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Job DescriptionRole Objectives:
• Lead the Bengaluru GCM Medical-review operations capability across c/MLR Activities and Quality Control, covering MLR for medical content, CMLR for commercial content, review coordination, comment consolidation, resubmission, approval-status tracking and compliant-reuse tracking
• Ensure materials are complete, traceable and operationally ready for formal review while accountable Medical, Legal and Regulatory reviewers retain scientific interpretation and final approval
• Own capability capacity, delivery performance, quality governance and escalation
Key Responsibilities:
Medical Review & Quality Leadership
• Oversee c/MLR operational workflows for medical and commercial content, including intake, pre-checks, submissions, reviewer coordination, comment consolidation, revisions, resubmissions, approval-status tracking and compliant-reuse tracking
• Oversee first-pass Quality Control of Content Factory outputs, including reference anchoring, claim support, tagging, metadata, templates, source traceability and completeness
• Ensure completed review records and supporting evidence are handed off to the GCM Medical Governance Lead responsible for Approval Documentation & Audit through the defined controlled workflow
• Ensure review status, comments, versions, decisions and release conditions remain controlled and traceable across c/MLR and internal-reuse workflows
Team & Delivery Leadership
• Lead the c/MLR Activities and Quality Control teams and coordinate completed-review handoffs to the Medical Excellence Approval Documentation & Audit role
• Manage intake, prioritization, capacity, backlog and overnight handoffs against agreed timelines and expectations
• Coordinate with the GCM Content Factory Integration Leads to manage review-ready intake, corrections, rework and routing to accountable reviewers
Governance, Performance & Improvement
• Define and maintain operational SOPs, QC checklists, escalation pathways and review-workflow controls with Global Medical and cross-functional stakeholders
• Monitor first-pass quality, review cycle time, backlog, rework, on-time delivery and recurring quality issues
• Escalate scientific interpretation, claim-boundary, compliance or approval decisions to the accountable Medical, Legal or Regulatory owner
• Drive improvements to templates, workflows, training, automation and performance reporting based on quality and delivery trends
Qualifications:
Experience: More than 10 years of related experience; more than 7 years in the biopharmaceutical industry; at least 5 years in scientific communications, Medical review, Medical writing or Medical Affairs Operations; experience leading teams or senior individual contributors preferred
Technical skills:
• Strong knowledge of MLR/CMLR workflows, scientific QC, reference anchoring, claim support, & Veeva Vault
• Working knowledge of approval-documentation, audit-readiness and version-control requirements, with experience coordinating controlled handoffs to governance teams
• Strong people leadership, capacity management, and stakeholder coordination
• Ability to use performance data to improve quality, cycle time and review readiness
Education: Medical, scientific, pharmacy, life sciences or related degree required; advanced degree preferred
Languages: Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous
BENEFITS:
- It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:
- Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
- Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
- Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
- Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
- Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
- Employee Assistance Program
- 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in additional to Humanitarian Leaves
- Broad Variety of learning platforms
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
- Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone
- Employee Referral Program
- Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks), Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 days)
Skills Required
- More than 10 years of related experience
- More than 7 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry
- At least 5 years in scientific communications, medical review, medical writing, or Medical Affairs Operations
- Experience leading teams or senior individual contributors
- Strong knowledge of MLR/CMLR workflows, scientific QC, reference anchoring, and claim support
- Experience with Veeva Vault
- Working knowledge of approval documentation, audit readiness, and version-control requirements
- Experience coordinating controlled handoffs to governance teams
- Strong people leadership, capacity management, and stakeholder coordination skills
- Ability to use performance data to improve quality, cycle time, and review readiness
- Medical, scientific, pharmacy, life sciences, or related degree
- Advanced degree
- Fluent English
- Additional languages
Takeda Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Takeda and has not been reviewed or approved by Takeda.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded retirement is described as notably strong, combining a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match with an additional company contribution that scales with age and service. Access to an employee stock purchase plan further supports long-term wealth building.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid bonding leave for all parents, substantial adoption/surrogacy reimbursement, and robust caregiver resources (backup care and Maven family-forming support) are emphasized as core strengths. These offerings create a comprehensive safety net for a range of family situations.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (nationwide PPO/HSA and regional HMOs), employer HSA funding, and integrated mental-health and well-being programs signal depth in coverage. Preventive care is covered in-network, and plan choices by state expand access.
Takeda Insights
What We Do
For over 240 years, Takeda’s propensity to evolve has driven the next generation of innovation, and as a future-focused organization, we’re continuing to drive forward with endurance in our steadfast pursuit to achieve the best outcomes for our patients in a rapidly changing world. We have been preparing for this period of value creation by investing in data, digital and technology, and we’re proud of our employees and their commitment to turning groundbreaking ideas into life-changing impacts. Since our founding in Japan, integrity and putting patients first have been at the heart of our identity, and we will emerge ready for our future as one of the most trusted and science-driven digital biopharmaceutical companies. Join a team where your innovation impacts lives. Together, we’ll realize improved outcomes by improving data quality, enhancing launch execution and improving the patient journey. You’ll play a critical role in accelerating data collection and increasing accuracy across all parts of the business. Patients across the globe will benefit from access to treatments afforded by greater opportunities and efficiency in our research and development.
Why Work With Us
We connect to our history and Japanese heritage through everything we do to bring our purpose, values, vision, and imperatives to life. We are committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients. Being a part of Takeda means having the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than yourself.
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