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Product Manager

Lexington, Massachusetts
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Job ID R0143298 Date posted 01/31/2025 Location Lexington, Massachusetts

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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 U.S.A., Inc. for the following job opportunity:

JOB LOCATION: Lexington, MA

POSITION: Product Manager

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. is seeking a Product Manager with the following duties: Engage and align with business stakeholders and IT on current business plans, strategies and future opportunities, and developments, providing product recommendations to build a pipeline of meaningful releases; ensure and drive the development of a product vision, strategy, and roadmap whilst aligning key stakeholders-based capability and features needs; use broad knowledge of IT, new and established technology developments, and consult with key players to enhance products, to define products, to develop prototypes, and to develop a roadmap for ongoing and new product developments; lead and manage the product lifecycle for the business by translating potential pipeline products to agile development projects, work closely with development teams to create new business product releases focusing on additional and/or new functionality, product simplification, and increase in transparency; drive the product planning fitting in long-term roadmaps and aligned with short-term release plans; drive prioritization of the product backlog to keep agile teams unblocked and aligned; lead and guide the development of products by using persuasion and negotiating skills to reach agreement on approach, development, and implementation; continually monitor and refine the product and lead and influence the performing service management and expert opportunities to optimize use experience. 100% telecommuting allowed anywhere in the US. Up to 5% domestic travel required.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field plus 6 years of related experience. Prior experience must include: Engage and align with business stakeholders and IT on current business plans, strategies and future opportunities and developments, providing product recommendations to build a pipeline of meaningful releases; Drive prioritization of the product backlog to keep agile teams unblocked and aligned; Oversee and manage product budgets established in consultation with stakeholders by balancing resources, vision development, prototyping and sustain product teams to deliver and maintain the product; Estimate approximate workload requirements and timeline predictions for several professionals and continuously monitor and prioritize product developments and workflow and capacity to deliver the most significant value to the product users.

Full time. $145,000 - $228,000 per year.  Competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualified applicants can apply at https://jobs.takeda.com. Please reference job #R0143298. EOE

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Locations

Lexington, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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