Director, Product Lead of Digital Process Automation - Alta Petens

Company: Takeda Pharmaceutical
Location: Littleton
Posted on: November 26, 2022

Job Description:

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Job Description

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

Takeda is advancing an exciting pipeline with the goal to get therapeutics to patients quickly by having the right operation model and automated clinical data pipeline for clinical development.

As a part of an umbrella initiative for transforming clinical development, the Automation team aim to accelerate the automation of critical clinical data flow processes using modern HyperAutomation approaches including Low Code Development for Digital Process Automation and AI/ML.

The Digital Process Automation Product Lead role is accountable for:

• Lead and drive the Digital Process Automation (DPA) applications development within the Automation Pillar of Alta Petens, the Clinical Data Flow Transformation Workstream within Takeda's Future Fit Initiative.
• Daily management of the DPA team.
• Ownership of developed DPA applications and partnership with stakeholder functions to deploy and support them.
• Support the evolution of the hyperautomation vision, strategy and the DPA product roadmap. ACCOUNTABILITIES
  • Accountable and responsible for the development, GxP validation and deployment of DPA Products / Applications to accelerate clinical trial data lifecycle and improve data quality.
  • Plan, coordinate, and track each project's scope and timelines.
  • Identify, assess, mitigate and resolve DPA Product Development risks with significant business impact.
  • Manage team resources and relationship/contribution of stakeholders across functions throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • Support Change Managment and Adoption of developed DPA applications.
  • Be the point of contact for DPA communications and engage cross-functional teams, IT business partners and third-party vendors. CORE ELEMENTS RELATED TO THIS ROLE
    • Have strong expertise in DPA with a big-picture vision and the drive to make that vision a reality.
    • Enjoy spending time with stakeholders to understand their problems and enjoy working with technical teams to develop innovative DPA applications.
    • Ensure delivered DPA applications are up to quality standards and bring value to Takeda.
    • Coach DPA team and help grow the team to higher maturity.
    • Help build a productive environment where team members 'own' the product and enjoy working on it. EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
      • MS with 8-12+ years of experience.
      • Minimum of 6+ years industry work experience in pharmaceutical industry, healthcare industry or technology industry.
      • Extensive experience and familiarity with Digital Process Automation platforms such as Appian, UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate.
      • Strong analytical mindset.
      • Excellent communication, coordination, prioritization, persuasion and leadership skills.
      • Able to work in a global company with a high degree of complexity including geographically distributed team members and subject matter experts with different cultural backgrounds.
      • Solid understanding of the clinical development / trial data lifecycle from protocol generation to final submission is a plus.
      • Available to travel (10%). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
        • Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.
        • Base Salary Range: $160,300.00 to $229,000.00, based on candidate professional experience level. Employees may also be eligible for Short-Term and Long-Term Incentive benefits as well. Employees are eligible to participate in Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Charitable Contribution Match, Holidays, Personal Days & Vacation, Tuition Reimbursement Program and Paid Volunteer Time Off.
        • This position is currently classified as "Remote" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy. EEO Statement
          
          Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.
          
          Locations
          
          Massachusetts - Virtual
          
          Worker Type
          
          Employee
          Worker Sub-Type
          
          Regular
          Time Type
          
          Full time
          
          

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