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Job Description

About the role

The Capital Project Manager will lead small to medium-sized capital projects from initiation through completion, ensuring timely and successful delivery with minimal supervision. This role serves as a key advocate for Takeda’s Project Management Methodology and acts as the primary liaison for the Capital Project Management team at the Social Circle facility. This position requires a proactive leader who can navigate complex project environments and foster collaboration across cross-functional teams.

How you will contribute

As a Capital Project Manager, you will play a critical role in driving capital projects to successful completion. Your contributions will include:

• End-to-End Project Leadership: Manage projects through their full lifecycle, ensuring delivery across scope, budget, quality, resources, risk, procurement, communications, and timelines.

• Strategic Execution: Implement projects in alignment with defined goals while balancing multiple priorities and initiatives.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead and guide cross-functional teams, facilitate stakeholder engagement, and ensure alignment on deliverables.

• Conflict Resolution & Communication: Proactively identify and resolve conflicts through collaborative solutions, maintaining clear and effective communication across all levels of the organization.

• Portfolio Management: Support and maintain the Takeda Project Portfolio Life Cycle Management system (SPOT), ensuring consistent application of methodology across the Capital Team.

• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a site and corporate expert in project management, offering coaching, training, and guidance to promote best practices and industry standards.

• Process Improvement & Change Leadership: Act as a change agent by developing and deploying new business processes and enhancing existing ones to improve efficiency and performance.

• Data-Driven Insights: Collect, analyze, and report project and process data to inform decision-making and support continuous improvement.

• Risk & Progress Monitoring: Develop tools and mechanisms to track project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies in collaboration with key stakeholders.

• Quality Assurance: Review and approve team deliverables to ensure outputs meet quality standards and contribute to organizational excellence.

• Capability Building: Deliver training sessions to strengthen project management capabilities across the organization.

• Business Support: Perform additional duties as needed to support site and business objectives.

What you bring to Takeda

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years or Master’s degree with 4+ years of capital project management experience.

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, or other regulated (cGMP) industries preferred.

Certifications & Travel:

• PMP® certification preferred.

• Willingness to travel up to 5% as needed.

Project Management Expertise:

• Strong command of project management principles, practices, and tools, including familiarity with PMBOK® and PMI® standards.

• Proven ability to manage complex projects in ambiguous environments while balancing multiple priorities.

Technical & Analytical Skills:

• Solid understanding of business operations and systems.

• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Microsoft Project, SharePoint; JD Edwards and Trackwise experience is a plus.

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Strategic thinker with the ability to influence across teams and levels.