Senior Manager, Business Capability Analyst

Takeda • Boston, MA

1d • $137,000 - $215,270

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Business Capability Analyst serves as a strategic liaison between regulatory business stakeholders and Digital & Technology teams, enabling delivery of regulatory data and system capabilities across the GRIDS portfolio. The role elicits, shapes, and translates business needs into actionable requirements and assesses end-to-end process and data impacts. It ensures solutions align with regulatory objectives and are delivered in a scalable, compliant, and value-driven manner.

The position partners with Business System Owners and stakeholders, facilitates requirements and use-case workshops, translates requirements into functional specifications and agile delivery artifacts, and supports implementation and adoption of regulatory system capabilities. It also contributes to process optimization, data quality improvements, and consistent business analysis practices.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree, with an advanced degree preferred, and 8–12+ years of business analysis experience in life sciences or regulatory domains. Experience with regulatory systems such as Veeva RIM and a strong understanding of GxP environments and regulatory processes are required. The position is located in Boston, Massachusetts. The stated U.S. base salary range is $137,000–$215,270.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8–12+ years of business analysis experience in life sciences or regulatory domains.
• Experience with regulatory systems, such as Veeva RIM.
• Strong understanding of GxP environments and regulatory processes.
• Experience eliciting, documenting, and managing requirements.
• Ability to translate business needs into structured technical artifacts.
• Understanding of regulatory data models and process flows.
• Experience working within Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to facilitate alignment between business and technical teams.
• Structured thinking and problem-solving ability.
• Clear and effective communication.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on capability building.
• Demonstrates Takeda leadership behaviors through strategic thinking, collaboration, delivery focus, and capability development.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Business System Owners and stakeholders to elicit and document business requirements.
• Facilitate workshops to define use cases, scenarios, and regulatory needs.
• Assess end-to-end process and data impacts of new capabilities across regulatory functions.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with Digital & Technology teams to support agile delivery and backlog refinement.
• Serve as a key interface between business and technical teams to ensure alignment and clarity.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, data quality improvements, and capability advancement.
• Support consistent application of business analysis standards, tools, and methodologies.
• Contribute to successful implementation and adoption of regulatory system capabilities.

What This Job Offers

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