Senior Manager, GDO Trial Intelligence and Strategy

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company to inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as a Senior Manager, GDO Trial Performance Intelligence & Strategy based in Cambridge, MA reporting to the Executive Director, GDO Business Operations.

At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to work towards their potential through life-changing work. We offer stimulating careers, and work toward excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to provide Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Here, you will be a necessary contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

The Senior Manager, Trial Performance Intelligence & Strategy, supports the execution of trial performance intelligence activities by delivering prioritized insights, reporting outputs, and performance summaries that enable timely decision-making across study planning and delivery. This role partners with Trial Insights and Performance Optimization leaders and key stakeholders to support priority problem solving, translate business needs into actionable outputs, and drive adoption of practical insights that improve trial quality, speed, and cost outcomes within assigned scope.

This role will partner with Trial Insights and Performance Optimization leaders to advance priority problem statements and translate business needs into actionable trial performance intelligence outputs that support day-to-day decision‑making for study teams and functional stakeholders within defined scope and timelines.

• Lead the execution of the trial performance intelligence agenda for assigned studies, programs, and operational initiatives by identifying, monitoring, and interpreting key performance indicators, trends, risks, and opportunities. Deliver timely, actionable insights and recommendations that support informed decision‑making and improve trial execution outcomes.
• Partner with Trial Insights and Performance Optimization leaders, study teams, functional stakeholders, CROs, and business partners to align on priority performance questions, promote adoption of trial performance intelligence, and integrate insights into routine planning, execution, and operational review processes.
• Translate business priorities into actionable trial performance intelligence and strategy outputs by shaping fit‑for‑purpose insights and summaries that support timely tactical decisions for study teams and functional stakeholders. Conduct performance analyses to uncover trends, root causes, and key drivers impacting trial delivery. Translate findings into practical improvement opportunities and support continuous improvement initiatives across the clinical trial lifecycle
• Serve as a trusted subject matter expert in operational reporting, business intelligence, and data visualization by applying best practices to deliver clear, decision‑ready trial performance outputs.
• Drive adoption and sustained use of trial performance intelligence and strategy outputs through proactive engagement with study teams, GDO functions, and business leaders to ensure insights are integrated into ways of working. Promote trusted performance intelligence through partnership with data owners, governance teams, and stakeholders to support consistent definitions, data quality, stewardship practices, and appropriate interpretation of performance metrics.
• Provide hands‑on leadership for priority initiatives and studies by independently executing bespoke insights, identifying performance trends, and…