Specialist, Business Operations - Clinical Oncology

Job Description

Join us as a Specialist, Business Operations in our Cambridge office. At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through R&D‑driven market leadership and a values‑led culture. We empower our people to realize their potential through life‑changing work, fostering an inclusive, collaborative workplace united by a commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future.

The Specialist, Business Operations will:
- Own and evolve key OTAU business operations workflows and alliance governance infrastructure, applying independent judgment to identify operational risks, design scalable solutions, and drive work that supports unit priorities.
- Use digital tools, AI, automation, and continuous‑improvement practices to simplify processes, strengthen transparency, and improve stakeholder experience across a geographically distributed organization.
- Partner with Alliance Management, Business Operations leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders to translate business priorities into structured operating models, decision‑ready materials, and sustainable ways of working.

Alliance Governance & Sub‑Team – Own the operating model for hybrid and in‑person governance meetings, create a searchable decision and action‑management framework, and coordinate end‑to‑end alliance governance and sub‑team meetings across global time zones.

Governance Infrastructure & Digital Tools – Lead the strategy, optimisation, and deployment of alliance digital infrastructure, design and manage the alliance digital onboarding approach, and determine appropriate access, tool orientation, and repository structure.

Alliance Health & Reporting – Partner with Alliance Management to define, interpret and improve recurring governance health metrics, manage the operational design of periodic alliance health surveys, and deliver insight summaries to inform Allianz Manager review.

New Joiner/Leaver Employee Experience Management – Own and continuously evolve OTAU’s new‑joiner, off‑boarding and employee‑transition strategy, design standardised checklists, templates and trackers, and improve transparency and consistency across all employee‑transition workflows.

Conference and Travel Budget & Approvals Management – Own OTAU’s conference attendance request process, manage intake, evaluate completeness, identify decision points, recommend and implement process, tool, template or guidance changes, and strengthen operational consistency.

Core Business Process Management – Own and optimise the Preclinical Oncology Request (PCOR) operating process, the operational governance of OTAU time‑reporting compliance, and develop internal communication infrastructure. Identify opportunities to simplify OTAU workflows, evaluate feedback and post‑process learnings, and implement AI‑enabled or automated solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 2–3 years’ experience in program or project coordination, cross‑functional team operations, or alliance/partnership operations within pharma, biotech or life sciences.

• Demonstrated initiative in identifying process improvements and introducing new digital tools or ways of working.

• Strong digital fluency across Microsoft
365, with the ability to evaluate and apply AI, automation and collaboration tools.

• Proven track record coordinating complex, multi‑stakeholder meetings and program activities across global time zones.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgement, and strong organisational and prioritisation abilities.

Base Salary Range: $71,800.00 – $ (actual salary may vary).
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short‑term and/or long‑term incentives, medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, basic life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteer time off, company holidays and wellbeing benefits. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive up to 80 hours of sick time per calendar year, and new hires accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation per year.

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