Lead Process Scientist, Drug Product – Sr. Manager
Takeda
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $137,000 - $215,270 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Provide process science and manufacturing technology leadership for drug product manufacturing across Takeda’s global network.
- Act as a technical SME for small molecule oral solid dosage and/or parenteral processes.
- Support both new product introductions and lifecycle management of marketed products.
- Align cross-functional stakeholders and external partners to enable robust, compliant, and scalable manufacturing.
- Represent the drug product process science perspective in regulatory CMC interactions.
- Lead and/or oversee DP technical deliverables across the product lifecycle, including technology transfer to internal sites and external contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs).
- Drive manufacturing strategies ensuring consistent approach across Takeda’s internal network and CMOs based in process knowledge and science-based risk management.
Requirements
- Degree (BS, MS, and/or PhD) in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- At least 5 years of relevant industry experience, with experience supporting pharmaceutical development and/or manufacturing in DP-related areas (e.g., OSD and/or parenterals).
- Demonstrated success as an SME and project leader in a matrix environment, influencing technical decisions across functions and sites without relying on direct authority.
- Strong working knowledge of DP manufacturing technologies, validation and tech transfer principles, and practical application of industry best practices.
- Experience contributing to or leading regulatory CMC readiness, including converting process understanding into clear technical narratives and defensible control strategies.
- Proven ability to analyze complex problems, drive to root cause, and implement sustainable solutions with high technical rigor.
- Communication and stakeholder-management skills that enable effective collaboration, conflict resolution, and alignment across internal teams and external partners.
- A working style that prioritizes focus, accountability, and measurable outcomes, while actively building capability for the future.
Benefits
- 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
process sciencemanufacturing technologysmall molecule oral solid dosageparenteral processestechnology transfervalidation principlestech transfer principlesregulatory CMC readinesstechnical narrativescontrol strategies
Soft skills
project leadershipinfluencing decisionscommunication skillsstakeholder managementconflict resolutioncollaborationproblem analysisroot cause analysissustainable solutionsaccountability
Certifications
BS in ChemistryMS in ChemistryPhD in ChemistryBS in Chemical EngineeringMS in Chemical EngineeringPhD in Chemical Engineering