Senior Manager, Strategy Enablement & Planning Group Lead

Location: IND - Bengaluru

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The Future Begins Here

At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.

Bengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.

At Takeda’s GCC we Unite in Diversity

Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team

Role Objectives

Support the establishment and deployment of the GCM Evidence Strategy & Planning team, initially standing up and operationalizing the evidence record centralization before expanding oversight to the full portfolio of IEP coordination, evidence reuse assessment, PRO/COA benchmarking, and scenario planning support activities as the team scales.

Manage a growing team of Strategy & Planning Leads, ensuring high-quality, consistent execution of evidence planning operations, and helping create seamless transitions across the GCM and Global Evidence Generation Strategy &Planning team on all evidence documentation, governance, and planning support activities.

Key Responsibilities

Initial Capability Build: Evidence Records Maintenance

Support the design and establishment of evidence record management processes within the GCM, including defining repository standards, naming conventions, metadata requirements, access controls, and retention categories in close coordination with Global Evidence Generation before full GCM transition

Act as a senior quality reviewer of evidence record centralization and reuse assessment activities during the initial build phase, before team capacity is fully established

Identify and resolve early-stage process gaps, ambiguities in scope boundaries between GCM and Global Evidence Generation, and repository readiness issues before they affect downstream evidence governance

Evidence Strategy & Planning Operations Oversight

Oversee quality and consistency of all GCM evidence strategy and planning outputs across the team's full scope once at steady state, including IEP maintenance, evidence record management, reuse assessments, PRO/COA benchmarking, and HA & Payer launch and scenario planning support

Review team outputs before distribution to Global Evidence Generation stakeholders; resolve operational and process issues within the team and escalate scientific, strategic, or compliance questions to the US organization as appropriate

Monitor workload distribution across concurrent IEPs, reuse requests, benchmarking needs, and planning workstreams; adjust prioritization and capacity allocation as portfolio demands shift

Team Management

• Manage daily workflow, capacity planning, and prioritization for the Strategy & Planning Leads
• Build team capability through coaching, onboarding, structured training, and performance feedback; identify skill gaps and support individual development as the team scales from initial build to full steady-state capacity
• Ensure clear role delineation and effective handoffs

Stakeholder Coordination & Initial Capability Builds

Report to the GCM Evidence Generation Strategy & Operations Enablement Group Lead (Associate Director)

Coordinate with GCM Evidence Generation Strategy & Operations Enablement Group Lead (Associate Director) to confirm strategic question framing, scientific scope boundaries, and escalation thresholds before GCM activity is initiated

Flag operational risks, capacity constraints, recurring process gaps, or scope boundary issues to the GCM Evidence Generation Strategy & Operations Enablement Group Lead (Associate Director) in a timely manner

Qualifications

10-12+ years of related work experience; 8+ years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry; experience in evidence strategy support, HEOR operations, scientific documentation, or related evidence management roles; experience managing teams or senior individual contributors strongly preferred; experience working in a GCM or shared services environment strongly preferred.

Education: A scientific, medical, life sciences, or health economics degree is required; an advanced degree is a plus

Strong working knowledge of evidence planning and IEP governance processes, including evidence records, reuse frameworks, PRO/COA benchmarking (preferred), and scenario planning across the asset lifecycle

Experience establishing or overseeing evidence repository standards, metadata governance, naming conventions, and document lifecycle management in a regulated pharmaceutical environment (e.g. Veeva Vault or equivalent)

Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple functions, US global teams, and geographies

Comfort with AI-enabled tools and automation

Education: A scientific, medical, life sciences, or health economics degree is required; an advanced degree is a plus

Languages: Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous

BENEFITS

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus

• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs

Employee Assistance Program

• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone

Employee Referral Program

Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

ABOUT GCC IN TAKEDA

Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We’re not just transforming our company; we’re improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.

As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the GCCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

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Locations

IND - Bengaluru

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time