Operational Excellence Lead

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 182,270; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid volunteer time off

401(k) with company match

Well-being benefits

Job summary

Takeda is seeking an Operational Excellence Lead to drive Lean, efficient operations across the USBU and OBU DD&T organization in a hybrid Boston-based role. You will own calendars, contract management processes, and cross-functional team coordination with global stakeholders.

The role requires a Bachelor or Master degree, Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt, and strong leadership and communication skills to navigate a matrix, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master degree required; cross-regional, multicultural, virtual context experience preferred.
• Ability to navigate a highly matrixed, fast-paced business environment.
• Strong leadership, judgement, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated collaboration with global teams and multiple priorities.
• Six Sigma or Lean Black Belt certification required by a recognized organization.
• Problem solving with broad business process understanding.
• Sense of urgency and adaptability to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational excellence across USBU and OBU DD&T organization.
• Own Annual Operating Calendar integrating planning milestones and operating cadence.
• Drive contract management, budgeting interfaces, and forecasting processes.
• Embed lean capabilities and drive productivity across teams.
• Coordinate meetings and provide cross-functional support in a global setting.

Skills

Cross-regional work

Matrix organization

Leadership

Communication

Global collaboration

Six Sigma Black Belt

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor or Master degree

Job description

Job Description

As the Operational Excellence Lead for the joint USBU and OBU DD&T organization, you will report to the Head of Portfolio Strategy & Operational Excellence. In this role, you will be accountable for leading all operational excellence activities across this new, integrated organization, including contract management and interfacing with budget management teams, annual operating calendar management, team coordination, meeting logistics, and rolling out and embedding operational excellence skills and capabilities across teams - with the objective of upskilling colleagues to run lean, efficient, and effective teams.

This Portfolio Strategy & Operational Excellence team is accountable to deliver consistent operations across the USBU and OBU DD&T organization, which accelerates our ability to set common operational reporting, KPIs and targets, and to have performance discussions with our business stakeholders and strategy and operational peers.

Accountabilities:

• Build trusted relationships with the USBU and OBU DD&T Team, BU and DD&T Strategy and Operations teams, Finance, and Procurement partners to establish simple, transparent ways of working and drive continuous improvement.
• Monitoring overall USBU and OBU DD&T ways of working to drive productivity and predictability in operating rhythms.
• Drives operational excellence framework and capabilities across all USBU and OBU DD&T teams.
• Owns the Annual Operating Calendar for USBU and OBU DD&T that integrates business planning milestones and enterprise DD&T operating model cadence.
• Establishes and drives process and ways of working for contract management, collaboration with budget managers, and forecasting across entire team.
• Identifies opportunities to simplify processes, operationalize repeatable work across the organization, leverage enterprise tools and processes to drive productivity.
• Responsible for operating the end-to-end process for contract management across organization.
• Provides meeting logistics and team coordination support to this integrated, cross-functional, global organization.
• Find opportunities to embrace innovative technologies and processes.

Educational, Behavioral Competencies and Skills:

• A Bachelor or Master degree is required
• Proven ability to work within a cross regional, functional, multicultural, and virtual context (matrix organization)
• Able to handle a complex environment of constant change, proven success in a highly matrix-ed, fast paced, and challenging business environment.
• Good judgement and strong leadership skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated success collaborating with global teams, with ability to lead effectively and work concurrently across multiple priorities in a goal-oriented timeline-driven, and dynamic work environment, with quality and accuracy.
• Six Sigma or Lean Black Belt certified by a recognized third-party organization
• Strong problem-solving ability, with broad business knowledge and the ability to link customer needs with business processes
• Acts with a sense of urgency and an ability to adapt to changing priorities

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

• Location: Boston, MA
• U.S. Base Salary Range: $116,000.00 - $182,270.00
• 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 Boston, MA

Worker Type Employee

Worker Sub-Type Regular

Time Type Full time

Job Exempt Yes

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