Lead the strategic development and implementation of digital transformation initiatives, fostering a digital-first mindset and enhancing productivity across the organization.
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Job Description
*NOTE: This role is location agnostic! *
At our heart we are committed colleagues. We offer interested people numerous opportunities and strongly believe in, and promote, diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a company we offer roles based on merit, welcoming candidates of any gender, age, religious belief, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnic or social origin, or disability.
Our team is growing and for this we need bright minds with creativity and flexibility - what talent do you have?
About the role:
Lead the strategic development and implementation of the DD&T People transformation initiatives across GPD, Functions, and LOCs. Drive cultural evolution and foster a digital-first mindset by empowering teams with advanced digital capabilities, aimed at enhancing productivity and performance. Prepare the organization for future challenges by embedding innovative practices and ensuring sustainable transformation
Key Accountabilities:
Skills and Qualifications:
Empowering our people to shine
At Takeda, we earn the trust of society and our customers through our values of Takeda-ism: Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, Perseverance. We incorporate these values in everything we do. They represent who we are and how we act. They help us make decisions that we can be proud of today and in the future. We enable our employees to develop their full potential. As a global top employer, we offer exciting career paths, promote innovation, and strive for top performance in everything we do. Takeda fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and international work environment where our teams are united by their relentless commitment to our goal of improving people's health and creating a better future for the world.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
Takeda is committed to foster diversity, equality, and inclusion. Hiring decisions are based entirely on qualifications and are made regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your application via our online tool!
Learn more at takedajobs.com
Locations
Zurich, SwitzerlandDEU - Berlin Remote, DNK - Denmark Remote, FRA - France Remote, ITA - Remote, Madrid, Spain
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Job Description
*NOTE: This role is location agnostic! *
At our heart we are committed colleagues. We offer interested people numerous opportunities and strongly believe in, and promote, diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a company we offer roles based on merit, welcoming candidates of any gender, age, religious belief, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnic or social origin, or disability.
Our team is growing and for this we need bright minds with creativity and flexibility - what talent do you have?
About the role:
Lead the strategic development and implementation of the DD&T People transformation initiatives across GPD, Functions, and LOCs. Drive cultural evolution and foster a digital-first mindset by empowering teams with advanced digital capabilities, aimed at enhancing productivity and performance. Prepare the organization for future challenges by embedding innovative practices and ensuring sustainable transformation
Key Accountabilities:
- Shape GPD DD&T People transformation strategy aligned with GPD goals
- Drive the execution and adoption of DD&T People transformation strategy and initiatives
- Establish DD&T People transformation community
- Establish governance for DD&T people initiatives - Global, GPD, Functions and LOCs
- Drive innovation mindset and skills in collaboration with XD labs
- Co-create and drive change management to ensure adoption of digital tools, methodologies and ways of working and showcase successes
- Partner with GPD CoEs to define, align and implement people strategies. Work with Global to equip and support leaders to effectively champion and embed digital mindset and skills
- Overarching strategy alignment for Digital Dexterity
- Set and apply innovative learning methodologies and effective cascade of Global resources for targeted groups
- Establish KPIs and measurement framework to demonstrate impact.
- Track emerging trends in future of work, benchmarking industry best practices and identifying new opportunities for innovation
- Provide digital perspective on talent strategy, collaborate with HR to shape future skills to meet the evolving needs of the business
- Work closely with Global Culture & Transformation team, Change Mangement, workforce of the future and HR functions
Skills and Qualifications:
- Relevant Degree or equivalent experience in organizational development or Digital transformation
- Extensive experience in driving Transformation, ideally in global matrix organization
- Enterprise Leadership - Ability to inspire, motivate and drive results. Define and implement people transformation strategies at scale, aligning with business priorities
- Healthcare and Business Acumen - comprehensive understanding of the pharma industry
- Innovation, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
- Communication and Stakeholder management
- Navigate complex matrix organisation - Collaborating across GPD, functions and LOCs to drive alignment
- Change management & Leadership Coaching - expertise in driving behaviour changes through structured change management methodologies and leadership Coaching
- Learning & development - skilled in defining key competencies, orchestrating learning pathways for key roles and measuring impact to ensure continuous workforce evolution
- Stakeholder management and influence - Strong ability to influence, collaborate and inspire diverse global teams and senior leadership
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to translate strategy into action to drive cultural transformation
Empowering our people to shine
At Takeda, we earn the trust of society and our customers through our values of Takeda-ism: Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, Perseverance. We incorporate these values in everything we do. They represent who we are and how we act. They help us make decisions that we can be proud of today and in the future. We enable our employees to develop their full potential. As a global top employer, we offer exciting career paths, promote innovation, and strive for top performance in everything we do. Takeda fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and international work environment where our teams are united by their relentless commitment to our goal of improving people's health and creating a better future for the world.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
Takeda is committed to foster diversity, equality, and inclusion. Hiring decisions are based entirely on qualifications and are made regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your application via our online tool!
Learn more at takedajobs.com
Locations
Zurich, SwitzerlandDEU - Berlin Remote, DNK - Denmark Remote, FRA - France Remote, ITA - Remote, Madrid, Spain
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Top Skills
Change Management
Digital Transformation
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