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Project Manager

Cambridge, Massachusetts
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At Takeda, we are guided by our purpose of creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. Every corporate function plays a role in making sure we — as a Takeda team — can discover and deliver life-transforming treatments, guided by our commitment to patients, our people and the planet.

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Job ID R0138999 Date posted 11/26/2024 Location Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Job Description

  • As a part of Digital Strategic Alliances and Partnerships team in this global role, part of Chief Technology Officer’s organization, you help to ensure the excellence of Takeda’s digital products and services by leading strategic, enterprise-wide, innovation initiatives, and be accountable for their successful execution and impact on Takeda’s patients and business;
  • You will have ownership of strategic initiatives and projects at Digital Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, Digital Product Excellence, and CTO Office from project planning to execution and completion. As project manager, you are responsible for ensuring the timely execution of the project, reshaping strategy and tactics to when necessary, and to lead and coordinate cross functional teams comprising Takeda employees, strategic partners, and vendors.
  • Responsible to lead and/or coordinate digital health innovation co-creation projects with Takeda’s strategic partners;
  • Responsible for digital innovation scouting digital infrastructure and vendors, as well as responsible to develop and manage internal service offering and lead selected search & evaluation projects. You will ensure Takeda has access to industry leading digital scouting and evaluation tools, and that Takeda is continuously improving our processes and tools to discover external digital innovation partners;
  • Contribute as project manager to the execution of Takeda’s internal innovation programs that support and fund Takeda innovators across the enterprise.
  • You contribute, with the team, to the building and sustaining digital and organizational infrastructure enabling Takeda’s digital innovation community of practice, responsibility of creating strategy and future vision for its development, as well as accountability for improving Takeda digital innovation culture and performance:
  • Prepare high quality, actionable analysis and insights on targeted topics in written format and provide presentations and briefings to support executive decision making and wider Takeda digital communities.
  • Contribute to our efforts to continuously improve and develop the service offering of competitive intelligence to ensure Takeda wide utilization of digital health competitive intelligence and analytic capabilities, including, but not limited to: Data, Digital & Technology leadership, Business Unit leadership, R&D and Medical Affairs.
  • Contribute to Takeda’s efforts maintain updated competitive intelligence tracking key technology, industry and business trends, including targeted and continuously updated analysis of key sectors and companies.
  • Support the team to build and strengthen cross-functional relationships with senior leadership across Takeda, and accountability that Digital Strategic Alliances and Partnerships innovation and partnership services and objectives meet the changing innovation needs of business units and functions, and that they are aligned with enterprise-wide innovation objectives;
  • Ensure Takeda maintains updated competitive intelligence tracking key technology, industry and business trends, including targeted and continuously updated analysis of key sectors and companies.
  • Collaborate across Takeda to understand and prioritize business intelligence and analysis needs, and proactively develop new case studies or improvements to digital business analysis processes and infrastructure.
  • Support planning and executing external engagements with key communities and events with focus on strengthening Takeda strategic intelligence, scouting and partnerships.
  • Support digital partnership deal flow by identifying and assessing new business opportunities and contribute to partner/build/buy decision making.
  • Support the management of strategic partnership deal flow by assessing new partnerships, benchmarking, due diligence, business models, and partnership development;

Requirements:

  • BA/BSc in business, science, technology or related field. MA/MSc is preferred.
  • 2-5 years of relevant experience in conducting business analysis in digital industries;
  • Demonstrated experience in digital health or medical technologies is an advantage, as well as experience from venture capital, private equity, startups, innovation, or strategic partnerships;
  • Demonstrated experience from planning and executing competitive landscape analysis that supports business development, as well as from industry leading scouting and business intelligence tools is required;
  • Demonstrated experience from developing business plans and in business modelling, achieved e.g. from startup founding or new product development;
  • Experience from crowdsourcing and open innovation is a plus:
  • Advanced written and oral communication skills, and great people skills.

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 - Cambridge

U.S. Base Salary Range:

108,500.00 - 170,500.00

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-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.

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 - Cambridge

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes
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