Senior Director Planning, Clinical Production and Alliances; CPA

Job Description

Takeda has been translating science into breakthrough medicines for 240 years. Every step of the way, our teams have worked together to tackle some of the most challenging problems in drug discovery and development. Today, we’re a driving force behind innovative therapies that make a lasting difference to millions of patients around the world.

• Job Level: Senior
• Travel:
  Minimal (if any)

Job R0174987 Date posted 02/21/2026 Location Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts| Lexington, Massachusetts

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Provides leadership and development to CPA planning leads to ensure innovative and robust global clinical supply chain strategies are developed and implemented to ensure continuity of clinical supplies to successfully meet program and study milestones across all Therapeutic Area Units. Proactively identifies and drives the development, execution, and implementation of cross functional initiatives that improve planning processes and systems, enhance stakeholder relationships, and provide significant value to the business.

Optimize and evolve global and regional clinical supply chain strategies and planning principles. Measure, assess effectiveness, and implement continuous improvements as required to deliver best in industry clinical supply chain strategies. Serves as an influential leader within Takeda and external to Takeda, contributing to cross-functional initiatives.

• Responsible for leading a team of planning professionals and ensuring robust procedures, tools, and technology are in place to strategically deliver optimum clinical supply to support all Therapeutic Areas in a consistent and predictable manner, including all Takeda sponsored studies, IISR’s, partnered studies (if applicable), and Post Trial Access (Compassionate Use, Named Patient programs).
• Ensures line management and key stakeholders are apprised of developments that may impact clinical supply chain, exercising sound judgement and communicating in a professional and timely manner. Demonstrates ability to anticipate risks and is responsible for developing solutions to identified risks and discussing with direct reports and management; understands probabilities of success for the solutions.
• Establishes strong stakeholder relationships and drives effective collaboration with Clinical Operations, Pharm Sci, GSQ, TAU’s, GMA, MPG, PSDQ, Regulatory, and other stakeholders.
• Represent CPA as a primary interface for key stakeholders and on key cross functional projects.
• Establishes (as required), leads and evolves Clinical Supply Chain governance forums to support the business needs including Clinical and Operations Planning process (CS&OP), Monthly Governance forum (to assess new studies for complexity and vendor allocation strategy), and other forums as applicable.
• Accountable for demand and supply planning of Drug Substance and Drug Product, inventory planning, and adherence to business targets while ensuring regulatory and compliance frameworks.
• Works closely with the Business Process Excellence and Digital Strategy team to identify and drive opportunities to leverage data and insights to drive improvements in planning and supply strategy.
• Drives improvements and utilization of Smart Supplies Forecasting & Planning and ensures the effective and consistent utilization of Smart Supplies across GCSC and Pharm Sci team.
• Supports Due Diligence efforts to provide input on behalf of Pharm Sci.
• Maintains enterprise view of clinical supply chain connecting clinical operations, Pharm Sci, regulatory, GMA, QA, and commercial manufacturing (GSQ) perspectives across the development portfolio.
• Responsible for bringing significant industry expertise to the team and guiding/mentoring junior members of the team to build and maintain strong planning capabilities within…