Local Evidence Generation Head, US

Takeda • Cambridge, MA

1d • $212,000 - $333,190

About The Position

In this Senior Director-level role, the Local Evidence Generation Head helps identify, assess, and prioritize United States evidence needs for the relevant therapeutic area. The role ensures local stakeholder, asset, and healthcare system priorities inform global evidence plans and investment decisions. As part of the Global Evidence Generation organization, the position partners with scientific, medical, research, and cross-functional teams to develop and deliver rigorous evidence strategies. The work supports interventional studies, real-world evidence, observational research, database studies, and research collaborations that inform patient access and healthcare decision-making. The role also strengthens the quality, speed, efficiency, and impact of evidence planning and delivery through innovation, automation, digital tools, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence-enabled approaches.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a scientific, clinical, epidemiological, quantitative, health economics, or health outcomes discipline.
• At least 11 years of relevant experience with a doctoral degree, or 13 years with a master’s degree.
• Relevant experience in real-world evidence, epidemiology, health outcomes research, medical evidence generation, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in evidence gap assessment, study design, and scientific leadership within a stated therapeutic area.
• Strong understanding of United States healthcare systems, payer requirements, regulatory evidence needs, reimbursement decisions, and managed care.
• Ability to translate medical and healthcare questions into clear evidence gaps and scientifically sound, feasible research plans.
• Strong scientific judgment in evaluating study designs, data sources, analyses, endpoints, patient populations, and scientific outputs.
• Professional fluency in English.
• Strong stakeholder influence, matrix leadership, communication, facilitation, presentation, digital, and data science skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize evidence needs for United States stakeholders, assets, patients, payers, healthcare systems, regulators, and prescribers.
• Ensure priority United States needs inform global evidence strategies, studies, investments, and governance decisions.
• Guide study design decisions by evaluating scientific rigor, methodological feasibility, data sources, endpoints, and regulatory and payer relevance.
• Oversee priority studies, including contracts, timelines, budgets, quality milestones, external partnerships, and delivery risks.
• Direct portfolio governance, including scenario planning, investment trade-offs, resource allocation, decision-making, and risk escalation.
• Build strategic research relationships with healthcare systems, investigators, patient organizations, academic institutions, data partners, and scientific groups.
• Advance digital and analytical capabilities to improve evidence planning, operational efficiency, scalability, quality, and impact.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior