Strategy Lead, Global Legal and Ethics & Compliance

Takeda • Boston, MA

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Strategy Lead (Director) drives strategic planning for GLEC by translating senior leadership priorities into clear, actionable plans and measurable objectives. The role oversees annual planning, maintains strategic roadmaps, manages OKR/KPI frameworks, and supports operating reviews and governance processes. It includes leading strategic analyses, partnering with program and change management teams, and ensuring strong alignment, execution quality, and visibility across teams and regions. The Strategy Lead also serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, ensuring the function stays coordinated and focused on enterprise priorities.

Requirements

• 10+ years in strategy, legal operations, management consulting, or related functions in a global, matrixed organization.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Demonstrated track record leading strategic planning, program management, and transformation in a complex global organization.
• Demonstrated ability to structure complex problems, drive cross-functional alignment, and influence senior executives.
• Advanced fluency with planning frameworks, metrics, dashboards, and executive storytelling.
• Strong analytical skills, financial acumen, and comfort with data-driven decision-making.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and executive storytelling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead all core annual planning workstreams, including calendar design, templates, facilitation workshops, and executive-level readouts for the Function.
• Own and maintain the strategy-on-a-page and multi-year roadmap, ensuring clarity of priorities, dependencies, and resource assumptions.
• Oversee the OKR/KPI framework, partnering with Finance, HR, and Operations Lead to ensure alignment to budget, workforce plans, and enterprise priorities.
• Produce and manage recurring operating reviews (monthly/quarterly business reviews), delivering insights, risks, and recommended actions across the Function.
• Support governance processes, including intake/prioritization evaluations, decision logs, and tracking leadership commitments and follow-through.
• Lead strategic analyses (capacity modeling, demand forecasting, productivity trends, service performance) to inform leadership decisions.
• Partner with PMO and Change Leads to ensure the strategy is integrated into program sequencing and benefits realization plans.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees