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Job DescriptionAbout the RoleIn this role, you will help lead a co-located team of People Experience Partners within a Global Capability Centre, supporting leaders across an assigned geographical cluster. You will play a key role in ensuring people support is effectively allocated, delivered and experienced across countries, business units and functions. As a working leader, you will combine team leadership with hands-on involvement in complex, sensitive and high-impact people matters, while serving as a key contact for Human Resources Business Leaders. You will also bring deep expertise in a regional people practice area, helping set standards, strengthen team capability and resolve matters requiring specialist judgement. Your work will contribute to consistent, high-quality people partnership, stronger regional practices and an effective experience for the leaders and teams you support.
How You Will Contribute
- Lead, coach and develop the team by setting priorities, balancing workloads and building capability while creating a culture of learning, inclusion and continuous improvement.
- Manage complex people matters by providing hands-on guidance on restructurings, employee relations, senior leader coaching and significant organizational change.
- Advise and coach leaders across performance, talent, succession, rewards, mobility, talent acquisition, change and organization design.
- Lead a regional practice area by applying specialist expertise, resolving complex cases and maintaining clear standards, guidance and decision criteria.
- Manage key stakeholder relationships by serving as a primary contact for Human Resources Business Leaders and ensuring clear ownership of escalations.
- Drive service quality and compliance by monitoring performance, improving processes and supporting adherence to data privacy, employment law and internal policies.
- Use data and digital tools to identify trends, inform decisions, improve processes and expand the effective use of automation and self-service solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology or a related field.
- Eight or more years of progressive Human Resources experience, including strong people partnering experience in regional or global environments.
- Deep expertise in at least one people practice area, including leave management, employee relations, compensation and benefits, organization design, learning or talent management.
- Experience leading, coaching and developing others, including setting priorities and supporting on-the-job development.
- Proven experience working in complex global organizations across multiple regions, functions and geographies and within shared-service or tiered Human Resources models.
- Knowledge of employment law and regulatory requirements across multiple countries, with sound judgement in managing and escalating complex matters.
- Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, conflict management and communication skills, with experience influencing and coaching senior leaders.
- Practical experience using people analytics, data visualization, Human Resources information systems and artificial intelligence-enabled tools to inform decisions and improve services.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, or a related field
- Eight or more years of progressive Human Resources experience
- Strong people partnering experience in regional or global environments
- Deep expertise in at least one people practice area, such as leave management, employee relations, compensation and benefits, organization design, learning, or talent management
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing others
- Experience working in complex global organizations across multiple regions, functions, and geographies
- Experience working within shared-service or tiered Human Resources models
- Knowledge of employment law and regulatory requirements across multiple countries
- Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, conflict management, and communication skills
- Experience influencing and coaching senior leaders
- Practical experience using people analytics, data visualization, Human Resources information systems, and artificial intelligence-enabled tools
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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