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Job Description

Associate Director, Corporate Program Management Office (CPMO)

Takeda Pharmaceutical

Cambridge, MA or Lexington, MA

About the role:

Are you looking for a patient-focused company that will inspire you and support your career? If so, be empowered to take charge of your future at Takeda. Join us as a Associate Director Corporate Program Management in our Lexington, MA or Cambridge, MA office.

Here everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. As an Associate Director Corporate Program Management working on the US Business Unit (USBU) Strategy & Planning team, you will be responsible for planning, organizing and managing successful strategic initiatives through program, project, and portfolio management.

How you will contribute:

• Establish governance and an operational plan for cross-functional teams to drive implementation for corporate programs of high strategic importance to the USBU, helping Takeda deliver on its commitments to patients and embed new commercial capabilities across the enterprise as well as support new product launches.

• Ensure optimal program support and contribute to program leadership, working collaboratively to resolve issues, manage risks, and ensure effective resource management to realize program objectives on schedule and within budget.

• Collaborate closely with the Leadership Team and commercial cross-functional teams to coordinate the implementation of programs and their governance across business units and functions in a highly matrixed environment.  Thought partner to program leadership, sharing best practices and lessons learned from other launches and programs.

• It requires a dynamic individual with a collaborative approach, high learning agility, strong emotional intelligence, and strong planning and communication skills.

• Manage program initiatives that adhere to USBU objectives.

• Develop and implement use of program/project management processes, systems and governance.

• Contribute to the development of launch excellence best practices in collaboration with the CPMO.

• Manage project deliverables, including presentations, process flows, spreadsheets, and documentation to track project progress (e.g., scope/charter, requirements, project plans, dashboards, risk registers, and process documents).

• Clarify roles and responsibilities of core team members and support cross-functional project teams to achieve objectives, leveraging best practices and project management tools.

• Assist in stakeholder communication planning, ensuring key updates on risks, issues, and resource needs are shared with leadership.

• Facilitate project team meetings and collaborate cross-functionally with key internal/external stakeholders from commercial, medical, market access, regulatory, and other relevant functions.

• Support project teams in identifying and addressing program risks and challenges.

• Contribute to the orchestration of "mock launches" to assess readiness and identify potential gaps.

• Actively participate in the Launch Excellence Community of Practice, supporting the adoption of the launch excellence playbook.

• Maintain program tracking and communication tools, such as dashboards or reports, to provide visibility on progress and key milestones..

• Facilitate planning and scenario workshops.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly desired