Rheumatology Team Lead (Assoc. Director)

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 three therapeutic areas and other targeted investments, we push the boundaries of what is possible in order to bring life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.

OBJECTIVES:  

The Rheumatology Team Lead (Assoc. Director) working in the Gastroenterology Drug Discovery Unit will within a highly-functional team focused on thediscovery and development of novel drug candidates for the treatment of chronic Inflammationdiseases.

She/he will be a scientific leader with deep subject-matter expertise and will apply this expertisetolead and/or support the execution of in vivo and in vitrostudies to generate key data for evaluating mechanism of action and/or drug candidate efficacy and pharmacodynamics. He/she will be responsible formanaging a team of research scientists bringing novel drug candidates with high potential for anti-inflammatory and/or anti-fibrotic efficacy in humans into the early stage pipeline. She/he will need to be a highly collaborative and energetic scientistwith superior communication skills, who can lead a lab-based team running multiple projects, act as senior scientific leader and/or lead early-stage matrix project teams.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:  

• Lead cross-functional project teams and provide technical leadership in area of expertise

• Develops and oversees novel scientific projects and will manage the work of others directly as well as in a matrixed structure

• Oversees the design and execution of relevant target and drug candidate mechanism of actionstudies using contemporary methods and tools.

• Prepare technical reports, summariesand quantitative analyses in written and/or oral form

• Proactively identify complex obstacles to progress in specific areas; recommend and implement solutions using a diverse set of resources; regularly add value to research projects through creative ideas

• Manage a wide variety of tasks, techniques, and projects; integrate these responsibilities to produce quality result with a high level of efficiency 

• Supports or identifies BD opportunities to enhance project progression, or functional capability expansion, with clear and specific application to needs of the liver portfolio 

• Act as a scientific mentor

• Communicate with colleagues effectively

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-termincentives. 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.