Head of Enterprise Data Products at Takeda

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Job Description

Head of Enterprise Data ProductsTakeda PharmaceuticalUSA - MA - Cambridge - Kendall Square - 650About the role:

The Head of Enterprise Data Products is a global leadership position within Enterprise Data and Analytics (EDA) team responsible for working with across EDA team all capability pillars as well as close partnership with internal constituent groups managing acquired data and its data products as a strategy asset for Takeda. This role will be accountable to collaborate with stakeholders to shape the data and analytics vision/roadmap and steer cross-functional pods in delivery of data products to support digital, analytics and BI. To achieve this, you will build and lead your team to create new processes, potential new technologies, tools and capabilities in response to the needs of your core stakeholders to enable their analytics and digital strategy. Our Enterprise Data Backbone (EDB) is built on a trusted data marketplace experience and will be key to accelerating data availability to our business partners. This role will report to the Head of Enterprise Data Management and Innovation and work with key stakeholders.

How you will contribute:

• Lead/co-lead data product preparation, solutioning and design for data products that create transformational business outcomes, at scale from the investment at enterprise level. This also includes data products developed utilizing Real World Data (RWD).

• Develop/co-develop and deliver a consistent product vision, strategy and roadmap for several products related to Data, Insights, Business Intelligence and Analytics, working on multiple Products in a highly federated complex environment

• Deeply understand the external data products domain and data provided by external data partners (e.g., IQVIA, Komodo, Symphony, Specialty Pharma) in a leu of bring some of the external data preparation work internal to Takeda Global with reusability for enterprise.

• Own a portfolio of data products (models) from concept to delivery and aligned with BU/BF.

• Deeply understands the Patient data ecosystems and privacy considerations of utilizing external data at Global level.

• Partner with BU/Fs and Enterprise Analytics, Data Science, Data Architecture, Data Quality & Governance, Engineering teams, Commercial, Insight & Analytics, Product Design, and other Program Management team members to develop, test, and deliver high quality data products and features that can be easily consumed in our Data Marketplace.

• Manage scrum processes for product engineering teams (define and prioritize the backlog, create stories, coordinate and oversee sprint planning and execution, ensure process improvements through retrospectives, and track velocity/burndown)

• Deeply understand the data collection, flow, transformation, and reporting requirements.

• Grow the data products team globally and ensure they are consistently developing and documenting detailed product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and success measures.

• Partners with stakeholders to build global project execution plan that support strategic growth and drive incremental revenue with consumable data products that can be re-used and drive business 360 Views.

• Partner with business leaders to balance the delivery of product features that drive the business vs. platform foundational capabilities that drive scalability and resiliency.

• Responsible for finding ways to leverage data flow throughout an entire product lifecycle (not just the design stage), and they use that data to build and perfect a feature or product.

• Translates business goals and end user needs into data product strategy; communicates direction and product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and third-party partners

• Develop and maintain critical business relationships throughout the organization, ensure senior leaders are consistently well informed about external DATA products priorities, capabilities, timelines, issues, and releases

• Identifies goals, metrics, and analytics to determine product value; continually making recommendations and refinements to the product backlog based on learnings.

• Advocate for the highest standards of technical and operational excellence. Ensure we’re building highly scalable and repeatable capabilities in the best manner possible.

• Conduct end user research to help identify user stories and help determine Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

• Monitors research as well as the competitive landscape to recommend the best solutions and ensure that products remain or become best in class.

• Ensure data products are aligned with company, stakeholder and end-user priorities to drive sales, improve efficiency, and improve customer satisfaction

• Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met.

• Creates, prioritizes and accepts user stories; incorporate them into release planning.

• Makes product decisions that drive value on a daily basis.

• Identifies pros, cons, issues, obstacles, dependencies and value associated with features and enhancements

• Participates in standups, iteration planning sessions, product demos and retrospectives.

• Facilitate the conversations between all impacted stakeholders—executives, engineers, analysts, other product teams, and external customers—who consume the data

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related field.

• 10+ years of relevant experience in a product owner, global delivery lead or team lead capacity.

• 7+ years of relevant experience in leading data product domains (commercial, real-world evidence, patient) and extensive working knowledge with external and real-world data globally (e.g., IQVIA, Komodo, Symphony, Specialty Pharma etc.)

• Vast knowledge on the patient data ecosystem, its laws and data anonymization requirements. Understanding of HIPAA and patient de-identification requirements

• Vast experience in software development life cycle, agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.

• Ability to effectively liaise with all levels across the organization.

• Experience working directly with external data consumers and insight and analytics team.

• Highly analytical and collaborative qualities with strong technical, strategic and problem-solving skills

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced operational environment where change is the norm

• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust across the team

• Excellent written and oral communications skills as well as comfort using those skills to drive change and alignment

• Ability to break down complex product requirements into actionable user stories

• Ownership mentality with strong initiative to achieve results. Self-motivated and ability to motivate others

• Excellent project management, prioritization and decision-making skills

• Prior experience in highly regulated Healthcare Industry/Pharma

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

Cambridge, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$169,400.00 - $266,200.00

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.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-termincentives. 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.

EEO Statement

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Locations

Cambridge, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time