Medical Insights COE Lead, Associate Director

Takeda•Cambridge, MA

11d•$154,400 - $242,550•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for building and operating the Medical Insights Center of Excellence (COE) as a practical, scalable capability to support consistent analytics, reporting, and insight generation across Global Medical. The Lead will drive high-impact projects, translate data into clear recommendations for portfolio discussions and leadership decisions, and serve as a functional expert for Medical insights, KPIs, performance measurement, and dashboard-enabled decision support. The goal is to improve Medical impact measurement, insight generation, and adoption of data-driven ways of working.

Requirements

8+ years of related work experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, consulting, or relevant strategy, insights, analytics, or operations roles.
Experience leading analytics, insights, portfolio reporting, performance measurement, or business operations projects; experience within Medical Affairs is a plus.
Track record executing cross-functional initiatives, translating analytical outputs into business implications, and influencing stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
Strong working knowledge of KPI frameworks, performance tracking, value realization, dashboarding, and insight-generation methods.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including data synthesis, forecasting, scenario analysis, trade-off analysis, and executive-ready communication.
Experience with data visualization, dashboarding tools, and collaboration with data/analytics or technology partners.
Ability to connect insights to practical business decisions, implementation plans, and measurable outcomes.
Fluent English required.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree such as MBA, MPH, PhD, or similar is a plus.
Additional languages advantageous.

Responsibilities

Execute the buildout and ongoing operation of the Medical Insights COE, ensuring processes, tools, and ways of working are clear, practical, and consistently applied.
Operationalize existing functional direction into standard approaches for insight generation, KPI use, reporting rhythms, and dashboard adoption.
Maintain a scalable insights framework that supports a consistent view of Medical performance, value, and impact across therapeutic areas and functions.
Partner with therapeutic area and functional stakeholders to improve consistency of data definitions, methodologies, and governance practices.
Lead execution of analytics workstreams that integrate data, business context, and stakeholder input into actionable insights.
Prepare portfolio intelligence and decision-support materials for Global Medical leadership, including prioritization, resource, risk, and trade-off discussions.
Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and business implications; recommend actions and escalate material issues for leadership consideration.
Implement frameworks and metrics that measure Medical value, impact, outcomes, and contribution to portfolio and enterprise objectives.
Translate activity-based reporting into more meaningful impact and outcome measures, working within agreed performance-management direction.
Develop clear approaches to communicate Medical contribution, value realization, and insight implications to cross-functional stakeholders.
Act as a functional expert and trusted partner for Medical insights, analytics, KPIs, dashboard interpretation, and performance-management practices.
Guide stakeholders on how to apply standard methods, interpret insights, and use dashboard outputs to support decision-making.
Drive adoption of data-driven ways of working through practical guidance, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement.
Lead high-impact projects that improve insight generation, analytics delivery, portfolio reporting, and Medical impact measurement.
Partner with DD&T, Data & Analytics teams, and external partners to enhance platforms, dashboards, data flows, and advanced analytics capabilities.
Contribute to the Medical Insights and Analytics capability roadmap by identifying needs, testing improvements, and recommending scalable solutions.