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Job DescriptionAbout the role
The Manager, Collaboration & Productivity Platforms is responsible for leading the delivery, operation, and evolution of platform services supporting Takeda's collaboration and productivity ecosystem. This role ensures platform services are aligned with customer needs, enterprise standards, security requirements, and strategic objectives while delivering high-quality user experiences and reliable service outcomes.
How you will contribute
- Lead platform engineering and service delivery teams responsible for collaboration and productivity technologies.
- Establish priorities, roadmaps, and operational objectives for assigned platform domains.
- Manage platform implementation, maintenance, enhancement, and lifecycle management activities.
- Oversee service performance, platform health, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Lead platform upgrades, transformation efforts, and service modernization programs.
- Partner with architecture, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to deliver platform capabilities.
- Drive governance, compliance, risk management, and lifecycle management activities.
- Manage platform incidents, change management processes, and continuous service improvements.
- Coach and develop engineers and platform specialists.
- Manage vendor relationships and service delivery commitments.
- Drive adoption, enablement, automation, and productivity improvements.
Skills and Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of collaboration and productivity platforms including Microsoft 365 services.
- Experience managing platform delivery, service operations, and technical teams.
- Demonstrated understanding of Agile, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Service Management frameworks.
- Experience leading platform modernization and transformation initiatives.
- Knowledge of cloud architecture, integrations, automation, and governance frameworks.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership capabilities.
- Experience managing vendors, projects, and operational performance metrics.
Leadership Expectations
As a platform leader, you will be accountable for platform service outcomes, roadmap execution, operational performance, and team development. You will balance business priorities, engineering excellence, governance requirements, and customer experience objectives while driving innovation and continuous improvement.
LocationsLodz, PolandBase Salary Range:
zł215,000.00 - zł295,570.00The 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.
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Worker TypeEmployeeWorker Sub-TypeRegularTime TypeFull timeSkills Required
- Strong knowledge of collaboration and productivity platforms, including Microsoft 365 services
- Experience managing platform delivery, service operations, and technical teams
- Understanding of Agile, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Service Management frameworks
- Experience leading platform modernization and transformation initiatives
- Knowledge of cloud architecture, integrations, automation, and governance frameworks
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership capabilities
- Experience managing vendors, projects, and operational performance metrics
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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