Lead Data Engineer

Location: Boston
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

By clicking the “Apply” button, I understand that my employment application process with Takeda will commence and that the information I provide in my application will be processed in line with Takeda’s Privacy Notice and Terms of Use . I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge. Job Description Pursuant to Section 20 C.F.R. 656.10, you are hereby notified that an application for Alien Employment Certification will be filed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. for the following job opportunity: JOB LOCATION: Cambridge, MA POSITION : Lead Data Engineer POSITION DESCRIPTION : Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. is seeking a Lead Data Engineer with the following duties: Partner closely with stakeholders in the RDBU to build a solid business acumen and develop a material understanding of the respective business strategy; Co-develop the RDBU data product strategy in close collaboration with stakeholders and leadership; Develop and own realistic, achievable product roadmaps; Analyze business requirements, evaluate solution options, and facilitate business reviews; Develop and maintain pipelines that meet business needs, adhere to company standards, and incorporate best practices exploiting the benefits of cloud-nativity; Lead technical solution reviews with stakeholders; Directly support or coordinate with the help of DD&T SMEs complex data challenges to find fit-for-purpose solutions; Take full accountability for RDBU specific data products and help plan, mature, and support such including for development and ongoing operation of KPI’s for quality and availability; Work with DevOps teams to operationalize data products and help in troubleshooting when needed; Co-design and proactively mature effective and modern data architectures (conceptual, logical, and physical models) within company’s USBU and Global data ecosystem; Lead and/or participate in the evaluation, implementation and deployment of emerging tools and processes including but not limited to analytics, data engineering, data quality, data governance, AI and GenAI. Up to 70% remote work allowed. REQUIREMENTS: Master’s degree in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Engineering or related field plus 3 years of prior experience. Prior experience must include: Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and architecture using AWS native technologies to support all therapeutic areas by increasing data accessibility and fostering data driven decision making across the company; Build and maintain technical solutions required for optimal ingestion, transformation and loading of EDC and external vendor data from a wide variety of systems viz; Veeva and Elluminate for preparation of SDTM, ADaM and TLF data; Leverage the power of data, analytics, robotics, science and cognitive technologies to uncover hidden relationships from vast troves of data, generate insights, and inform decision-making; Implement large-scale data ecosystems including data management, governance and the integration of structured and unstructured data to generate insights leveraging cloud-based platforms; Use knowledge in Hadoop architecture, HDFS commands and Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) databases' experience in designing, building and managing large scale data structures and pipelines; optimized queries to build data pipelines. Full time. $147,000.00 - $244,400.00 per year. Competitive compensation and benefits. Qualified applicants can apply at https://jobs.takeda.com . Please reference job R0153339. EOE Any individual may provide documentary evidence bearing on this application, with information on available workers and information on wages and working conditions, to the Certifying Officer, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5311, Washington, DC 20210. Locations Boston, MA Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

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