Sr. Platform Owner-Network Tools

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Job Description

At Takeda, we are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all people and bringing them the hope of a brighter future. It is our passion that transforms every job into meaningful action. Our people are the heart of Takeda.

Within our Global Network Platform team, we are seeking an experienced Sr. Platform Owner – Network Tools to help execute the strategic direction, lifecycle management, and stakeholder integration of our network tools and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Oversight & Business Operations (70%+)

• Lead the financial governance and project purchasing lifecycle for the global network tooling portfolio.
• Coordinate across global procurement, legal, vendor management, and project finance teams to validate purchasing requests, order accuracy, delivery, and cost attribution.
• Assist the System Lifecycle Managers and Technical Leadership in managing the 8-quarter rolling forecast for tooling and platform investments, in collaboration with vendors, finance, procurement and accounts payable teams.
• Facilitate onboarding and renewal of contracts and vendors, supporting both capital and operational expenses.
• Reconcile invoices, manage PO/PR cycles, and ensure cost center accuracy across multiple legal entities.
• Provide purchasing guidance and process leadership to project teams executing large-scale IT infrastructure initiatives across 400+ global sites.
• Represent Network Platforms financial operations in discussions with Finance Business Partners, Procurement, and Asset Accounting.
• Support and enter requests into financial and purchasing platforms ensuring compliance and documentation accuracy.
   

Platform & Technical Strategy Coordination (30%)

• In partnership with management and technical SMEs, help coordinate the execution of lifecycle and technical roadmap related activites for assets and tools in use within the global network platform portfolio of services.
• Manage relationships with technical vendors, including contract negotiation, coordinating QBRs, vendor performance tracking, and vendor governance.
• Actively participate in the onboarding of new tools and services—ensuring financial and lifecycle alignment.
• Serve as a point of coordination for technical portfolio management, ensuring financial and stakeholder alignment across projects, teams, and business units.
• Help coordinate and lead stakeholder engagement meetings to gather input, provide updates, and ensure clarity and accountability on key initiatives.
• Own and manage documention workflows, repositories, and knowledge management practices to ensure information is organized, accessible, and current.
• Work with Network Product Owners to help align disparate team strategies with company-wide business objectives and OKRs, identifying gaps, overlaps, and opportunities.
• Ensure consistent communication and coordination across engineering, product, and business teams to maintain strategic alignment.

Decision Making and Autonomy

• Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions regarding purchasing strategy, process controls and vendor coordination within defined governance structures.
• Assists technical platform owners to evaluate tradeoffs between cost, performance, security, and lifecycle value while maintaining