Director, Generative AI

Accountabilities

• Partners with data science teams, domain experts, and business units to identify and prioritize opportunities to leverage machine learning and particularly generative AI and agentic AI to drive decision making and automation across all levels of the R&D organization
• Translate business needs into clearly scoped machine learning projects, and take a hands‑on approach to steer solution design and implementation
• Educate, demonstrate, guide, and enable the application of machine learning and particularly generative AI in various pharmaceutical R&D operations and scientific domains
• Identify, monitor, and validate relevant external AI / ML developments, cultivate relationships with external domain experts and partners, and report and present emerging novel developments within the organization to further innovation and shape long‑term strategy and governance.
• Proactively build relationships across the company to inform your work and contribute to internal and external collaborations, through involvement in working groups, and the writing of insightful, engaging, and actionable opinion pieces that are easily digestible by internal decision makers and stakeholders.
• Be the leading voice for building common capability and approaches and for adopting best practices
• Work in collaboration with our Ethics and Governance teams to ensure our AI / ML applications are developed ethically and provide broad benefits to our patients and business
• Help talented, driven, enthusiastic AI / ML engineers and data scientists across the company grow professionally
• Measure, document, and communicate impacts of the Center’s efforts

Education, Behavioural Competencies and Skills

Takeda Compensation And Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

Location : Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range : $174,500.00 - $274,230.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and / or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and / or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

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