Takeda
Head of Ethics and Compliance, Nordic MCO
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Job Description
At Takeda, Global Ethics & Compliance (E&C) is focused on catalyzing a company-wide culture in which all Takeda employees are empowered and accountable for ethical actions that serve patients, people and the planet and advance sustainable growth. Takeda expects E&C to be at the forefront of strategic decision making contributing to the design and delivery of our strategy. At Takeda, how we deliver our strategy is just as important as what we deliver.
The Head of E&C, Nordics is a Leadership Team and People Leader role.
DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS
Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise
Leadership
Decision-making and Autonomy
Interaction
EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
Preferred experience:
Behavioral competencies:
Skills:
Locations
Asker, NorwayDNK - Vallensbæk, Helsinki, Finland, SWE - Stockholm - Lindhagensgatan
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Job Description
At Takeda, Global Ethics & Compliance (E&C) is focused on catalyzing a company-wide culture in which all Takeda employees are empowered and accountable for ethical actions that serve patients, people and the planet and advance sustainable growth. Takeda expects E&C to be at the forefront of strategic decision making contributing to the design and delivery of our strategy. At Takeda, how we deliver our strategy is just as important as what we deliver.
The Head of E&C, Nordics is a Leadership Team and People Leader role.
- As a Takeda Leader, the Head of E&C, Nordics is a member of the Nordics MCO Leadership Team responsible for leading the business in alignment with our Values of Takeda-ism (Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance) and ensuring decisions and actions are based on Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business ("PTRB"), in that order.
- As a member of the Global Ethics & Compliance Team, the Head of E&C, Nordics is responsible for ensuring effective implementation of the Takeda Ethics & Compliance strategy across the Nordics (including, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland), including:
- Catalyzing a Values-Based Culture and shaping the organizational mindset around the PTRB to firmly embed ethical decision-making principles
- Educating and enabling the team (e.g., through Policy and SOP implementation, Training and Communications)
- Managing risk by supporting identification, assessing likelihood and impact, facilitating risk tolerance decisions, approving mitigation plans for high-risk activities and executing the monitoring
- Handling issues that arise (e.g., from audits or complaints), conducting investigations and ensuring remediations are well implemented
- Representing Takeda externally by participating in relevant local industry association meetings and initiatives
- The Head of E&C, Nordics is responsible for managing the Nordics E&C team and ensuring appropriate E&C coverage for the Nordics.
DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS
Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise
- Familiar with key laws, regulations and industry standards (e.g., Bribery and Corruption, Privacy, Sanctions, Anti-trust, Promotional Compliance, Human Rights, Third-Party Risk Management)
- Familiar with the EFPIA and Local Country Codes
- Understands key culture concepts: values-based decision making, psychological safety, speak up
- Understands the core elements of an effective compliance program and the latest regulatory / enforcement agency guidance
- Understands principles of risk management and Ethics & Compliance implications and risks in a pharma context
- Understanding Takeda Business and the Pharma context (e.g., product life cycles, go-to-market models, access, distribution, real-world evidence, etc)
Leadership
- Courage and Tenacity where necessary to be the outlier voice
- Pragmatic optimist
- Manages complexity and drives global Ethics & Compliance strategy
- Forward looking, anticipating risks that are not obvious or visible to steer direction and resources
- Steady under pressure, stays balanced in decision making and convey difficult messages
- Ability to move from Strategy, tactical and hands-on, driving simplicity and pragmatism
Decision-making and Autonomy
- Makes key decisions with an effective combination of thoughtful analysis, buy-in and speed
- Ensures that risks and opportunities are properly balanced with sound risk management and can articulate recommendations with business stakeholders on such basis
- Identifies opportunities and anticipates changes in the business landscape through an understanding and ongoing assessment of the environment affecting the business
Interaction
- Maintains close connection within Ethics & Compliance and across the organization
- Acts with agility to bring the right people to the table and facilitates difficult dialogues to unlock situations
- Inspires commitment through a wide range of communication channels (meetings, writing, presentations)
- Communicates complex information in a clear and engaging manner
- Asks for and provides the right amount of information to meet the needs of management and project teams
- Provides team colleagues with timely, constructive support to help them deliver on strategic priorities
EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
Preferred experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, advanced degree preferred
- Healthcare or pharmaceutical industry experience
- Designed, translated or implemented Ethics & Compliance programs
- Leadership experience (i.e., a member of a leadership team)
- Risk management experience (i.e., leading a cross-functional team to manage risks: identify, assess and define mitigations)
- Extensive people management and talent development experience
- Experience leading multi-functional, multi-cultural teams and working in different countries with a proven ability to lead through influence.
- English language fluency (written and oral)
Behavioral competencies:
- Active Guardian of Takeda Values and PTRB Ambassador
- Solution-oriented, self-starter
- Collaborative / consultative
- Mindset of curiosity, learning agility and interest in innovative ways of doing things
- Active listener, ability to understand / incorporate different perspectives
- Adaptive to change
- Curiosity for ethics innovation and emerging technologies
Skills:
- Facilitation and Communication: run workshops, deliver training, give presentations and design an effective communication strategy
- Managing difficult conversations / conflict: articulating risk, handling complaints, conducting investigations
- Influence, coach, lead ethical decision making
- Role model speak up, able to articulate a position or decision even when it conflicts with a norm
- Project Management / Change Management: able to prioritize, coordinate resources, manage timelines
- Digital dexterity, data analytics and process design: understand systems, process, source data and analytics techniques, including innovative Digital Solutions
- People Management: setting expectations, managing performance, developing talent
Locations
Asker, NorwayDNK - Vallensbæk, Helsinki, Finland, SWE - Stockholm - Lindhagensgatan
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
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 — Retirement funding includes a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match with immediate vesting and an additional age- and service-based company contribution, plus access to an employee stock purchase plan. These features materially expand total compensation beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes fully paid bonding leave for all parents, reimbursed adoption/surrogacy and doula expenses via Maven, and breast-milk shipping for work travel. Backup child, adult, and elder care through Bright Horizons further strengthens caregiving support.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage offers nationwide PPO and HSA-PPO options with preventive care covered, alongside regional HMO choices where applicable and integrated pharmacy benefits. Round-the-clock assistance and virtual behavioral health access complement the core medical plans.
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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
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