Digital Product, Senior Manager

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The Future Begins Here

At Takeda we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities we are meeting the need of patients our people and the planet.

Bengaluru the city which is Indias epicentre of Innovation has been selected to be home to Takedas recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation this role you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.

At Takedas ICC we Unite in Diversity

Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here you will feel welcomed respected and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team.

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

The Digital Product Senior Manager leads a product initiative within the Takeda portfolio focusing on customer needs strategic product roadmap and go-to-market strategy. This role ensures the product aligns with business objectives and delivers value across the organization.

This role owns the end-to-end product leadership operations and evolution of iEnvisionbusiness-critical globally used medical digital platforms supporting publications grants & donations and research workflows. Guided by Takedas values-based decision-making (Patient Trust Reputation Business) the role is accountable for strategy roadmap governance vendor performance integrations and adoption - balancing day-to-day operational excellence with modernization and measurable value realization.

Operating at the intersection of Medical Affairs Data Digital &Technology Compliance and external partners the role requires strong product judgment technical fluency and executive-level stakeholder management to ensure reliability audit readiness and a scalable user experience.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and maintain near-term and multi-year roadmaps aligned to Medical strategy and enterprise priorities translating needs into clear outcomes and an executable plan.
• Lead structured intake triage and prioritization to drive transparent decisions across competing demands and capacity constraints.
• Shape next-generation capability planning (e.g. API-based architectures automation and AI-enabled use cases) while protecting compliance and platform integrity.
• Maintain a multi-year evolution roadmap balancing operational excellence modernization measurable value realization and user experience.

2. Platform / Product Ownership & Agile Delivery

• Act as the accountable Product Owner for iEnvision overseeing day-to-day product operations across high-usage modules supporting grants & donations research and scientific publications.
• Own and prioritize the global backlog and coordinate delivery across upgrades enhancements maintenance and integrations (e.g. SAP EDB/Databricks MDM FTP/API pipelines).
• Coordinate RUN and lifecycle management activities (incident/problem/change release and environment readiness) across internal teams and external vendors to ensure stable operations and predictable delivery.
• Own release planning UAT coordination hypercare and post-release stabilization to ensure dependable delivery and minimal downtime.
• Establish and execute test strategy across functional integration regression and UAT cycles; coordinate test data defect triage and sign-offs with business owners and technology partners.

3. Compliance Governance & Risk Management

• Design and run governance forums to assess demand size and prioritize work manage risks and align stakeholders on the vital few.
• Maintain audit readiness and support validation and audit activities by maintaining SDLC documentation change records and evidence packages.
• Partner with Legal and Ethics & Compliance to embed governance requirements into system workflows and strengthen role/permission hygiene and evidence trails.
• Ensure appropriate documentation traceability and control mechanisms are maintained and champion secure-by-design practices across platform changes.
• Demonstrate strong cyber privacy and technology risk awareness by partnering with security and risk teams supporting control implementation and proactively mitigating operational and regulatory risk.

4. Operational Excellence & Platform Health

• Oversee day-to-day platform health stability and performance; serve as system SME with hands-on understanding of integrations data flows file transfers and error management.
• Manage end-to-end vendor relationships including executive-level engagement delivery accountability and service performance.
• Champion platform reliability scalability compliance and secure handling of funding-related data; partner with engineering and operations teams to resolve complex cross-system issues and proactively mitigate risk.
• Monitor system usage operational KPIs performance trends process efficiency and user satisfaction to continuously improve platform health.

5. Business Value & Adoption

• Define baseline and track operational and adoption KPIs (e.g. cycle time on-time reviews/throughput adoption by role performance trends) and use insights to steer roadmap priorities.
• Plan and coordinate end-user and admin training for releases (training needs assessment materials communications completion tracking) ensuring readiness across regions and stakeholder groups.
• Own change management strategy for platform upgrades and new capabilities; create scalable enablement assets (guides videos walkthroughs) and drive continuous improvement in workflow automation and reporting.
• Strengthen platform compliance and audit readiness by championing reliable operating processes role/permission hygiene and evidence trails; socialize product updates to enhance stakeholder adoption.

6. Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead recurring working sessions and executive updates with global Medical Digital and Compliance stakeholders; serve as the primary product liaison and facilitate decision-making.
• Provide clear communication on roadmap release updates and operational performance; translate complex platform topics into concise decision-ready narratives that build confidence and alignment.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment across DD&T Medical Operations Compliance and external partners/vendors to ensure stable operations and predictable delivery.
• Present product status and investment recommendations to senior leadership; oversee tooling and licensing spend and support procurement contract renewals and business case development.

EDUCATION BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science and/or Digital Medical related fields or equivalent experience.
• 7 years of SaaS product management experience in complex enterprise platforms and/or regulated business workflows; proven ability to lead large cross-functional initiatives from concept to production.
• Executive-ready communication and facilitation skills; ability to influence without authority across global organizations.
• Strong governance prioritization and risk-management mindset; comfortable operating in a regulated environment with audit and validation expectations.
• Technical fluency: comfort working with integrations APIs data pipelines and system interfaces (Datavision ecosystem experience preferred).
• Experience with information security privacy and technology risk controls linked to digital applications; champions secure-by-design changes.
• Data-driven approach to performance adoption and value measurement; continuous-improvement orientation with strong learning agility (life sciences experience strongly preferred).
• Experience driving structured change in large organizations and working in an agile environment; proactive adoption of modern tools and AI-enabled ways of working.

Benefits:

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• Competitive Salary Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self spouse and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks) Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

About ICC in Takeda

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. Were not just transforming our company; were improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.