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Head, Global Digital Platforms - Manufacturing & Labs(m/w/x)
Global vision and roadmap for scalable platforms in regulated manufacturing and labs. Enterprise-scale, multi-site technology program leadership required. Focus on data, digital, and technology strategy execution.
Requirements
- Minimum 15 years related experience
- Proven leadership in enterprise-scale, multi-site technology programs
- Experience in regulated manufacturing and/or laboratory environments
- Deep expertise in manufacturing execution (MES)
- Deep expertise in lab informatics (LIMS/ELN) at global scale
- Strong understanding of delivery in GxP environments
- Understanding of validation, data integrity, compliance, and cybersecurity expectations
- Demonstrated ability to shift to product operating model
- Experience with roadmap ownership, release cadence, adoption, continuous improvement
- Track record building efficient global delivery models
- Experience improving delivery speed and cost
- Executive stakeholder management
- Stakeholder management across manufacturing, labs, quality, process owners, enterprise transformation
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Advanced degree preferred
- Strategic leadership overseeing multiple functional areas, divisions, or product groups
- Global or multi-country-level responsibility
- Shaping corporate policies
- Guidance to directors and senior managers
- Recognized influential position
- Decisions impact division, group, company, or corporation success
- Membership on a leadership team
- Influencing overall business strategy
Tasks
- Shape and execute data, digital, and technology strategy
- Partner with key stakeholders to advance technology initiatives
- Drive innovation and implement advanced platforms
- Foster new ways of working and contribute to DD&T imperatives
- Own global vision, standards, and roadmap for scalable platforms
- Deliver enterprise-scale programs to completion
- Transition organization to product team setup for continuous innovation
- Build and nurture high-trust relationships with senior leaders
- Align technology strategies with business and regulatory needs
- Establish and enforce global templates and standardization
- Manage exceptions through governance
- Drive speed and cost efficiency by scaling global delivery model
- Expand and professionalize global delivery center teams
- Improve throughput, quality, and cost-to-deliver
- Strengthen vendor performance and commercial outcomes
- Lead global capabilities for manufacturing execution systems
- Ensure template integrity and sustainable ownership
- Modernize digital lab capabilities with global LIMS
- Harmonize lab ecosystem including ELN and supporting tools
- Build and scale digital workflow platforms
- Strengthen lifecycle management with validated change and 24/7 coverage
- Enable AI and agentic AI for manufacturing processes and labs
- Identify and prioritize AI use cases
- Coordinate AI execution with Data & AI enablement organization
- Build and develop a high-performing leadership team
- Develop a global organization with strong governance and talent
- Foster stakeholder trust
Work Experience
- 15 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- MES
- LIMS
- ELN
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Head, Global Digital Platforms - Manufacturing & Labs(m/w/x)
Global vision and roadmap for scalable platforms in regulated manufacturing and labs. Enterprise-scale, multi-site technology program leadership required. Focus on data, digital, and technology strategy execution.
Requirements
- Minimum 15 years related experience
- Proven leadership in enterprise-scale, multi-site technology programs
- Experience in regulated manufacturing and/or laboratory environments
- Deep expertise in manufacturing execution (MES)
- Deep expertise in lab informatics (LIMS/ELN) at global scale
- Strong understanding of delivery in GxP environments
- Understanding of validation, data integrity, compliance, and cybersecurity expectations
- Demonstrated ability to shift to product operating model
- Experience with roadmap ownership, release cadence, adoption, continuous improvement
- Track record building efficient global delivery models
- Experience improving delivery speed and cost
- Executive stakeholder management
- Stakeholder management across manufacturing, labs, quality, process owners, enterprise transformation
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Advanced degree preferred
- Strategic leadership overseeing multiple functional areas, divisions, or product groups
- Global or multi-country-level responsibility
- Shaping corporate policies
- Guidance to directors and senior managers
- Recognized influential position
- Decisions impact division, group, company, or corporation success
- Membership on a leadership team
- Influencing overall business strategy
Tasks
- Shape and execute data, digital, and technology strategy
- Partner with key stakeholders to advance technology initiatives
- Drive innovation and implement advanced platforms
- Foster new ways of working and contribute to DD&T imperatives
- Own global vision, standards, and roadmap for scalable platforms
- Deliver enterprise-scale programs to completion
- Transition organization to product team setup for continuous innovation
- Build and nurture high-trust relationships with senior leaders
- Align technology strategies with business and regulatory needs
- Establish and enforce global templates and standardization
- Manage exceptions through governance
- Drive speed and cost efficiency by scaling global delivery model
- Expand and professionalize global delivery center teams
- Improve throughput, quality, and cost-to-deliver
- Strengthen vendor performance and commercial outcomes
- Lead global capabilities for manufacturing execution systems
- Ensure template integrity and sustainable ownership
- Modernize digital lab capabilities with global LIMS
- Harmonize lab ecosystem including ELN and supporting tools
- Build and scale digital workflow platforms
- Strengthen lifecycle management with validated change and 24/7 coverage
- Enable AI and agentic AI for manufacturing processes and labs
- Identify and prioritize AI use cases
- Coordinate AI execution with Data & AI enablement organization
- Build and develop a high-performing leadership team
- Develop a global organization with strong governance and talent
- Foster stakeholder trust
Work Experience
- 15 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- MES
- LIMS
- ELN
About the Company
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Description
The company is transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs.
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