Global Insights Lead, Neuroscience Assets & Programs

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Job Description

Join Takeda as a Global Insights Lead, Neuroscience Assets & Programs out of our Cambridge, MA office. Where you will lead ssigned insight generation and competitive intelligence projects for Neuroscience assets/programs, with a core focus on Takeda’s Neuroscience Franchise. Own project scoping, research design, vendor selection and management execution, synthesis, and delivery of clear, decision-oriented recommendations to inform clinical development and early commercialization strategy, within priorities agreed upon with the Head of Neuroscience Insights.

As an insights thought partner on the Global Commercial Team, this role independently leads assigned research and competitive intelligence workstreams and is accountable for the quality, timeliness, and relevance of their deliverables. The role recommends actions to inform study design, endpoint selection, positioning, and early commercial strategy. Overall franchise priorities and resource trade-offs are aligned with the Head of Neuroscience Insights; final clinical and commercial decisions remain with the accountable cross-functional leaders.

Partner across Neuroscience indication teams to integrate insights and support a consistent franchise perspective. Apply commercialization and launch experience to deliver insights for assigned launch-readiness workstreams. Accountability is for insights delivery and recommendations, rather than overall franchise strategy, launch execution, or franchise-wide capability building. This position is part of the Global Insights & Analytics team within Takeda’s Strategy & Portfolio Development function.

How you will contribute

Strategic Insights & Competitive Intelligence

• Lead end-to-end qualitative and quantitative research for assigned assets/indications to understand treatment landscapes, unmet need, and treatment dynamics; manage project plans, vendors, timelines, and assigned research budgets within agreed approvals
• Monitor competitors, pipeline developments, and evolving standards of care for assigned programs; identify implications and escalate material risks or changes
• Integrate research and competitive intelligence into clear implications and recommendations for cross-functional teams

Clinical & Commercial Strategy

• Provide evidence-based recommendations to inform indication strategy, study design, endpoints, and positioning, in partnership with accountable clinical and commercial leaders
• Inform the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and early commercial strategy with insight-driven perspectives
• Contribute insights and analyses to target product profiles (TPPs), business cases, and strategic narratives; support defined launch-readiness workstreams

Forecasting

• Own the development, documentation, and ongoing review of insight-based inputs and assumptions for patient-based forecasts for assigned assets/indications; partner with forecasting teams responsible for model maintenance and overall forecast delivery
• Partner with forecasting teams to validate assumptions, assess model outputs, and track changes over time, within established forecasting governance
• Support scenario analysis and stakeholder alignment; recommend assumption updates for review by accountable forecasting and business leaders

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as insights lead for assigned orexin workstreams, delivering against agreed priorities and escalating scope, resource, or strategic trade-offs to the Head of Neuroscience Insights
• Partner closely with R&D, Medical, Commercial, and regional teams to translate business questions into research priorities and coordinate insights across assigned indications
• Communicate clear, data-driven perspectives to support decision-making

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s required; MBA, PharmD, or PhD preferred
• 8–10+ years of experience in market research, insights, forecasting, analytics, or strategy required
• Background in strategic consulting or competitive intelligence strongly preferred
• Experience supporting drug development and/or commercialization (launch or inline)
• Experience contributing to patient-based forecasts, including developing and validating inputs and assumptions and tracking changes over time
• Demonstrated experience contributing to launch strategy or commercial readiness efforts
• Strong analytical, synthesis, and communication skills
• Experience in Neuroscience/ Neuropsychiatry or specialty care a plus
• Strategic and agile thinker who translates data and competitive intelligence into actionable strategy
• Experience bridging clinical development and commercialization to inform decision-making across the asset lifecycle

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