Head, Global Oncology Strategic Market Research &… at Takeda · Boston

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Job Description

At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer stimulating careers, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do.

We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Takeda Oncology is seeking a highly motivated, insightful, and strategic leader to join the Global Insights & Analytics function as a Head, Global Strategic Market Research & Advanced Analytics Innovation. This role will serve as a critical thought partner to Global Oncology leadership, shaping objective, forward-looking external market understanding that acts as a catalyst behind strategy, portfolio decisions, launch, and lifecycle execution across pipeline and inline assets.

This leader will define and lead the strategic market research vision for Oncology while also advancing the evolution of insights and analytics—anticipating industry and competitive signals, modernizing traditional approaches, and enabling foresight driven decision making. Operating with a global mindset, the role balances enterprise consistency with local relevance, connects insights across verticals in partnership with I&A peers, and brings stakeholders together at critical decision moments.

As a member of Takeda Oncology, your work will contribute to our bold, inspiring vision: We aspire to cure cancer. Here, you’ll build a career grounded in purpose and be empowered to deliver your best.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Market Research

• Serve as an objective and proactive voice of customers, translating business priorities into insight driven decision support for Global Oncology Business Unit, Therapeutic Area, Global Brand, and New Product Planning leadership.
• Own the global strategic market research vision across Oncology pipeline, launch, and lifecycle stages, ensuring insights are anticipated, forward looking, and aligned to portfolio and brand priorities.
• Lead strategic market research with a globally consistent, locally relevant approach—setting global Oncology standards while enabling flexibility to address regional and market specific needs—and oversee the design and execution of high impact primary market research across healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers (e.g., segmentation, concept and message testing, demand and adoption research, journey mapping, and tracking).
• Proactively identify and frame critical business questions ahead of decision points, designing research that challenges assumptions, surfaces risks and tradeoffs, and positions market research and insights as a catalyst shaping strategic direction.
• Establish and maintain best practices for market research excellence, including methodological rigor, study design standards, vendor briefs, analytical quality, and executive level insight storytelling.
• Navigate and lead across complex, disparate stakeholder groups—building alignment, managing tradeoffs, and constructively addressing conflicting priorities—while bridging new stakeholders to expand the impact of the team.
• Along with Oncology I&A peers, lead as an enterprise connector, using deep understanding of forecasting, analytics, competitive intelligence, and market research to recognize where connections matter most and ensure the appropriate functions are brought together to inform decisions.

Advanced Analytics

• Lead the transformation of insights and analytics by anticipating industry and competitive signals, setting a clear vision aligned to enterprise priorities, and modernizing traditional data approaches (including GenAI), while identifying, piloting, and scaling innovative analytics and emerging technologies in close partnership with enterprise leaders and Global Capabilities Centers—to enable foresight driven strategy, decision making, and immediate business impact.
• Lead global analytics in support of BD, NPP, and early launch assets, ensuring early stage decisions are grounded in robust, data driven analytics leveraging claims/EMR/etc., to shape opportunity assessment, clinical trial patient identification, forecasting, and strategic choices.

Education and Experience:

• BA or BS degree required. Master's degree in Computer Sciences, Business, or related field preferred
• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical or biotech Insights & Analytics, with deep expertise in strategic market research, in particular with launch brands. Global experience a plus.
• 5+ years’ experience in the bio/pharmaceutical or related field with direct responsibilities in advanced analytics (e.g., predictive analytics, machine learning, patient level data triggers, marketing mix, machine learning) and GenAI.
• Demonstrated leadership skills managing matrix teams, influence outcomes and build consensus in strategic and tactical decisions, specific to digital and analytics
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into action; excellent analytical skills and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues & mitigate risks
• Experience working with all levels of management and consulting with key business stakeholders. An ability to influence for greater outcomes
• Track record of having built and managed high-performing teams; strong people manager with ability to manage and inspire
• Demonstrated leadership of end-to-end primary market research (qualitative and quantitative), including study design, vendor oversight, budgeting, and executive level insight delivery
• Proven ability to translate external market understanding into strategic influence, shaping portfolio, brand, launch, or lifecycle decisions
• Experience operating effectively in a highly matrixed, global environment, partnering across diverse stakeholders and managing competing priorities
• Track record of serving as an objective, independent voice of insight, capable of challenging assumptions and constructively influencing senior leaders

Knowledge and Skills:

• Understands strategic business needs and be able to create and deploy a compelling digital and analytics vision across multiple regions
• Comfort and familiarity with pharmaceutical data sources incudes claims, EMR data.
• Knowledge of analytical technologies and best practices of leveraging data to drive informative decisions
• Advanced proficiency in digital operations including channel optimization, ROI/value assessment, digital KPI tracking, campaign measurement, etc.
• Experience leveraging complex data to drive business decisions, working knowledge of data science methodologies (predictive analytics, machine learning, patient level data triggers, marketing mix) and data infrastructure for executing analytics
• Capable of leading and managing a team to successful work product delivery, and leading projects from inception & analysis to implementation, measurement, and refinement
• Able to set priorities, develop and manage multiple projects and timelines simultaneously
• Demonstrated proficiency in leading and influencing cross-functional teams. Able to gain buy-in and promote shared ownership of projects
• Ability to build strong positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to manage vendor relationships and maintain an accurate budget
• Exercises sound business judgment and can identify simple, effective, and practical operational solutions
• Possesses a data-driven mindset, and makes decisions based on sound analytics & robust / continuous study of data
• Driven to quickly arrive at answers to deliver on results
• Excellent communication of ideas including written and in-person presentation skills in a persuasive and appropriate manner. Ability to frequently communicate changes and intentions with high level of transparency to all stakeholders
• Ability to quickly learn about therapeutic area and products

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.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

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: Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range: $212,000.00 - $333,190.00

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

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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt Yes

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