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Job Description

About the role:

Global Insights Lead, Nephrology (Associate Director) – Reporting to the Global Insights & Analytics Head, this role is responsible for leading insight generation and competitive intelligence for a nephrology-focused pipeline asset, with potential expansion into transplant and other related indications. As a key member of the Global Commercial Team and the Global Insights & Analytics organization within Takeda’s Strategy & Portfolio Development function, the individual serves as a trusted strategic partner, delivering actionable, decision-oriented insights that inform clinical development and early commercialization strategies. The role supports critical decisions related to study design, endpoint selection, and product positioning by integrating market data, stakeholder perspectives, and competitive intelligence. Additionally, the position collaborates across indication teams to ensure aligned franchise strategies and leverages prior commercialization and launch experience to enhance launch readiness and capability development across the broader franchise.

How you will contribute:

Strategic Insights & Competitive Intelligence

• Lead qualitative and quantitative research to understand treatment landscapes, unmet need, and treatment dynamics

• Monitor competitors, pipeline developments, and evolving standards of care

• Translate insights into clear implications and recommendations for cross-functional teams

Clinical & Commercial Strategy

• Provide input to indication strategy, study design, endpoints, and positioning

• Inform the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and early commercial strategy with insight-driven perspectives

• Support development of target product profiles (TPPs), business cases, and strategic narratives

Forecasting

• Inform key forecast assumptions based on insights and competitive intelligence

• Partner with forecasting teams to ensure alignment of inputs, assumptions, and outputs over time

• Support scenario planning and stakeholder alignment

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as insights lead for transplant-related workstreams

• Partner closely with R&D, Medical, Commercial, and regional teams

• Communicate clear, >

  Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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  For Location:

  Cambridge, MA

  U.S. Base Salary Range:

  $154,400.00 - $242,550.00

  
  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-term incentives. 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.

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  Locations

  Cambridge, MA

  Worker Type

  Employee

  Worker Sub-Type

  Regular

  Time Type

  Full time

  Job Exempt

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