Strategy and Operational Excellence Lead
Takeda
August 29, 2026
On-site
Boston, MA
$177,000 - $278,080 USD yearly
Operations
Responsibilities:
- Lead refinement, socialization, and activation of business-unit strategy, priorities, critical success factors, and multi-year roadmaps.
- Translate strategy into integrated operating plans, decision rights/accountabilities, performance measures, and communications.
- Provide senior thought partnership by synthesizing insights, framing trade-offs, and recommending actions.
- Drive operational excellence by building capabilities, streamlining processes, automating approaches, and leveraging tools/systems.
- Establish scalable frameworks, standard work, governance, and portfolio dashboards to improve consistency, transparency, speed, and decision quality.
- Oversee initiative health (resources, milestones, risks, interdependencies) and escalate issues with options.
- Partner with Finance/business leaders on resource allocation, budget visibility, and stewardship.
- Establish and continuously improve governance/operating rhythms (planning, forums, pre-reads, decision documentation, follow-through).
- Lead cross-functional culture and employee-engagement initiatives; model Takeda cultural pillars.
- Oversee internal leadership communications and home office huddles/town halls operations.
Qualifications (Minimum):
- Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, healthcare, organizational leadership, or related field.
- 10+ years relevant experience in pharma/biotech/healthcare/consulting or other regulated industry with progressive strategy/ops/transformation or portfolio leadership.
- 2+ years in consulting with structured problem-solving and executive-ready recommendations.
- Project/change management and/or Lean/continuous improvement training or certification.
- Director-level leadership in matrixed environments; influence without authority.
- Strong strategic thinking, executive communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and change leadership.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and digital collaboration tools; interest in responsible AI/automation.
Preferred:
- HR/people or organizational effectiveness/culture/workforce experience.
- MBA/MS/MPH or equivalent.
- Commercial operations, product lifecycle planning, or enterprise transformation experience.
Travel:
- Up to 10%.
Compensation & Benefits:
- U.S. Base Salary Range (Boston, MA): $177,000.00–$278,080.00
- Benefits: “For information about our benefits, please click here.”
- Lead refinement, socialization, and activation of business-unit strategy, priorities, critical success factors, and multi-year roadmaps.
- Translate strategy into integrated operating plans, decision rights/accountabilities, performance measures, and communications.
- Provide senior thought partnership by synthesizing insights, framing trade-offs, and recommending actions.
- Drive operational excellence by building capabilities, streamlining processes, automating approaches, and leveraging tools/systems.
- Establish scalable frameworks, standard work, governance, and portfolio dashboards to improve consistency, transparency, speed, and decision quality.
- Oversee initiative health (resources, milestones, risks, interdependencies) and escalate issues with options.
- Partner with Finance/business leaders on resource allocation, budget visibility, and stewardship.
- Establish and continuously improve governance/operating rhythms (planning, forums, pre-reads, decision documentation, follow-through).
- Lead cross-functional culture and employee-engagement initiatives; model Takeda cultural pillars.
- Oversee internal leadership communications and home office huddles/town halls operations.
Qualifications (Minimum):
- Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, healthcare, organizational leadership, or related field.
- 10+ years relevant experience in pharma/biotech/healthcare/consulting or other regulated industry with progressive strategy/ops/transformation or portfolio leadership.
- 2+ years in consulting with structured problem-solving and executive-ready recommendations.
- Project/change management and/or Lean/continuous improvement training or certification.
- Director-level leadership in matrixed environments; influence without authority.
- Strong strategic thinking, executive communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and change leadership.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and digital collaboration tools; interest in responsible AI/automation.
Preferred:
- HR/people or organizational effectiveness/culture/workforce experience.
- MBA/MS/MPH or equivalent.
- Commercial operations, product lifecycle planning, or enterprise transformation experience.
Travel:
- Up to 10%.
Compensation & Benefits:
- U.S. Base Salary Range (Boston, MA): $177,000.00–$278,080.00
- Benefits: “For information about our benefits, please click here.”