Manager, Medical Program Management

Job Description

Objective/

Purpose:

• Provide program management leadership in support of complex Medical programs (asset-level), ensuring that agreed strategies are translated into well-structured, executable plans with clear milestones, deliverables, and accountabilities.
• Partner with Medical and cross-functional teams to execute established program plans, supporting alignment, coordination, and effective delivery across functions and regions.
• Strengthen program execution discipline by maintaining robust milestone tracking, dependency management, risk identification, and issue escalation within assigned scope.
• Apply Medical PMO standards and tools to support consistent, transparent execution practices, contributing to improved delivery predictability and visibility.

Scope:

• Support end-to-end execution of assigned Medical programs, maintaining integrated plans, tracking progress against milestones, and ensuring alignment across cross-functional contributors.
• Translate program strategy and priorities into detailed workplans and actionable activities, working with functional teams to ensure clarity of roles, timelines, and deliverables.
• Provide regular, structured program updates, consolidating inputs on milestones, risks, dependencies, and progress into clear and accurate reporting for stakeholders.
• Facilitate program governance meetings and working teams, ensuring effective preparation, clear agendas, documentation of decisions, and follow-through on actions.
• Identify, track, and manage program-level risks and issues, working with team members to develop mitigation plans and escalating appropriately when needed.
• Support program prioritization and re-planning activities, helping teams adapt to changes in timelines, resources, or strategic direction while maintaining delivery momentum.
• Track and consolidate program-level budget and resource information, supporting visibility and coordination with Finance and functional partners.
• Build strong working relationships across functions to enable coordination, problem-solving, and timely delivery of program objectives.
• Contribute to PMO capability by adopting standardized tools, templates, and processes, and identifying opportunities for incremental improvements in execution.
• Model Takeda values and support a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement in program delivery.

Education, Behavioral Competencies and

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or other regulated environments, including demonstrated leadership of complex global programs at the asset level.
• Proven experience partnering with Medical and cross-functional leaders to translate strategy into executable program plans and guide key program-level decisions in matrixed organizations.
• PMP, Agile, change management certification, or comparable project/program management credentials preferred.
• Strategic program execution: translates asset and TA priorities into actionable delivery plans, governance structures, and program control mechanisms that enable effective execution.
• Program-level insight and integration: identifies dependencies, trade-offs, and execution risks within and across programs, ensuring alignment and proactive mitigation.
• Leadership communication: synthesizes program status, risks, implications, and recommendations into clear, structured, and leadership-ready communications.
• Stakeholder influence: builds alignment across cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive execution, facilitate decisions, and maintain focus on delivery outcomes.
• PMO contribution and team development: applies and reinforces PMO standards and contributes to advancing consistent, data-enabled execution practices across programs.
• Digital enablement mindset for PMO:
  Demonstrates a working awareness of digital tools and process improvements, and supports efficient PMO execution through basic use of technology and data.

Location:

Cambridge, MA
- Hybrid

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