Strategy and Capability Development Lead, C&MO, Shanghai
Takeda · Shanghai
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Strategic and Management Support
- Support the Head of Insights & Analytics on strategic projects and ad hoc requests from senior management.
- Collect and synthesize internal business information, external market data, competitive intelligence, and relevant stakeholder perspectives.
- Conduct structured analyses and translate findings into clear business implications and actionable recommendations.
- Develop executive-ready strategic narratives and decision-support materials for leadership discussions and business reviews.
- Ensure that key messages are supported by accurate analysis, relevant evidence, and well-structured communication.
Corporate Strategy and Planning
- Support key corporate strategy and planning processes, including Long-Range Forecasting, Business Planning, and other strategic initiatives.
- Coordinate inputs from Business Units, Finance, Market Access, Medical, Commercial Operations, and other relevant functions.
- Integrate diverse inputs into coherent, enterprise-level perspectives and leadership-ready outputs.
- Track timelines, deliverables, decisions, and follow-up actions to ensure smooth project execution.
- Identify information gaps, inconsistencies, and emerging issues, and escalate them appropriately.
Capability development
- Lead capability-development initiatives. Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to gather information, align perspectives, and facilitate timely delivery.
- Translate complex quantitative and qualitative information into concise and compelling management communications.
- Maintain high standards of accuracy, confidentiality, responsiveness, and attention to detail.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree or above in business, economics, finance, life sciences, or a related discipline. MBA degree is strongly preferred.
- Relevant experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, commercial strategy, business analysis, or insights and analytics. Management consulting experience is strongly preferred.
- Excellent PowerPoint skills, with demonstrated ability to develop clear storylines, executive-level presentations, and compelling data visualizations.
- Strong Excel skills, including data analysis, modeling, scenario analysis, and chart development.
- Strong analytical thinking and ability to synthesize complex information into clear insights and recommendations.
- Strong project-management and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Chinese.
- Highly proactive, mature, reliable, and detail-oriented.
- Ability to manage changing priorities and deliver high-quality work under tight timelines.
- Pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life-sciences experience is preferred.