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Lead Data Engineer

Boston, Massachusetts

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At Takeda, it's our people, our values and our culture that make us special. We share a sense of vocation and a desire to serve others that pulses through our entire organization. We're fortunate to be grounded in a history that gives us a long term perspective, the confidence to stick to what we believe in, and the humility to know we don't have all the answers.

We combine this outlook with an agility and tenacity to deliver for our patients that has fueled the growth of our business. But what really sets our company apart is something we call Patient Trust Reputation Business. It's the framework that enables us to translate our purpose and values into action. It's how we synchronize the diversity of our perspectives, strengths and expertise. And it’s what keeps our decision making tethered to what really matters.

Job ID R0153339 Date posted 05/30/2025 Location Boston, Massachusetts

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Job Description

Pursuant to Section 20 C.F.R. 656.10, you are hereby notified that an application for Alien Employment Certification will be filed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. for the following job opportunity:

JOB LOCATION: Cambridge, MA

POSITION: Lead Data Engineer

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. is seeking a Lead Data Engineer with the following duties: Partner closely with stakeholders in the RDBU to build a solid business acumen and develop a material understanding of the respective business strategy; Co-develop the RDBU data product strategy in close collaboration with stakeholders and leadership; Develop and own realistic, achievable product roadmaps; Analyze business requirements, evaluate solution options, and facilitate business reviews; Develop and maintain pipelines that meet business needs, adhere to company standards, and incorporate best practices exploiting the benefits of cloud-nativity; Lead technical solution reviews with stakeholders; Directly support or coordinate with the help of DD&T SMEs complex data challenges to find fit-for-purpose solutions; Take full accountability for RDBU specific data products and help plan, mature, and support such including for development and ongoing operation of KPI’s for quality and availability; Work with DevOps teams to operationalize data products and help in troubleshooting when needed; Co-design and proactively mature effective and modern data architectures (conceptual, logical, and physical models) within company’s USBU and Global data ecosystem; Lead and/or participate in the evaluation, implementation and deployment of emerging tools and processes including but not limited to analytics, data engineering, data quality, data governance, AI and GenAI. Up to 70% remote work allowed.

REQUIREMENTS: Master’s degree in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Engineering or related field plus 3 years of prior experience. Prior experience must include: Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and architecture using AWS native technologies to support all therapeutic areas by increasing data accessibility and fostering data driven decision making across the company; Build and maintain technical solutions required for optimal ingestion, transformation and loading of EDC and external vendor data from a wide variety of systems viz; Veeva and Elluminate for preparation of SDTM, ADaM and TLF data; Leverage the power of data, analytics, robotics, science and cognitive technologies to uncover hidden relationships from vast troves of data, generate insights, and inform decision-making; Implement large-scale data ecosystems including data management, governance and the integration of structured and unstructured data to generate insights leveraging cloud-based platforms; Use knowledge in Hadoop architecture, HDFS commands and Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) databases' experience in designing, building and managing large scale data structures and pipelines; optimized queries to build data pipelines.

Full time. $147,000.00 - $244,400.00 per year. Competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualified applicants can apply at https://jobs.takeda.com. Please reference job #R0153339. EOE

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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

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