Evidence Generation Strategy Enablement & Planning Group Lead

IND - 2028 Takeda Innovations India Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Hybrid working

Healthcare insurance plans

Group Life Insurance

Health & Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Program

Leave for Voluntary Service

Learning platforms

Diversity & Inclusion programs

No Meeting Days

Home Internet & Mobile Phone reimburse

Employee Referral Program

Paternity Leave

Maternity Leave

Bereavement Leave

Job summary

IND - 2028 Takeda Innovations India Private Limited in Bengaluru seeks a senior Strategy & Planning Leader to establish and operationalize the GCM Evidence Strategy & Planning team, manage evidence records, governance, and planning across the portfolio.

You will lead a growing team, ensure high-quality execution, coordinate with Global Evidence Generation and US partners, monitor workloads, and drive seamless handoffs as the function scales, with a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience in biopharma evidence strategy.
• Experience managing teams or senior contributors preferred.
• Fluent English; additional languages advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support design and establishment of evidence record management processes within the GCM.
• Act as senior quality reviewer of evidence record centralization and reuse assessment activities.
• Identify and resolve early-stage process gaps and repository readiness issues.
• Oversee quality and consistency of all GCM evidence strategy outputs across scope.
• Review team outputs before distribution to Global Evidence Generation stakeholders; escalate issues as needed.
• Monitor workload distribution across concurrent IEPs and planning workstreams; adjust prioritization.
• Manage daily workflow, capacity planning, and coaching for Strategy & Planning Leads.
• Coordinate with GCM Evidence Generation Strategy & Operations Enablement Group Lead to confirm strategic framing and escalation thresholds.

Skills

Evidence planning

IEP governance

Stakeholder management

GCM coordination

AI/automation tools

Education

Life sciences degree

Tools

Veeva Vault

Job description

Role Objectives

Support the establishment and deployment of the GCM Evidence Strategy & Planning team, initially standing up and operationalizing the evidence record centralization before expanding oversight to the full portfolio of IEP coordination, evidence reuse assessment, PRO/COA benchmarking, and scenario planning support activities as the team scales. Manage a growing team of Strategy & Planning Leads, ensuring high-quality, consistent execution of evidence planning operations, and helping create seamless transitions across the GCM and Global Evidence Generation Strategy & Planning team on all evidence documentation, governance, and planning support activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Initial Capability Build: Evidence Records Maintenance Support the design and establishment of evidence record management processes within the GCM, includingdefining repository standards, naming conventions, metadata requirements, access controls, and retentioncategories in close coordination with Global Evidence Generation before full GCM transition
• Act as a senior quality reviewer of evidence record centralization and reuse assessment activities during theinitial build phase, before team capacity is fully established
• Identify and resolve early-stage process gaps, ambiguities in scope boundaries between GCM and GlobalEvidence Generation, and repository readiness issues before they affect downstream evidence governance
• Evidence Strategy & Planning Operations Oversight Oversee quality and consistency of all GCM evidence strategy and planning outputs across the team's full scopeonce at steady state, including IEP maintenance, evidence record management, reuse assessments, PRO/COA benchmarking, andHA & Payer launch and scenario planning support
• Review team outputs before distribution to Global Evidence Generation stakeholders; resolve operational andprocess issues within the team and elevate scientific, strategic, or compliance questions to the US organizationas appropriate
• Monitor workload distribution across concurrent IEPs, reuse requests, benchmarking needs, and planningworkstreams; adjust prioritization and capacity allocation as portfolio demands shift
• Team Management Manage daily workflow, capacity planning, and prioritization for the Strategy & Planning Leads Build team capability through coaching, onboarding, structured training, and performance feedback; identify skillgaps and support individual development as the team scales from initial build to full steady-state capacity Ensure clear role delineation and effective handoffs
• Stakeholder Coordination & Initial Capability Builds Report to theGCM Evidence Generation Strategy & Operations Enablement Group Lead (Associate Director) Coordinate withGCM Evidence Generation Strategy & Operations Enablement Group Lead (Associate Director)toconfirm strategic question framing, scientific scope boundaries, and escalation thresholds before GCM activity isinitiated Flag operational risks, capacity constraints, recurring process gaps, or scope boundary issues to the GCMEvidence Generation Strategy & Operations Enablement Group Lead (Associate Director) in a timely manner

Qualifications

• Experience: >5 years of related work experience; >4 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry; experience in evidence strategy support, HEOR operations, scientific documentation, or related evidence management roles; experience managing teams or senior individual contributors strongly preferred; experience working in a GCM or shared services environment strongly preferred.
• Technical skills: Strong working knowledge of evidence planning and IEP governance processes, including evidence records, reuse frameworks, PRO/COA benchmarking (preferred), and scenario planning across the asset lifecycle Experience establishing or overseeing evidence repository standards, metadata governance, naming conventions, and document lifecycle management in a regulated pharmaceutical environment (e.g.Veeva Vault or equivalent) Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple functions, US global teams, and geographies Comfort with AI-enabled tools and automation
• Education: A scientific, medical, life sciences, or health economics degree is required; an advanced degree is a plus
• Languages: Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in addition to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• No Meeting Days
• Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 days)

Locations

• IND - Bengaluru Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time
• Locations IND - Bengaluru - Research and Development Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time
• Locations IND - Bengaluru - Research and Development Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time
• Locations IND - Bengaluru Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

About ICC in Takeda

Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We’re not just transforming our company; we’re improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day. As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

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.

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