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About the Role
The Associate Director, Analytical Portfolio Governance plays a critical role in enabling effective execution of the Analytical Development (AD) project portfolio through robust governance, portfolio visibility, decision tracking, and cross-functional coordination. This role partners closely with the Head of Analytical Development Portfolio Leadership to ensure analytical priorities, deliverables, risks, decisions, and actions are visible, aligned, and appropriately managed across the portfolio.
You will establish and maintain governance processes, operating rhythms, portfolio review mechanisms, performance dashboards, and execution tracking systems that support successful delivery of analytical development activities across development programs. The role serves as a central coordination point for portfolio-level insights, risk identification, escalation management, and cross-project learning while ensuring leadership decisions are translated into actionable plans with clear ownership and accountability.
This position focuses on analytical project portfolio governance and execution visibility and does not own analytical strategy, scientific decision-making, or functional operations
Skills:
Partner with the Head of Analytical Development Portfolio Leadership to operationalize approved project portfolio priorities, governance processes, and analytical development lead (ADL) execution expectations.
Establish and maintain ADL project portfolio operating rhythms, governance forums, portfolio review agendas, decision logs, action tracking, and project governance documentation.
Develop and maintain project portfolio dashboards, project scorecards, and portfolio review materials covering analytical deliverables, project milestones, risks, decisions, escalations, and follow-up actions.
Drive implementation of standardized ADL project work packages, governance practices, and cross-project learning across the portfolio.
Coordinate visibility of specification development, analytical control strategies, AQbD/QbD initiatives, and platform implementation milestones across projects.
Support project execution discipline by tracking actions, decisions, risks, dependencies, and governance deliverables.
Identify recurring execution risks, decision bottlenecks, and cross-project themes for escalation to portfolio leadership.
Partner with Program Management, Regulatory CMC, Quality, QC, Process Development, and other stakeholders to ensure governance actions and decisions are visible and appropriately tracked.
Translate portfolio leadership priorities into effective governance processes, project tracking mechanisms, and actionable follow-up.
Maintain and continuously improve portfolio dashboards, decision logs, action tracking systems, and ADL operating rhythms.
Provide portfolio-level visibility to support leadership decision-making and execution oversight across a global project portfolio.
Recommend governance improvements and escalate significant risks, gaps, and decision needs to portfolio leadership.
Drive consistency in project delivery by promoting standardized ways of working, portfolio transparency, and cross-project learning.
Maintain a clear separation between portfolio governance responsibilities and functional operations management.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Business, Operations, or related discipline.
8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or related industries.
Experience in project portfolio governance, program management, CMC project coordination, analytical development, portfolio reporting, or matrixed project execution.
Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, analytical, and organizational skills.
Experience developing project dashboards, portfolio review materials, decision logs, action trackers, scorecards, or leadership reporting systems.
Experience coordinating cross-functional project teams and influencing without direct authority.
Familiarity with Analytical Development, CMC development, ADL roles, control strategy, specifications, AQbD/QbD, or regulated development environments preferred.
Join us in shaping a best-in-class Analytical Development portfolio management capability by driving transparency, governance, and execution excellence across a diverse and dynamic global development portfolio.
Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary
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For Location:
Lexington, 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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Lexington, MA
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