GCM Transition PMO Lead: Strategy, Dashboards & Governance

Takeda; Ląd; On-site; PLN 272,000 - 374,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Lodz, Poland, is seeking a GCM PMO Lead to own the transition methodology, standards, tools and governance for the global transformation program. You will enable consistent execution by delivering templates, dashboards and reporting frameworks to Transition Leads and PMOs across waves and business units.

With 7+ years in programme management or PMO, you'll design and embed end-to-end transition approaches, drive best practices, and ensure readiness through stage-gate governance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in programme management, PMO, or methodology/standards roles within large-scale global transformation or shared services environments.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing transition or programme management methodologies, frameworks, and toolkits applied across multiple workstreams or business units.
• Experience working in or supporting a PMO function with responsibility for central reporting, governance frameworks, and cross-program tracking.
• Experience in GBS/GCC or shared services transition environments, with strong understanding of KT frameworks, readiness assessments, and stage-gate governance models.

Responsibilities

• Support central program-level project management activities, including maintenance of the integrated transition plan, milestone tracking, dependency management, and issue/risk registers across the full portfolio.
• Coordinate cross-wave planning and sequencing, identifying interdependencies and resource conflicts and flagging these to the GCM Transition Head for resolution.
• Design and maintain program-level transition tracking dashboards and reporting frameworks.
• Consolidate status reporting from all transition waves and BU/BFs into integrated programme-level views for governance forums, senior leadership, and external stakeholders.
• Own and continuously improve the end-to-end GCM transition methodology.
• Build and maintain the standardized tools and trackers used to track transition progress, milestones, dependencies, risks, and readiness status across all waves and BU/BFs, ensuring teams have a single, reliable source for tracking.
• Embed stage-gate governance criteria and readiness assessment frameworks, ensuring all transition teams apply them consistently before progressing through phases.
• Act as the primary centre of expertise for transition methodology, providing guidance, training, and coaching to Transition Functional Leads, Wave Managers, and KT PMOs on how to apply standards and tools effectively.
• Establish and maintain a central library of approved transition artefacts, ensuring all teams have access to up-to-date templates, frameworks, and reference materials.
• Identify and close methodology gaps based on learnings from live transitions, continuously refining tools and standards to reflect best practice.
• Capture and synthesise lessons learned from completed transitions, translating insights into updates to methodology, toolkits, and guidance for future waves.
• Drive continuous improvement across the transition program by identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, and embedding learnings systematically.

Skills

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Takeda in Lodz, Poland, is seeking a GCM PMO Lead to own the transition methodology, standards, tools and governance for the global transformation program. You will enable consistent execution by delivering templates, dashboards and reporting frameworks to Transition Leads and PMOs across waves and business units.

With 7+ years in programme management or PMO, you'll design and embed end-to-end transition approaches, drive best practices, and ensure readiness through stage-gate governance.