Associate Director, Regulatory Data Governance Lead

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Job Description

Summary:

The Regulatory Data Governance Lead will ensure Regulatory information and data standards are aligned with Takeda’s strategic business requirements — including Master Data Management (MDM), Regulatory strategy, Industry standards, and evolving Health Authority (HA) expectations.

In addition to supporting ongoing governance and data quality initiatives, this role will play a critical coordination role in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activities, ensuring that data from acquired entities, products, and systems are properly assessed, migrated, and governed within Takeda’s Regulatory Information Management (RIM) ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is a strong collaborator with an analytical mindset, experienced in metadata and data catalog management, and skilled at working across a highly federated organization. He/she will help integrate diverse data assets into Takeda’s systems, monitor the quality of Regulatory master and transactional data, and champion best practices in data stewardship, governance, and compliance.

Responsibilities:

1. M&A Integration and Regulatory Data Transfer

• Coordinate the assessment, transfer, and integration of Regulatory data during M&A activities, ensuring compliance with Takeda’s data governance standards.
• Support due diligence by reviewing acquired data sources, data models, and ownership structures to identify alignment needs and integration risks.
• Define and maintain data mapping and migration specifications for RIM and eDMS systems.
• Oversee the execution of data remediation, migration validation, and quality control activities.
• Liaise with DD&T, GRO, and cross-functional M&A integration teams to ensure consistent data ingestion and quality assurance across systems.
• Track data-related risks, issues, and lessons learned throughout acquisition integration projects.

2. Regulatory Data Governance and Quality Management

• Oversee the establishment and continuous improvement of Regulatory data governance policies and operating procedures.
• Identify and assign data standard roles (Data Quality, Stewards, Owners) across the Regulatory data domain.
• Maintain and evolve the Regulatory Data Catalog, ensuring proper data classification, lineage documentation, and quality rules.
• Define and monitor metrics to measure data and metadata quality, usability, and compliance with internal and external standards.
• Lead or support activities related to metadata management, including sensitive data tagging, business rule documentation, and data discoverability.

3. Change and Stakeholder Management

• Drive adoption of metadata and data governance practices through effective training and communication across stakeholder groups.
• Participate in data governance and M&A forums to align on priorities, report progress, and share best practices.
• Support Regulatory Intelligence and Change Management assessments to evaluate the impact of new regulations or process changes on data governance.
• Contribute to the definition of RIM data roadmap, architecture diagrams, and interface specifications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Information Management, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in Regulatory Information Management, Regulatory Operations, or a related discipline within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrated experience in data integration, migration, or governance support within M&A or large-scale system transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Regulatory data models, RIM systems (Veeva Vault preferred), and Regulatory processes (Labeling, CMC, Registrations).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and compliance.
• Proven ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups, balancing business and technical priorities.
• Experience working in GxP environments and hybrid cloud solutions preferred.

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:

Massachusetts - Virtual

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$153,600.00 - $241,340.00

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. 

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Locations

Massachusetts - Virtual

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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