Transition Wave Lead | Global Change Delivery

Takeda; Łódź; Hybrid; PLN 170,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda in Lodz, Poland is seeking a Transition Wave Manager to oversee the day-to-day execution of transition waves within the assigned business unit, ensuring scope, timelines, and issue resolution. You will coordinate across planning, knowledge transfer, and ramp-up phases with global teams to support seamless transition execution and continuity of critical operations.

The role requires 5+ years in project/program/transition management, strong PM skills, and fluent English.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management, program management, transition management, or operational change initiatives within global organizations.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end transition waves or major operational change initiatives.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to develop and maintain critical path management, integrated transition, and wave plans.
• Ability to apply transition methods and frameworks, including knowledge transfer, readiness assessments, and stage-gate governance.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end execution of individual transition waves, ensuring adherence to scope, timelines, milestones, and issue resolution
• Support and maintain detailed wave plans across knowledge transfer, ramp-up, go-live, and stabilization
• Track and report wave progress, risks, and issues to the Transition Functional Lead, Project Management Office, and relevant teams
• Support the Transition organization in maintaining continuity of critical business operations across the assigned wave
• Own wave-level activity tracking and milestone delivery, ensuring commitments are met within the defined scope and timelines
• Coordinate with the knowledge transfer Project Management Office to ensure knowledge transfer activities stay on schedule and are completed in line with wave milestones
• Track subject matter expert availability, knowledge transfer completion rates, and documentation sign-offs
• Escalate delays or readiness gaps to the Transition organization
• Act as the day-to-day coordination point between business unit or business function teams, subject matter experts, site leads, and global capacity management delivery teams for all wave activities
• Support compliance and governance through stage-gate reviews and provide wave-level status inputs for go or no-go decisions
• Coordinate wave-level hypercare and stabilization activities to track service performance against agreed service-level agreements and key performance indicators
• Support the smooth handover of wave activities into steady-state operations

Skills

Project management

Transition management

Stakeholder management

Knowledge transfer

Planning and scheduling

Communication

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Takeda in Lodz, Poland is seeking a Transition Wave Manager to oversee the day-to-day execution of transition waves within the assigned business unit, ensuring scope, timelines, and issue resolution. You will coordinate across planning, knowledge transfer, and ramp-up phases with global teams to support seamless transition execution and continuity of critical operations.

The role requires 5+ years in project/program/transition management, strong PM skills, and fluent English.