People Solutions Advisor Team Lead (India)

IND - 2028 Takeda Innovations India Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda seeks a People Solutions Advisor Lead to oversee manager-of-managers leadership for the Advisor service, directing 2–4 cluster leads and 12–20 advisors per cluster from Bengaluru. Role emphasizes human-centric employee support, governance, and continuous improvement across multiple HR processes.

You will drive capacity planning, service continuity, and cross‑cluster collaboration with digital transformation initiatives, ensuring high‑quality lifecycle delivery and compliant operations in

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading HR service delivery or comparable people operations through other managers.
• Ability to coach leaders, manage performance and build succession.
• Strong workforce planning and service continuity skills.
• Experience balancing demand, capacity and capability across multiple teams.
• Sound understanding of employee lifecycle operations and multi-channel case management.
• Strong grasp of HR data quality, confidentiality and compliance controls.
• Ability to interpret KPIs and SLAs.
• Ability to diagnose systemic issues and translate evidence into practical service improvements.
• Familiarity with Workday, ServiceNow, SAP or comparable HR and case-management platforms.
• Effective stakeholder management, influencing and change leadership across markets and functions.
• Human-centric approach to sensitive situations.
• Clear judgement about when to involve People Experience Partners or specialist teams.
• Experience enabling self-service, knowledge governance and automation.
• Awareness of responsible AI use and human review requirements.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Ability to communicate clearly with diverse employee, manager and HR audiences.
• Additional languages relevant to supported markets are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and hold Cluster Leads accountable for service outcomes, people leadership and consistent delivery standards.
• Plan capacity and protect service continuity across clusters and resources.
• Deliver reliable service and resolve systemic issues with cross-cluster collaboration.
• Strengthen quality, compliance and process governance across lifecycle activities.
• Enable digital transformation and better access to support with AI-enabled and self-service enhancements.
• Build One HR partnerships and stakeholder accountability across GCC locations.

Skills

People leadership

Coaching

Workforce planning

Multi-team coordination

HR data quality

KPI/SLAs

Root-cause analysis

Stakeholder management

AI governance

English proficiency

Tools

Workday

ServiceNow

SAP

Job description

Job Description

About the role

The People Solutions Advisor Lead provides manager-of-managers leadership for the People Solutions Advisor service. The role is accountable for collective service outcomes across these clusters. Approximately 2-4 People Solutions Advisor Cluster Leads report directly into the role. Each cluster comprises around 12–20 Advisors. The focus is on consistent, human-centric employee and manager support, capable leadership and a resilient service. The role is based in a Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Łódź, Mexico City or Bengaluru. It leads Tier1 human support and employee lifecycle delivery, connecting the Advisor service with Tier0 Direct Access, self‑service and AI front door, People Experience Partners and specialist teams. Leadership centres on service performance, workforce planning, governance and continuous improvement.

How you will contribute

Lead leaders and build organisational capability

Lead, coach and hold Cluster Leads accountable for service outcomes, people leadership and consistent delivery standards. Set clear objectives and review performance across clusters. Build a culture of inclusion, collaboration and continuous learning. Develop leadership capability and succession plans. Address capability gaps and share effective practices across clusters. Work through Cluster Leads to strengthen Advisor skills, onboarding and training. Support build‑operate‑transfer (BOT) joiners as part of capability building. Ensure teams can support sensitive employee situations with empathy, sound judgement and appropriate escalation. Maintain clear boundaries so Advisor responsibilities do not extend into specialist HR partnering.

Plan capacity and protect service continuity

Develop cross‑cluster workforce and capacity plans. Use demand forecasts, case complexity, language needs, skills and local requirements to inform planning. Agree priorities and capacity allocation with Cluster Leads. Balance workload, resilience and service coverage across clusters. Identify recruitment, training and resource needs. Make evidence‑based recommendations through the appropriate approval routes. Establish continuity and cross‑cover arrangements for absence, demand peaks, system disruption and service transitions. Anticipate backlogs and resourcing risks. Agree recovery plans and monitor delivery. Leave daily queue allocation and routine case oversight with Cluster Leads. Intervene where issues require cross‑cluster decisions.

