About Wade

Wade Brown is the Head, Strategic Research Operations, at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. In his role he is responsible for the build of the newly established Strategic Research Operations team that will be focused on enabling the Research portfolio to deliver on Takeda’s pipeline goals with both efficiency and speed. Wade brings nearly 25 years of experience in biotech, academic research and the large pharmaceutical ecosystem.  Prior to joining Takeda, Wade worked at  Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), where he was the Head of Strategy & Research Operations in Cambridge, and responsible for Strategy and Operations for all sites in Cambridge through the Celgene integrations as well as strategic efforts for the Mechanisms of Cancer Resistance thematic research center in Cambridge. While at BMS, Wade led Project Charles to design, build and launch BMS’s newest Research site in Cambridge Crossing in 2023.  

Prior to BMS, Wade spent more than 17 years at Novartis in various scientific, operational, and strategic roles across several divisions including Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Diagnostics and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR). In 2020, Wade led the COVID-19 crisis response team for NIBR. He also served as the Global Head of External Research Collaborations, Academic Partnerships & External Innovation. Here, Wade led a global team responsible for providing business guidance and transactional support to enable external scientific partnerships across Novartis’s research organization.

Wade and his wife, Megan, are residents of Needham, MA where they live with their three children. He remains actively involved at his alma mater, Boston College, and is a member of the Board of Trustees at St. Columbkille Partnership School in Brighton, MA.