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Job Description

About the role:

Join Takeda as Ethics and Compliance Business Partner, at the director level, where you will ensure ethical behaviors, which plays a fundamental role in risk mitigation. You will also be a key forward-thinking leader in risk identification and mitigation and build an innovative function supporting achievement of Takeda’s Vision. Additionally, Ethics & Compliance (E&C) will respond rapidly to changing environment and business needs; it is close to the market and encourages ethical behavior in line with Takeda’s values. By working in an agile manner E&C ensuring the balance between stable structures, governance, processes and systems, and dynamic approaches to delivering innovative solutions to appropriately manage our risks. As part of the Global Ethics & Compliance team, you will report to the Head of Culture, Policies & Innovation and you will collaborate across all E&C teams and partner with Legal, Business Development, Global Corporate Affairs, and Human Resources (HR) to embed ethics and compliance as part of the way everyone works at Takeda.

How you will contribute:

• Act as a strategic partner to corporate function leadership to champion and embed Takeda values and Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business decision making framework to foster a values-based culture.

• Promote speak up and create an inclusive, safe, open working environment in collaboration with HR and senior leadership, where employees are encouraged to speak up and listen to learn.

• Build and maintain a network of E&C Advisors and Values Ambassadors, elevating their capabilities to effectively support employees in living our values every day.

• Implement and oversee fit-for-purpose E&C programs across designated corporate functions to ensure alignment with global E&C strategy and compliance with internal policies, ethical standards, and external regulations. 

• Assess ethics and compliance issues, trends, and regulatory updates regularly to identify vulnerability, inform risk management strategies, and update practices as needed.

• Work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to establish governance and implement Ethics & Compliance controls to proactively manage identified risks.

• Conduct and facilitate investigation cases in collaboration with the Global Investigations Team, developing strategies for corrective actions, root cause analysis, and remediation.

• Develop and deliver effective compliance training programs to employees, enhancing awareness and understanding of ethical standards and legal obligations.

• Assist in the monitoring and continuous improvement of the effectiveness of compliance programs.

• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of relevant regulations and ensure all compliance materials reflect current legal and regulatory requirements.

• Strategic Advisor to Corporate Function leadership on key decisions by providing guidance on ethical dilemmas and compliance requirements.

• Manage and resolve compliance issues and incidents and provide pragmatic advice on compliance requirements and ethical issues to all levels of staff within the corporate functions.

• Drive understanding of overall Corporate Function strategy and operations for efficient E&C support.

• Work cross-functionally to ensure that compliance tools, policies, and procedures are fully integrated.

• Partner with Digital Ethics & Compliance by Design team to embed compliance into data, digital platforms, and systems from conceptualizati