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Job Description
About the role:
The Head of Clinical Data Science is a senior enterprise leader responsible for transforming Takeda?s global Clinical Data Science capabilities across Drug Development. Reporting to the Head of DQS, this role will move the function beyond biostatistics and statistical programming to a more integrated, innovation-led model.
The leader will set the vision, strategy, and operating model to modernize study design, accelerate data-driven decision-making, improve regulatory readiness, and strengthen lifecycle evidence delivery, with a strong focus on execution of Takeda?s late-stage portfolio. In parallel, the role will help build the capabilities and ways of working required to enable Takeda?s early-stage portfolio, ensuring the organization is ready to apply modern clinical data science approaches earlier in development.
Through bold people leadership, enterprise mindset, and strategic collaboration across DQS, R&D, Global Medical, and external partners, the role will strengthen Takeda?s long-term competitive advantage and position the company at the forefront of clinical data science innovation.
How you will contribute:
Build and lead a high-performing global organization, including talent development, succession planning, organizational design, and capability building across both TA-facing and platform teams.
Lead a matrixed organization comprising Therapeutic Area Heads responsible for embedded quantitative support to development programs, and cross-TA platform leaders responsible for enterprise standards and innovation, automation, and shared capabilities.
Ensure high-quality statistical leadership across development, including study design, analysis strategy, interpretation of results, evidence planning and generation, and regulatory support from early development through registration and lifecycle management with a strong link to Global Medical priorities.
Oversee a global modern programming capability that delivers timely, compliant, and inspection-ready outputs for studies, submissions, pooled analyses, and integrated summaries.
Establish and scale enterprise platforms for data science, including advanced analytics, simulation, visualization, predictive methods, and decision support frameworks that improve trial, program, asset, and portfolio decisions.
Drive consistency, quality, and efficiency across Therapeutic Areas through common governance, processes, data standards, reusable assets, and fit-for-purpose analytical tools.
Enables team to perform at their highest level by setting ambitious goals and direction and providing timely feedback. Provides leadership, expertise, and guidance to management and other departments regarding clinical drug development, and specifically clinical data science.
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, or another relevant quantitative discipline; PhD preferred.
Deep experience across drug development, including clinical trial methodology, regulatory submissions, and health authority interactions.
Strong knowledge of global regulatory expectations, data standards, analytical methods, and quantitative approaches used in development decision-making.
Exceptional communication, influencing, and leadership skills, with the ability to operate credibly at executive and board levels.
Track record of successful leadership, management, and development of large, multi-disciplinary globally dispersed teams. Strong judge of talent with the ability to make tough talent decisions.
Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary
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For Location:
Boston, MA
U.S. Base Salary Range:
$352,000.00 - $484,000.00
The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.?The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
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Locations
Boston, MA
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Job Exempt
Yes
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