HR Business Leader, Canada

CAN - 3032 Takeda Canada Inc.

Toronto

On-site

CAD 208,000 - 286,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

RRSP matching
Vacation entitlement
Disability coverage

Job summary

Takeda Canada Inc. in Toronto is seeking an HR Business Leader to act as the strategic HR partner to business leaders across Canada, shaping the people, culture, and organizational agenda that enables sustainable growth.

You will drive workforce and talent strategies, lead organizational transformation, and foster a high-performing, future-ready organization while ensuring a consistent HR approach across Canada.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
  • Extensive senior HR leadership experience partnering with executive leaders in complex, multinational organizations.
  • Strong expertise in organizational design, talent strategy, succession planning, workforce planning, and transformation.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement people strategies to enable business growth and organizational effectiveness across Canada.
  • Partner with senior leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and critical talent decisions.
  • Lead organizational transformation and change management initiatives, ensuring adoption of new ways of working.
  • Drive a high-performance culture through leadership coaching, talent development, and employee engagement initiatives.
  • Represent HR in Canada leadership forums and cross-functional business discussions, influencing strategic decisions.
  • Build and strengthen the Canadian HR Community of Practice and collaborate with People Solutions and Labor & Relations teams.

Job description

Job Description
About the role

As the HR Business Leader, Canada, you will be the strategic HR partner to business leaders across Canada, shaping the people, culture, and organizational agenda that enables sustainable business growth. You will drive workforce and talent strategies, lead organizational transformation, and foster a high-performing, future-ready organization while ensuring a consistent HR approach across Canada.

How you contribute
  • Develop and implement people strategies that enable business growth and organizational effectiveness across Canada.
  • Partner with senior leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and critical talent decisions.
  • Lead organizational transformation and change management initiatives, ensuring successful adoption of new ways of working.
  • Drive a high-performance culture through leadership coaching, talent development, and employee engagement initiatives.
  • Represent HR in Canada leadership forums and cross-functional business discussions, influencing strategic business decisions.
  • Build and strengthen the Canadian HR Community of Practice, fostering collaboration, capability building, and knowledge sharing.
  • Partner closely with People Solutions and People, Labor & Relations teams to deliver an outstanding employee experience and ensure effective HR service delivery.
  • Champion innovation, digital HR solutions, and continuous improvement to enhance organizational effectiveness and business performance.
What you bring to Takeda
  • Extensive senior HR leadership experience partnering with executive leaders in complex, multinational organizations.
  • Proven expertise in organizational design, talent strategy, succession planning, workforce planning, and organizational transformation.
  • Strong experience leading large-scale change management initiatives and helping leaders successfully navigate ambiguity and transformation.
  • Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and inspire senior leaders while building high-performing and engaged teams.
  • Passion for developing people and creating an inclusive culture that fosters collaboration, engagement, and continuous growth.
  • A strong innovation mindset with curiosity to challenge the status quo, embrace digital solutions, and continuously improve ways of working.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across a global matrix organization.
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field (Master's degree preferred) and fluency in English.
  • Takeda Canada encourages applications from all qualified candidates.

In accordance with our accommodation policies and applicable provincial accessibility legislation, please advise us if you need accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process. Any information you provide relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

Locations

Toronto, Canada

Base Salary Range

Base Salary Range: $208,000.00 - $286,000.00 The 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.

Benefits
  • short-term and/or long-term incentives subsidies for fitness and internet medical, dental, and vision insurance basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance participation in the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  • company match into a Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan (DPSP) (if eligible) short-term and long-term disability coverage annual vacation entitlement
  • additional paid time off and company holidays a tuition reimbursement program a variety of well-being benefits
Benefits (French)
  • des primes ou dispositifs d’intéressement à court et/ou long terme, des subventions pour les abonnements sportifs et abonnements internet uneassurancesanté incluant la prise en charge des frais médicaux, dentaires et optiques uneassurance vie de baseainsi qu’unassurance en cas de décès ou de mutilation accidentels (AD&D) uneparticipation au Régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite (REER)
  • contribution équivalente de l’entreprise dans un régime de participation différée aux bénéfices (RPDB) (si admissible) une couverture en cas d’incapacité de travail temporaire ou prolongée un droit à congés payés annuels, avec jours de vacances, jours de récupération et jours fériés spécifiques à l’entreprise un programmede remboursement des frais de scolarité une variété d’avantages liés au bien-être
Worker Type

Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

Company Overview

Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do. We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own.

Equal Opportunity

Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.

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