Digital Delivery Manager

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Brooklyn Park (MN); On-site; USD 116,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in Brooklyn Park, MN, is seeking a Digital Delivery Lead to advance the site's digital transformation and deliver capabilities that improve performance, compliance, and manufacturing readiness. You will partner with multiple functions to shape the digital roadmap, prioritize business value, and drive adoption across the site.

The role emphasizes program leadership, data governance, and value realization across the portfolio, with a focus on cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant work experience in systems or business.
• 5+ years' experience in applying information systems solutions.
• 1+ years of leadership experience.
• Good understanding of digital technology platforms for pharma (e.g., data viz, analytics, RPA, IoT, digital twin, biometric authentication, AI).
• Experience in system testing, validation, problem resolution, and training.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and proven leadership ability.
• Ability to lead, coach, motivate and influence others.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorm solutions, build strategic business cases, and roadmap digital initiatives.
• Encourage automation of repetitive tasks using existing digital technologies.
• Act as site-facing DD&T leader supporting governance, portfolio prioritization, roadmaps and investments.
• Lead or support delivery of Brooklyn Park digital portfolio including shop floor capabilities.
• Drive digital transformation programs through multi-disciplinary teams and project management.
• Provide coaching for smaller projects within the portfolio.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders to enable collaboration.
• Continuously improve processes to automate tasks and drive value.

Skills

Digital transformation

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Business partnering

Leadership

Agile SCRUM

Data viz

Education

Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience in systems or business

Tools

JIRA

ServiceNow

SharePoint

Dashboarding Tools

Microsoft Teams

MS Visio

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

• The DD&T Site Digital Delivery Lead is responsible for advancing the Brooklyn Park digital transformation strategy and delivering digital capabilities that improve site performance, strengthen compliance, enable manufacturing readiness and build future-ready ways of working.
• This role partners closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Automation, EHS, Finance, Procurement, HR, global DD&T teams and site leadership to shape the digital roadmap, prioritize business value, deliver the portfolio and drive adoption across the site.
• Act as the program/portfolio leader to develop strong, consultative, and productive relationships with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of digital initiatives
• Collaborate with application SMEs to understanding systems and interfaces ensuring good data quality of the data exchange during usage.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with business and technology leaders brainstorming solutions, developing strategic business cases & building digital roadmaps; with a focus on execution
• Encourage the use of existing digital technologies to automate and simplify repetitive tasks
• Operate as a site-facing DD&T leader by supporting digital governance, portfolio prioritization, roadmap management, investment planning, value realization tracking and alignment between site priorities and above-site DD&T strategy.
• Lead or support delivery of the Brooklyn Park digital portfolio, including shop floor and operations capabilities, digital core initiatives, predictive plant use cases, intelligent automation, data visualization, digital communications, authentication modernization and platform lifecycle improvements.
• Drive the digital transformation programs and projects through:
  • Leading multi-disciplined, cross functional teams in building capabilities and delivering results utilizing effective Project Management skills
  • Expertly controlling project financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, managing purchase orders & accruals for both Capex & Opex expenditures
• Provide coaching to business and technology resources managing smaller projects within the Digital Transformation portfolio
• Maintain/develop strong relationships with stakeholders to facilitate successful collaborations
• Exhibit a continuous improvement (CI) mindset to automate and simplify repetitive tasks
• Persuade others with fact-based judgments of business situations

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant work experience in systems or business.
• 5+ years' experience in applying information systems solutions to business problems.
• 1+ years of leadership experience
• Good understanding of the available Digital technology platforms and their applicability in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., Data Visualization & Analytics, Robotic Process Automation, IoT, Paperless technologies, Digital Twin, AR/VR/XR, Biometric authentication, AI Companion).
• Experience in system testing, validation, problem resolution, and training.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and proven experience in leading projects and management skills.
• Ability to lead, coach, motivate and influence others in the organization.
• Experience in Manufacturing, Process and Pharmaceuticals industrial preferred
• Gather, understand, and document business processes, objectives, specifications, and requirements on medium/large size projects.
• Working knowledge of: SCRUM, Agile Methodologies, Change Management, Project Management, SDLC, Computer Validation, and Data Integrity Compliance
• Possess strong and effective leadership, self-management, time management, team management and project/program management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence others across all levels of the organization to drive transformational change.
• Ability to write and speak in the English language with master proficiency.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, business acumen with analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Demonstrates digital dexterity by staying open to new ideas, experimenting responsibly, adopting new technologies and bringing others along.
• Balances strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.
• Communicates complex technical topics in a clear, practical way for frontline, functional and leadership audiences.
• Business Partnering
• Program & Project Management, Stakeholder Management & Financial Management
• Business Case authoring & Ownership
• Proficient communication skills, and organizational skills to capture business requirements from a complex business partnering relationship between functions.
• Presentation skills to facilitate discussions and present findings to leadership teams and subject matter experts.
• Experience in JIRA, Service Now, SharePoint, Dashboarding Tools, Microsoft Teams, MS Visio, MS Project.
• Technical experience and troubleshooting knowledge
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work & influence effectively in a cross functional setting

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• Access to transportation to attend meetings.
• Ability to fly to meetings regionally and globally.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

Brooklyn Park, MN

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$116,000.00 - $182,270.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

Brooklyn Park, MN

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes