Associate Director, Finance, Forecasting, and Pricing and Planning Platforms

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About the role

Associate Director, Finance, Forecasting, Pricing & Planning Platforms

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced professional with a strong combination of Life Science Forecasting and Pricing expertise, data and analytics capabilities, and enterprise planning platform experience to drive the expansion, optimization, and implementation of forecasting and planning solutions across the organization.

This role goes beyond traditional system implementation and focuses on building a strategic planning ecosystem that enables scalable forecasting, pricing, revenue management, and commercial decision-making. The ideal candidate will have experience leading both platform expansion initiatives and end-to-end software implementations, preferably leveraging Anaplan, while partnering closely with Finance, Commercial, Market Access, IT, and Data organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Strategy & Expansion

• Lead the roadmap, enhancement, and expansion of enterprise planning and forecasting platforms across Finance and Commercial functions.
• Identify opportunities to extend platform capabilities into new business processes, geographies, therapeutic areas, and functional teams.
• Drive adoption of planning solutions by establishing scalable models, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, integrations, and capabilities to support evolving business requirements.
• Develop long-term platform strategies that align with corporate digital transformation and planning objectives.

Business & Functional Leadership

• Serve as a subject matter expert in pharmaceutical forecasting, pricing, revenue planning, and commercial analytics processes.
• Partner with Market Access, Finance, Demand Forecasting and Business Insights stakeholders to define future-state planning capabilities.
• Support and enhance:
• Net Sales
• Price Forecasting
• Gross-to-Net (GTN) Planning
• Pricing and Contracting Analysis
• Product Launch Planning
• Scenario and Sensitivity Modeling
• Translate business requirements into scalable planning and analytics solutions.

Implementation & Solution Delivery

• Partner with Internal Systems Leads to support enhancements of forecasting and planning solutions, from requirements gathering through deployment and adoption.
• Partner with IT, data engineering, and external vendors to ensure successful solution delivery and ongoing support.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy, operational efficiency, and user experience.

Data & Analytics

• Collaborate with data teams to establish trusted data foundations supporting forecasting and planning processes.
• Define data requirements, integration strategies, and governance standards.
• Leverage internal and external pharmaceutical datasets to improve forecasting performance and business insights.
• Support advanced analytics, scenario planning, predictive modeling, and decision-support capabilities.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and alignment across planning platforms.

Stakeholder & Program Management

• Build strong relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Manage competing priorities across multiple platform and implementation initiatives.
• Communicate project status, risks, opportunities, and business outcomes to senior leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, or Life Sciences industry.
• Demonstrated expertise in pharmaceutical forecasting, pricing, revenue management, and commercial planning.
• Experience leading enterprise planning platform implementations and enhancements.
• Strong understanding of data management, analytics, and system integration concepts.
• Proven ability to bridge business and technical teams to deliver complex transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience with Anaplan as a Model Builder, Solution Architect, Product Owner, or Platform Lead.
• Experience expanding and scaling Anaplan capabilities across multiple business functions.
• Knowledge of:
• Gross-to-Net Forecasting
• Market Access and Contracting
• Commercial Operations and Analytics
• FP&A
• Long-Range Planning
• Product Launch Forecasting
• Experience with:
• SAP
• Snowflake
• SQL
• Power BI
• Tableau
• Azure Data Platform
• Anaplan
• TM1/IBM Planning Analytics experience
• Undefined Anaplan certifications strongly preferred. Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate combines deep pharmaceutical forecasting and pricing expertise with a strong background in data, analytics, and enterprise planning platforms. They have successfully led large-scale implementations or platform expansion initiatives, helping organizations evolve from point solutions to integrated planning capabilities that support strategic decision-making and business growth.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

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USA - Ma

Cambridge - Kendall Square - 500

U.S. Base Salary Range

$154,400.00 - $242,550.00

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.