Director, Global Quality Systems

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Job Description

About the role

As Director, Global Quality Systems (DMS & LMS), you will serve as the enterprise Business System Owner for Takeda's Document Management System (DMS) and Learning Management System (LMS). You you will drive the design, implementation, and deployment of the DMS & LMS electronic systems. You will be expected to navigate highly complex, cross-functional challenges—balancing compliance, business needs, and technological innovation—while remaining sufficiently hands-on to understand system configurations, investigate issues, and support end users when needed. As the business owner of these critical quality systems, you will play an essential part in advancing Takeda's digital quality landscape. Takeda is fully leaning into the capabilities and promise of AI and digital advancement, and we are looking for a Director who is motivated by exploring innovation within the pharmaceutical environment. Your leadership will help transform our Global Quality organization by encouraging innovative thinking and delivering scalable, future-ready digital solutions.

How you will contribute

• Lead the implementation, enhancement, and lifecycle management of enterprise DMS and LMS solutions, ensuring alignment with global standards, GxP requirements, and Takeda's quality management framework.

• Provide senior leadership for highly complex issues, acting as the primary escalation point for systemic problems, inspection/audit observations, and cross-functional decision making related to DMS and LMS.

• Translate business needs into robust technical and process solutions, collaborating closely with IT, Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, and Commercial to design efficient, compliant workflows and integrations.

• Maintain a strong hands-on understanding of the systems, including configuration, data structures, user roles, and interfaces, enabling you to guide troubleshooting, support complex user issues, and validate technical proposals.

• Define and govern business processes and procedures related to document and learning management, ensuring effective system integration, regulatory controls, training curricula, and data integrity.

• Lead change at enterprise scale, leading change management initiatives, major system upgrades, and migrations/retirements, and ensuring that business needs, data requirements, and impact on users are fully addressed.

• Establish and oversee governance forums and user communities, fostering knowledge sharing, user engagement, and continuous improvement through regular meetings, communications, and feedback loops.

• Monitor and continuously improve system performance and inspection readiness, using metrics and analytics to proactively address risks, strengthen compliance, and enhance user experience.

• Drive digital innovation and automation, partnering with internal and external experts to explore AI, advanced analytics, and other emerging technologies that can modernize quality practices and reduce manual effort.

• Represent Global Quality Systems with senior stakeholders, aligning priorities, managing expectations, and influencing decisions that affect Takeda's global quality and digital ecosystem.

What you bring to Takeda

• A strategic, innovative mindset with the ability to shape and execute a long-term vision for global quality systems while delivering tangible, short-term improvements.

• Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with deep knowledge of GxP regulations, global quality standards, and inspection expectations related to document and learning management.

• Proven leadership in enterprise-level DMS and/or LMS ownership, including strategy, implementation, and ongoing governance.

• Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels—comfortable engaging with senior leaders on risk and investment decisions, and equally comfortable diving into system details, data issues, and complex user problems.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of diagnosing process and system gaps, balancing compliance and efficiency, and implementing effective, scalable solutions.

• Demonstrated success in leading through change in a complex, global environment—able to influence without authority, build consensus, and guide diverse stakeholders through digital and process transformation.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across functions, geographies, and cultures, and translating technical topics into clear business language.

• A track record of promoting digitalization, data quality, and innovative thinking, ideally including AI, automation, and data-driven decision making in quality or GxP contexts.

• Experience in a large, global pharma or biotech company; background from a top-20 global pharmaceutical organization is a strong plus.

• Commitment to Takeda's core values, including patient focus, trust, reputation, and business excellence, and a genuine passion for improving how quality is delivered through modern digital systems

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

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. 

For Location:

Lexington, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$174, $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.

LocationsLexington, MAWorker TypeEmployeeWorker Sub-TypeRegularTime TypeFull time

Job Exempt

YesIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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