Website Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Role Information
As the AI Product Lead, you will own the strategy, roadmap, and enterprise-wide adoption of cutting-edge AI capabilities, including Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG frameworks, and conversational AI.
You will be responsible for ensuring that AI solutions are scalable, secure, and business-value driven, partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Data Science, and domain teams (R&D, Commercial, Medical) to deliver high-impact products.
Key Responsibilities
- Vision & Strategy: Define the enterprise AI roadmap, focusing on LLMs, RAG architectures, and reusable AI components aligned with responsible AI principles.
- Platform Enablement: Deliver reusable capabilities such as prompt frameworks, vector stores, and model orchestration to operationalize AI for internal use cases.
- Product Integration: Lead the productionization of RAG-based applications using internal knowledge assets, ensuring model transparency and accuracy.
- Governance & Ethics: Partner with Legal and Security to implement Responsible AI standards, including bias mitigation, GDPR compliance, and risk assessments.
- Value Realization: Prioritize initiatives based on business impact and technical feasibility, measuring success through efficiency and automation gains.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as an enterprise advocate for AI, leading change management and training across diverse business units.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
- Experience: 5–8+ years in AI/ML product ownership or data science leadership.
- Technical Expertise: Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG systems, vector databases, prompt engineering, and MLOps/LLMOps.
- Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with cloud-native AI services (AWS/Azure) and regulatory requirements (privacy, model risk). Pharma/Biotech experience is a plus.
- Leadership: Strong ability to translate complex technical capabilities into clear business outcomes.
To apply for this job please visit jobs.takeda.com.

