Design Delivery Lead

IND - 2028 Takeda Innovations India Private Limited; Gantiganahalli; On-site; INR 1,600,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Innovations India Private Limited seeks a senior professional to lead multidisciplinary engineering and design activities across projects, ensuring scope, cost, schedule, resources, and quality are effectively managed. The role coordinates interfaces across GCC disciplines and drives continuous improvement while maintaining GMP and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in pharmaceutical or regulated environments, strong leadership, strategic thinking, and excellent

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 10+ years of engineering/design delivery experience in pharma/regulated environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across Concept, FEED, Detailed Design and Project Delivery.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and strategic decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering and design activities across projects and portfolios.
• Coordinate interfaces across GCC disciplines to align with objectives, schedules, and budgets.
• Develop and manage schedules, resource plans, and delivery forecasts.
• Ensure quality, GMP compliance, and robust change management.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Risk management

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Digital engineering tools

Project management software

Regulatory/compliance systems

Job description

Job Description Objectives / Purpose:

Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering and design activities across assigned projects and portfolios. Ensure engineering scope, cost, schedule, resources, quality, and deliverables are effectively planned, managed, and delivered. Drive integration across engineering disciplines to ensure consistent, efficient, and high-quality design solutions. Support engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with business, project, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Design Delivery Management:

Accountable for planning, coordinating, and managing multidisciplinary engineering and design activities across assigned projects and portfolios. Manage engineering scope, deliverables, priorities, and resource requirements. Ensure engineering activities are delivered in alignment with project objectives, schedules, budgets, and quality expectations. Coordinate engineering interfaces across all GCC disciplines.

Cost, Schedule & Resource Management:

Develop and maintain engineering schedules, resource plans, and delivery forecasts. Monitor engineering budgets, resource utilization, and delivery performance. Identify and manage delivery risks, resource constraints, and priority conflicts. Support project reporting, forecasting, and performance reviews.

Quality & Governance:

Ensure engineering deliverables meet quality, GMP, compliance, and business requirements. Coordinate design reviews, quality checks, and multidisciplinary reviews. Manage engineering change processes and design risk assessments. Drive delivery consistency, lessons learned, and continuous improvement activities.

Stakeholder Management:

Serve as the primary GCC interface for assigned projects and portfolios. Collaborate with Project Teams, Engineering Functions, Manufacturing Sites, and Business Stakeholders. Communicate project status, risks, priorities, resource requirements, and delivery commitments. Facilitate decision-making and resolution of cross-functional issues.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation:

Promote digital engineering, standardization, and best practices. Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, quality, predictability, and efficiency. Support implementation of innovative engineering delivery approaches and tools.

Education, Behavioural Competencies and Skills:

Education Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or related discipline. Master's Degree preferred. Experience 10+ years of experience in engineering, design management, project delivery, or capital project environments. Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering activities in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated industries. Experience managing engineering scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and quality. Experience across Concept, FEED, Detailed Design, and Project Delivery phases. Behavioural Competencies Leadership and team coordination. Stakeholder management and influencing. Strategic thinking and decision making. Commercial and financial awareness. Risk management and problem solving. Continuous improvement mindset. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Technical Skills Design Management and Engineering Delivery Management. Scope, Cost, Schedule, Resource, Risk, and Quality Management. Multidisciplinary engineering coordination. Engineering planning, forecasting, and performance management. Pharmaceutical capital project delivery. Engineering governance, change management, and reporting. Digital engineering and project management tools.

Locations:

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type:

Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

Company Details:

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 Statement:

Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.