Associate Director, Data Analytics and Integration

Join Takeda as an Associate Director, Data Analytics and Integration

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About the Role

At Takeda, we are a forward-looking, world-class R&D organization that unlocks innovation and delivers transformative therapies to patients. By focusing R&D efforts on four therapeutic areas and other targeted investments, we push the boundaries of what is possible in order to bring life-changing therapies to patients worldwide.

Join Takeda as an Associate Director where you will help develop the vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution of building, maintaining, and continuously learning for all data and analytics platforms in Global Biologics. You will work with scientists and experts in data management, lab automation, molecular design, and machine learning to build and continuously improve data infrastructure. Here, you will drive analytics initiatives to derive actionable insights from data, enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization.

As part of the Biologics Informatics and Automation, you will report to the Head of the team and create a build, test, and learn system for biologics discovery, where predictions guide experiments, and high throughput data generated is fed back to the models to improve the next round of predictions.

How You Will Contribute

• Collaborate with scientists across Global Biologics to develop and build end-to-end data management capabilities for biologics discovery.
• In close partnership with Research Technologies and Lab Systems teams in the Data Science Institute, build scalable and efficient data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and storing structured and unstructured data from multiple sources.
• Implement best practices in data management, ETL processes, and data quality assurance to maintain high standards of data integrity and reliability.
• Map existing data sources and schemas to ontology concepts and classes.
• Ensure alignment between ontology models and existing data structures to facilitate data integration and interoperability.
• Enable real-time collaboration around data through dashboards and other visualizations.
• Oversee the implementation of data visualization tools and platforms to empower stakeholders with intuitive access to data insights.
• Own the data accuracy, quality, and governance for Global Biologics; accountable for supporting reporting, analytics, and the user community.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance data engineering and analytics capabilities, considering scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
• Oversee the design and execution of experiments, data analysis, and interpretation to guide decision-making and optimize drug discovery efforts.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Collaborate effectively within a matrix environment, with scientists across various scientific disciplines, therapeutic areas, and departments to develop a strategy and appropriate goals for data science work.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or a related field with 7+ years of experience, or MS with 13+ years, or BS with 15+ years.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in data science, engineering, and bioinformatics in the life sciences.
• Proven track record of building and/or developing scalable data pipelines in a pharmaceutical or biotechnology setting.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Spotfire) and advanced analytics techniques (e.g., machine learning) is required.
• Exceptional leadership and people management skills.

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.

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