IT projects from inception to completion, ensuring they meet budget and time constraints

• Experienced with Agile and SDLC methodologies, improving project delivery and lifecycle management.

• Manages system integration projects, ensuring seamless connectivity and functionality across platforms.

• Innovative thinker, able to apply creative solutions to IT infrastructure challenges

• Strong business acumen, including the ability to map emerging tech to business priorities and understanding the cost-benefit trade-offs of new technology

• Skilled in technical communication, able to convey complex information clearly and persuasively to non-technical stakeholders

• Skilled with Python, R, SQL, innovating and leading strategic data management projects

• Exceptional writing skills, setting standards for content creation and coaching others.

Leadership:

• Demonstrated ability to work across functions, regions and cultures

• Functional level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate and drive results

• Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing

• Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company

• Ability to distil complex issues and ideas down to simple comprehensible terms

• Demonstrates leadership presence and confidence

• Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset and role models these behaviors for the organization

• Invests time in helping others to enhance their skills and perform at a higher level

Decision-making and Autonomy:

• Decision making responsibilities: Provide input to highly complex decisions that impact the functional area. Accountable for decision making for designated function. Ability to seek diverse input from multiple constituents and stakeholders to drive innovative solutions. Ability to incorporate feedback and ensure decisions are implemented swiftly to yield flawless execution 

• Accountable for providing input to and implementing vision and strategy for designated scope

Interaction:

• Effectively navigates the changing external and internal environment and leads others through change by creating and inspiring and engaging workplace

• Cultivates a broad network of relationships throughout Takeda, with affiliates and external partners, in the industry and area of expertise.

• Effectively represents function in negotiations with the ability to resolve conflict in a constructive manner

• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with other interfacing Takeda functions

Innovation:

• Forward thinking with the ability to recommend, influence and implement organizational change and continuous innovation

• Comfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward innovative solutions

• Ability to take risks implementing innovative solutions, accelerating time to market

• Identifies opportunities and anticipates changes in the business landscape through an understanding and ongoing assessment of the environment affecting the business.

• Role models respect and inclusion, creating a culture that fosters innovation

Complexity:

• Ability to work in a global ecosystem (internal and external) with a high degree of complexity

• Deep expertise required

• Ability to see and understand broader, enterprise level perspective 

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• 10 years with a Bachelor's Degree or 8 with a Master’s Degree or equivalent experience (Master's preferred).

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a technology-focused role

• Proven track record of developing and deploying technology and process change, preferably in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion in a timely and efficient manner.

• Recognized for meticulous attention to detail, enhancing quality and precision across projects.

• Direct experience in the pharmaceutical industry or related field required

• Previous experience leading a medium to large organization and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders is a plus

• Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables

• Track record of successful leadership, management, and development of large, multi-disciplinary globally dispersed teams. Strong judge of talent with the ability to make tough talent decisions.

• Health care business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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For Location:

Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$153,600.00 - $241,340.00

EEO Statement

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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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