Senior Transition Waves Manager — Drive End-to-End Change

Takeda; Ląd; Hybrid; PLN 208,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Lodz, Poland is seeking a Transition Wave Senior Manager to lead end-to-end execution of transition waves across planning, knowledge transfer, ramp-up, go-live, and stabilization. You will coordinate with the Transition Functional Lead and Global Capability Model delivery teams to ensure smooth, compliant transitions that protect continuity of operations.

Responsibilities include maintaining wave plans, tracking milestones, escalating delays, and ensuring service performance within

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project/program/transition management experience in global organizations.
• Led end-to-end transition waves across planning, knowledge transfer, ramp-up, go-live and stabilization.
• Develop and maintain critical path and integrated transition plans.
• Apply transition methods including knowledge transfer, readiness assessments, and stage-gate governance.
• Understand transition costs, assumptions and value realization.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills across global teams.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end execution of transition waves, ensuring scope, timelines, milestones and issue resolution stay on track.
• Maintain detailed wave plans across knowledge transfer, ramp-up, go-live, and stabilization.
• Track and report wave progress, risks, and issues to leaders and PMO.
• Coordinate with business units, SMEs, site leads and Global Capability Model teams.
• Support stage-gate reviews and provide wave-level status for go/no-go decisions.
• Coordinate wave-level hypercare and stabilization activities to track service performance.

Skills

Project management

Transition management

Stakeholder coordination

Cross-functional teams

Delivery focus

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Takeda in Lodz, Poland is seeking a Transition Wave Senior Manager to lead end-to-end execution of transition waves across planning, knowledge transfer, ramp-up, go-live, and stabilization. You will coordinate with the Transition Functional Lead and Global Capability Model delivery teams to ensure smooth, compliant transitions that protect continuity of operations.

Responsibilities include maintaining wave plans, tracking milestones, escalating delays, and ensuring service performance within