Governance & Execution Lead

About the role

Own and lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the operating systems and governance structures that enable effective execution across the Global MSAT organization, ensuring clarity, alignment, and disciplined follow-through. Drive leadership team effectiveness by structuring and facilitating key forums (e.g., weekly MSAT LT meetings, site visits), ensuring discussions are focused, decisions are captured, and actions are tracked to completion. Establish scalable approaches for cross-functional engagement, strengthening how MSAT interfaces with manufacturing sites, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and other global functions.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify operational inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement, developing and implementing structured solutions with measurable impact on execution, decision-making, and organizational performance.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve operating systems, governance mechanisms, and execution cadences supporting Global MSAT, including leadership team forums, site engagement models, and cross-functional working, with a particular focus on strengthening alignment with Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Facilitate key Global MSAT leadership processes, including weekly leadership team meetings, quarterly site visit preparation and follow-through, and Tuesday morning forums, ensuring discussions are well-structured, decisions and actions are clearly captured, and commitments are tracked through completion.
• Lead knowledge management and meeting effectiveness practices, including agenda structuring, pre-read coordination, meeting minutes, action tracking, and documentation of decisions, ensuring leadership forums are efficient, actionable, and aligned to business priorities.
• Partner across Global MSAT, manufacturing sites, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and other key stakeholders, playing a central role in improving how MSAT and Pharmaceutical Sciences align, communicate, and execute jointly to drive consistent, high-quality outcomes.

Requirements

Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA, or equivalent) in a relevant field (preferred), with demonstrated experience in operations, strategy, business excellence, or program leadership within complex organizations, ideally with exposure to R&D / Pharmaceutical Sciences and manufacturing interfaces.

Highly structured, proactive, and results-oriented, with strong influencing skills and the ability to drive alignment, facilitate senior-level discussions, and execute with minimal direction.

Strong expertise in process improvement, governance design, and facilitation, with excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to translate complex inputs into clear actions and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA, or equivalent) in a relevant field (preferred), with demonstrated experience in operations, strategy, business excellence, or program leadership within complex organizations, ideally with exposure to R&D / Pharmaceutical Sciences and manufacturing interfaces.

Highly structured, proactive, and results-oriented, with strong influencing skills and the ability to drive alignment, facilitate senior-level discussions, and execute with minimal direction.

Strong expertise in process improvement, governance design, and facilitation, with excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to translate complex inputs into clear actions and measurable outcomes.

Skills

Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MBA, or equivalent) in a relevant field (preferred), with demonstrated experience in operations, strategy, business excellence, or program leadership within complex organizations, ideally with exposure to R&D / Pharmaceutical Sciences and manufacturing interfaces.

Highly structured, proactive, and results-oriented, with strong influencing skills and the ability to drive alignment, facilitate senior-level discussions, and execute with minimal direction.

Strong expertise in process improvement, governance design, and facilitation, with excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to translate complex inputs into clear actions and measurable outcomes.

Benefits

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.
• 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.

Pay

$137,000.00 - $215,270.00

Schedule

Full time