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Job Description

Takeda is on a journey to becoming a design-driven organization. To deliver on our promise to bring lifesaving and life-enriching medicines to patients around the world, Design will play a critical role. We believe service design is a crucial practice area for our organization and will become a strategic business differentiator. We need designers!

In this role, you will bring clarity and sense-making to some of our most critical business processes.

You will work in close partnership with teams across Takeda to use service design and design thinking techniques to improve the clarity of product roadmaps, help teams ideate novel solutions, and introduce new ways of working.

If you are part enthusiastic facilitator, part lover of the design process, part logistical thinker, and, ABOVE ALL, a change-maker, we would love to hear from you.

What you’ll do...

Be human-centered: Advocate for the end-user through human-centered design methodologies (such as design research, service blueprinting, collaborative working sessions, rapid prototyping, etc.)Create clarity: Visualize complex ideas into understandable concepts that evolve and enhance the product and service experiencesBias towards action: Engage in portfolio prioritization to help set the strategy for the teamRadical collaboration: Create and facilitate design-led workshops to engage and build alignment across different stakeholders, partners, and teamsStorytelling: Radiate information and celebrate success and failureBe mindful of the process: Keep a critical eye on “how” we work, as well as “what” we are working on, and make improvements

You’ll also...

Facilitate design workshops and help with the logistics of design sessionsParticipate in research efforts to understand customer needs and define opportunities through usability and empathy studiesHelp teams frame and re-frame problems, define insights, and design new methodologies & practicesAudit existing systems and services, identifying opportunities for design interventionsFacilitate teams in creating user flows, journey maps, interaction models, and service blueprints to increase visual clarityCapturing workshop output and sharing it back to participants and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

At least 3-5 years of experience in service design, design strategy, human-centered design, experience designExperience working in highly regulated industries is a plusExperience or understanding of Agile environmentsExperience working with cross-functional teams

During the interview:

We may want to get to know you better, so there may be some things we do together, like play with LEGO, but there will be no homework or “design exercises.”We love questions, so please have plentyWhat are your career goals and aspirations? What do YOU need from this job?

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:

Cambridge, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$133,000.00 - $209,000.00

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.

LocationsCambridge, MA

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time

Job Exempt

Yes

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