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Job Description

About the role:

As the Director Quality Assurance, you will be responsible for identifying, planning, and implementing quality initiatives across the organization. You will aim to improve productivity, utilization, and technology intervention, contributing to the organization's overall success. As a leader of a sizable (functional) area, serving as the primary internal and external contact for contracts and operations, your responsibilities include conducting high-level briefings and technical meetings, interacting with managers of equivalent status, and crafting corporate and organizational policies. You will provide strategic direction and oversight to managers across various functional areas, prioritizing the successful execution of major initiatives and ensuring that budgets, schedules, and performance standards are both realistically established and achieved. Your role focuses on strategic impact rather than day-to-day operational involvement. You will report into the Site Quality Head.

How you will contribute:

• Utilize data to identify areas in need of improvement and measure the progress of improvement initiatives
• Formulate a strategic plan that includes quality components in all areas of the business
• Identify areas within the supply chain that require improvement and plan/implement solutions
• Train and educate employees on quality initiatives and implement programs to promote quality standards
• Conduct operational planning for varying production volumes to ensure efficient transitions and business agility
• Prepare communications with employees on core values, quality standards, process changes, and progress measurements

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• 10 or more years professional & leadership experience in a similar role in the field of Technical
• Operations, Process Management, Manufacturing, Quality within the pharmaceutical industry
• Experience deploying and supporting Quality and Manufacturing Systems including Analytical and various Laboratory desktop applications used in GxP environment
• Diverse technical understanding and ability to apply skills/knowledge to new technology • Knowledge of cGMPs/GDPs
• Knowledge of quality systems
• Knowledge of and experience with developing culture and project activities to adhere to international regulations, GMP and GDP guidelines, ICH, PIC/S and other relevant current industry standards
• Six Sigma certification (yellow/green belt desirable, black belt advantageous)

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.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

USA - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$174,500.00 - $274,230.00

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. 

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

USA - MA - Lexington - BIO OPS

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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