Global Change Management Lead

Place of work

Bratislava

Position / industry

IT Project Manager

Job description, information about job

The Future Begins Here

At Takeda, we are creating a future-ready organization, one that evolves at the speed of science and technology using data and digital to meet the needs of patients, our people, and the planet. To make that happen, we need your help.

Join our exciting and new Technology Capability Center (TCC) in Bratislava, Slovakia. This specialized, innovative, and state of the art center of technological resources will drive data and digital capabilities and solutions across Takeda. The Center will be home to approximately 300 change agents, organized into chapters and cross-functional squads based on agile ways of working.

Grow your data and digital skills, create, and enhance solutions for patients around the globe, and help us create a data and digital-forward Takeda. This is a unique opportunity to become the heart of our internal innovation engine.

The Opportunity

As a Global Change Management Lead, you'll…

ensure the EPM mission is promoted, understood, and change is being prepared, managed, and reinforced within the Takeda business community for related programs and implementations.

Assess the change, define the change strategy, and create an understanding of changes for impacted audiences.

Responsibilities

Managing Change:
Manage the execution and implementation of OCM activities to effectively manage changes ensuring an exceptional end user experience
Take the lead in preparing the change processes based on a strategic approach, manage, and monitor the change and suggest reinforcements to support the transition.
Facilitate the identification and mitigation/management of organizational, process, system, and data changes.
Monitor the change based on process data and additional gathered information using data to identify the appropriate measures.
Apply the Project Management methodologies used in EPM for the area of OCM including, Project plan, Milestone Management, Status tracking and Reporting, Deliverables Follow Up, Issue and Risk Management
Guidance and oversight of resources executing activities as required
Continuous Improvement:
Implement relevant continuous improvement strategies to ensure the effective management of change. (e.g. Lessons learned, user feedback, RCA’s etc.)
Identify and implement improvements within OCM methods and bring ideas for improvement across change and communications.

Training:
Management and execution of the defined training strategy and approach
Where relevant, collaborate with appropriate training team members to deliver an exceptional user experience.
Communications:
Management and execution of the defined communications strategy and approach
Where relevant, collaboration with appropriate communications team members to deliver an exceptional user experience
Provide leadership and guidance to other OCM team members
As a member of the Change and Communications team, support other team activities as needed and participate in OCM community activities to support internal collaboration and capability building
All other duties reasonably required of the position

Offered salary

4333 EUR

Specification of salary conditions

Similarly, situated employees earn 4333 Euros a month. Salary is based on experience.

Benefits and other advantages

Annual Bonus

Employees have the opportunity to earn an annual bonus based on company, business unit, and individual performance.

Referral program
Bonuses are available for referrals if your friends join Takeda.

Benefits

We care about your future. So we offer a retirement plan for employees, which includes up to a 3% match. You'll also have access to life insurance covering short-term and long-term disability in case of injury or death.
When in need, we'll support you. Our Takeda-sponsored individual medical plan will give you access to timely health treatment for your medical needs. We also have additional payment available for critical illnesses.
We understand mental health is also important. Counseling and support resources are available 24/7 through our assistance program for employees and immediate family members.
We want you to spend time away. We offer generous paid leave and also additional time off for maternity, paternity and parental leave.
We are committed to helping the world. You'll have the opportunity to participate in paid time away for volunteering activities.
We know there's more to life than work. we return to the office, you'll enjoy a mix of remote working and in-office collaboration in our state-of-the-art facilities. During summer we have flexible workweeks with half-day Fridays.
And some additional benefits because at Takeda, we invest in our people.
You’ll have access to:
Daily allowance for meals
Supplementary monthly payment to spend on retirement savings, educational courses, and leisure activities
Assistance for home office internet or English learning expenses

Start date

by agreement (ASAP)

Type of employment

full-time

Minimum required education

First Level University Education (Bachelor's Degree)

Language skills

English (upper-intermediate - B2)

Generally required knowledge

Required

Appropriate Bachelor’s in related specialization area (e.g. Change Management, Communications, Business Administration. Human Resources, IS) is essential.
5+ years’ experience leading change management in a global setting, preferably in an IT function
Experience managing change for ERP products (e.g. SAP, Ariba, Concur)
Ability to lead change in a cross-functional organization while being flexible and adaptable to work in ambiguous situations
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal English) to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
Ability to work successfully in multicultural teams and to build and maintain a strong relationship with key local and global stakeholders
A strong executor with excellent organization skills, ability to implement deliverables in a timely and effective manner
Solid IT skills and a quick learner of new systems
Open to new ways of working and applying new methodologies
Preferred

Master’s degree in related specialization area (e.g. Communications, Change Management, Business Administration, Human Resources, IS) is desirable but not essential.
Experience in managing multiple stakeholders
Experience managing change networks
Experience in business partnering providing a support service internally to business stakeholders

Suitable for graduates

No

Suitable for graduates

No