R&D Solutions Architect, Associate Director
Takeda
August 30, 2026
On-site
Boston, MA
$154,400 - $242,550 USD yearly
IT
Role Overview:
The Solutions Architect, Senior Manager defines and drives end-to-end solution architecture for cross-functional R&D initiatives focused on clinical development, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance. Translates business needs into secure, scalable, interoperable solution designs to enable study execution, evidence generation, submissions, and pharmacovigilance operations.
Accountabilities:
- Define and advocate target architecture, vision, and ways of working for R&D solutions.
- Support solution evaluation and selection (buy vs. build, vendor/product fit, sizing/estimation).
- Lead technical/solution design from discovery through delivery alignment.
- Create architecture artifacts (target-state/solution architecture, integration and data flow designs) and support design reviews.
- Ensure alignment to architecture standards using common platforms, shared services, and reusable patterns.
- Provide architecture guidance to resolve design risks, technical debt, and alignment to IT/R&D strategies.
- Develop architectures for regulated constraints (validation, privacy, interoperability, ecosystem dependencies).
- Architect information delivery, advanced analytics, and BI for clinical/regulatory/safety outcomes.
- Stay current on trends in clinical research, regulatory tech, pharmacovigilance, data, and AI/ML; make compliant recommendations.
- Ensure privacy/security/data protection compliance and promote auditability and traceability.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (Master’s preferred).
- 5+ years in technology roles with progressive responsibility; pharmaceutical/biotech or other regulated industry experience preferred.
- End-to-end delivery of technology/process change; balance speed, quality, and risk.
- High autonomy; lead through ambiguity and decisions without authority.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and mentoring.
- Detail-oriented; pragmatic, secure, compliant, supportable.
- Experience with regulatory compliance and data governance in healthcare/pharma (clinical, regulatory and/or safety).
Benefits:
- U.S. base salary range: $137,000.00 - $215,270.00.
- May be eligible for short- and/or long-term incentives; medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with match, disability, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits; up to 80 hours sick time/year and up to 120 hours paid vacation for new hires.
Location:
- Boston, MA
Application instruction:
- By clicking the “Apply” button, acknowledge understanding of the employment application process and agree that information will be processed per Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use.
The Solutions Architect, Senior Manager defines and drives end-to-end solution architecture for cross-functional R&D initiatives focused on clinical development, regulatory, and pharmacovigilance. Translates business needs into secure, scalable, interoperable solution designs to enable study execution, evidence generation, submissions, and pharmacovigilance operations.
Accountabilities:
- Define and advocate target architecture, vision, and ways of working for R&D solutions.
- Support solution evaluation and selection (buy vs. build, vendor/product fit, sizing/estimation).
- Lead technical/solution design from discovery through delivery alignment.
- Create architecture artifacts (target-state/solution architecture, integration and data flow designs) and support design reviews.
- Ensure alignment to architecture standards using common platforms, shared services, and reusable patterns.
- Provide architecture guidance to resolve design risks, technical debt, and alignment to IT/R&D strategies.
- Develop architectures for regulated constraints (validation, privacy, interoperability, ecosystem dependencies).
- Architect information delivery, advanced analytics, and BI for clinical/regulatory/safety outcomes.
- Stay current on trends in clinical research, regulatory tech, pharmacovigilance, data, and AI/ML; make compliant recommendations.
- Ensure privacy/security/data protection compliance and promote auditability and traceability.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (Master’s preferred).
- 5+ years in technology roles with progressive responsibility; pharmaceutical/biotech or other regulated industry experience preferred.
- End-to-end delivery of technology/process change; balance speed, quality, and risk.
- High autonomy; lead through ambiguity and decisions without authority.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and mentoring.
- Detail-oriented; pragmatic, secure, compliant, supportable.
- Experience with regulatory compliance and data governance in healthcare/pharma (clinical, regulatory and/or safety).
Benefits:
- U.S. base salary range: $137,000.00 - $215,270.00.
- May be eligible for short- and/or long-term incentives; medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with match, disability, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, holidays, well-being benefits; up to 80 hours sick time/year and up to 120 hours paid vacation for new hires.
Location:
- Boston, MA
Application instruction:
- By clicking the “Apply” button, acknowledge understanding of the employment application process and agree that information will be processed per Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use.