Deliver reliable service and resolve systemic issues

Own collective Advisor service performance against agreed KPIs, SLAs, quality standards and experience measures. Review demand, resolution, backlog, data accuracy and recurring contact trends. Provide consolidated reporting on performance, risks and resourcing. Ensure corrective actions have clear owners and follow‑through. Lead resolution of systemic or high‑risk delivery escalations beyond the authority or capacity of individual Cluster Leads. Coordinate the right operational, People Experience Partner and specialist involvement. Protect confidentiality and clear case ownership. Use root‑cause analysis to prevent recurrence rather than relying on repeated case‑by‑case intervention.

Strengthen quality, compliance and process governance

Oversee consistent lifecycle execution across hiring, onboarding, job changes, leave, severance administration and offboarding. Ensure appropriate controls, documentation, data quality and audit readiness. Apply global standards with authorised local variation. Coordinate timely downstream handoffs with payroll, mobility and benefits teams. Coordinate named process and system ownership across clusters. Cover lifecycle processes, case and knowledge content, compliance documentation and HR systems data quality. Work with global process owners and COEI to clarify accountability and close control gaps. Implement approved changes in a consistent way. Maintain shared quality reviews and knowledge governance rather than requiring each cluster to develop separate standards.

Enable digital transformation and better access to support

Partner with the HR Digital Partner, Direct Access and relevant process and technology teams. Improve the Tier0 front door and its connection to Tier1 Advisor support. Use service insights to prioritise self‑service, knowledge and automation improvements. Enable employees and managers to complete appropriate activities independently. Retain accessible human support where it is needed. Lead adoption of approved changes across clusters. Ensure readiness, training and benefits measurement are in place. Apply responsible human review of AI‑assisted content and outputs before they inform advice or knowledge publication. Promote accurate, current guidance. Ensure safe handling of employee data across Workday, ServiceNow, SAP and associated service channels.

Build One HR partnerships and stakeholder accountability

Represent the Advisor service with People Experience Partners, Direct Access, specialist teams and other delivery stakeholders. Agree clear handoffs, escalation routes and service expectations. Maintain boundaries between transactional support and specialist HR partnering. Ensure a consistent employee and manager experience across calls, video, portal and email. Communicate service performance, priorities and risks transparently. Seek stakeholder input and agree actions where expectations or dependencies are misaligned. Build effective working relationships across GCC locations and supported markets. Resolve cross‑cluster issues within the Advisor service mandate. Escalate decisions that sit outside the Advisor service mandate.

Skills and qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading HR service delivery or comparable people operations through other managers.
• Ability to coach leaders, manage performance and build succession.
• Strong workforce planning and service continuity skills.
• Experience balancing demand, capacity and capability across multiple teams.
• Sound understanding of employee lifecycle operations and multi‑channel case management.
• Strong grasp of HR data quality, confidentiality and compliance controls.
• Ability to interpret KPIs and SLAs.
• Ability to diagnose systemic issues and translate evidence into practical service improvements.
• Familiarity with Workday, ServiceNow, SAP or comparable HR and case‑management platforms.
• Effective stakeholder management, influencing and change leadership across markets and functions.
• Human‑centric approach to sensitive situations.
• Clear judgement about when to involve People Experience Partners or specialist teams.
• Experience enabling self‑service, knowledge governance and automation.
• Awareness of responsible AI use and human review requirements.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Ability to communicate clearly with diverse employee, manager and HR audiences.
• Additional languages relevant to supported markets are advantageous.

Locations

IND - Bengaluru Worker Type Employee Worker Sub‑Type Regular Time Type Full time

About Takeda

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.

Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.