Senior Manager, GI2 TAU Business Operations

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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as a Senior Manager, GI2 TAU Business Operations in our Cambridge, MA office.

At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top Employer, we offer stimulating careers, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

POSITION OBJECTIVES:

The Senior Manager, TAU Business Operations will support the Therapeutic Area Unit (TAU) to proactively manage, monitor and report on strategic initiatives, project issues, plans and activities critical to the efficient operations of the TAU. Specific duties include:

• Partners with the Head of Business Operations to develop and execute strategic management of training and resources, including indirect budget management, head-count tracking, recruitment/onboarding, space-planning, and compliance
• May lead or contribute to process improvement initiatives and workstreams
• Actively contributes to development of training materials and onboarding/mentoring of new and junior colleagues
• Leads projects and initiatives, with project plans, facilitating meetings, monitoring progress and holding team members accountable.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Onboarding & Resourcing :

• Manage GI2 TAU new hire recruiting and onboarding process, including training hiring managers on TAU processes, acting as a liaison for hiring managers and Talent Acquisition ensuring Takeda & TAU processes are adhered to
• Manage and delegate GI2 Bus Ops onboarding tasks, track necessary actions for smooth onboarding process, collaborate with team to trouble-shoot onboarding related issues
• Ensure onboarding presentation and other materials are maintained; lead new hire onboarding presentation
• Supporting resource management/tracking as requested, including head count
• Act as TAU OPERA liaison for program resourcing, including generating reports and working with function heads to update algorithms

General Business Administration and Infrastructure:

• Provides project management support for TAU-level general infrastructure (e.g., space planning) and projects/initiatives (e.g., CREST, DEI, etc), or other special projects/initiatives as assigned; generate reports and slides for various needs of GI^2 TAU Operations
• Collaborate with Head of Business Operations manage monitor, track, and triage general business administration and infrastructure issues and trends; recommend process improvements, best practice business initiatives, and other solutions to enhance execution and/or streamline business operations processes to increase agility and efficiency
• Manage Space Planning Requests; track space issues & usage trends
• Contribute to process improvement or R&D or enterprise-wide initiatives related to onboarding, resources, spaces planning. Foster connections within and outside the functional area, and share insights, best practices, and lessons learned across the enterprise.
• Other duties as assigned, including back up co