Associate Director, High-Performance Computing

Role Summary

Associate Director, High-Performance Computing. This role is responsible for the architecture, implementation and management of high-performance computing platforms within the Takeda portfolio and is responsible for the day-to-day development and alignment of delivery to the strategic vision. This role focuses on understanding and introducing emerging technology that will transform the way we engineer and deliver computing resources through cloud technology and platforms. Responsibilities include architecture, delivery, and communicating progress to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable high-performance computing (HPC) solutions on AWS for computational chemistry, molecular dynamics, and large-scale genomics workflows.
• Lead the planning, execution, and integration of HPC projects, ensuring timely, within-budget delivery and alignment with enterprise systems.
• Partner with strategy, architecture, and business teams to analyze requirements, identify opportunities, and drive technology enhancements in scientific computing.
• Guide the implementation, enhancement, and ongoing maintenance of HPC platforms, guiding support to maximize uptime and reliability.
• Drive experimentation and proof-of-concept initiatives to explore innovative features, automation techniques, and platform enhancements.
• Provide leadership for evaluating and recommending advanced frameworks, platforms, and tools for HPC solutions.
• Create reference architectures, documentation, guides, and training materials for HPC on AWS cloud infrastructure
• Establish requirements of management processes to identify, verify, and document business, functional, and technical requirements to support robust, technology-led solutions.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science, Computational Science or equivalent) or a Master‚Äôs Degree
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a technology-focused role developing and deploying technology and process change, preferably in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Direct experience in the pharmaceutical industry or related field required
• Previous experience leading a medium to large organization and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders is a plus
• Proven track record of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables
• Track record of successful leadership, management, and development of large, multi-disciplinary globally dispersed teams
• Health care business acumen with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry

Skills

• Deep expertise in architecting cloud-based high-performance computing resources using AWS ParallelCluster, AWS Batch, AWS Healthomics
• Hands-on experience deploying and optimizing cloud storage solutions using Amazon S3, EFS, FSx for Lustre for high-throughput data access
• Extensive expertise in Linux system administration, HPC schedulers (SLURM), and parallel computing technologies (MPI, OpenMP)
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation
• Experienced with multi-account AWS environments and CI/CD workflows for IaC deployments
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to distill complex issues into simple terms and write technical documentation

Education

• A Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science, Computational Science or equivalent) or a Master‚Äôs Degree

Additional Requirements

• Hybrid work arrangement
• Ability to work across functions, regions and cultures; strong leadership and collaboration skills