Lead Systems Designer

About the Role

As aLead System Designerwithin the PlasmaDerived Therapies (PDT) Technology ecosystem you will serve as the senior technical design authority guiding the evolution intelligence and structural design of complex enterprise applications. With your experience in system design distributed systems engineering leadership and emerging AI capabilities you will define design governanceestablishreusable design models and drive product and platform modernization across the PDT landscape.

You will combine deep application and solution designexpertise datadriven thinking and AIaccelerated engineering approaches to ensure PDT systems are scalable resilient secure and intelligenceenabled. You will mentor technical leads elevate engineering craftsmanship and work crossfunctionally to align solutions with business capabilities and enterprise direction.

How You Will Contribute

Application & Solution Design (Expanded and DesignCentric)

• Lead application and solution design using clear structural design principles layered solution models modular decomposition and domaindriven concepts aligned to business capabilities.

• Create andmaintainreusablesolutiondesign blueprintscanonicalmodels service boundaries and integration models that promote consistency across the PDT ecosystem.

• Apply DomainDriven Design (DDD) techniques such as bounded contexts aggregates and ubiquitous language to create maintainable businessaligned systems.

• Design systems using modern patterns including microservices eventdriven workflows cloudnative components and distributedcomputemodels.

• Lead solution review forums ensuring designs meet expected standards across performance resilience maintainability and cost effectiveness.

• Break down complex business needs into clear problem statements and structured design options that engineering teams can execute effectively.

• Select solution patterns (e.g. CQRS-style design Saga-style coordination hexagonal/portadapter models) based on suitability longevity and simplicity.

Strategic System & Platform Design

• Guidethe overall structural design of PDT applications acrossNextJSReactJS/modernfrontend SQL/NoSQL data layersHerokuAWS EKS and product-to-platform connectors.

• Establish design governance standards and decision frameworksenabling predictable highquality technical outcomes.

• Lead system modernization efforts refactoring initiatives and cloudtransition designs across legacy and modern environments.

• Serve as the design backbone for crossproduct system evolution ensuring cohesion and consistency across teams.

AIInfused Product & Solution Design

• Introduce Agentic AI concepts into solution models workflows operational flows observability and developer tooling.

• Design solutions that incorporate LLMs embeddings vector search reasoning capabilities autonomous agents and AIpowered insights.

• Establish AIready design patterns supporting semantic data layers event enrichment intelligent decisioning and contextual logic.

• Partner with data and platform teams to define the data structures quality expectations and processing flows required to enable AIpowered features at scale.

Data & AI Orientation

• Leverage data dashboards metrics operational telemetry and analytics insights to inform solution design decisions.

• Embed data quality lineage metadata definitions and consistency rules within system designs to support AIdriven behaviors.

• Identifyopportunities to apply AI/ML fundamentals to elevate user experience automate workflows detect anomalies and improve operational predictability.

• Establish design guardrails for responsible use of AI across PDT solutions.

AIAugmented Developer Experience & Productivity

• Champion the adoption of AIempowered engineering platforms including GitHub Copilotor other similar AI toolsand intelligent reasoning engines.

• Define bestpractice guidelines for using AI copilots for design validation code generation testingassistance refactoring and documentation support.

• Integrate AIassisted processes for generating boilerplate components design templates impact analysis dependency evaluation and model validation.

• Continuously evaluate emerging platform AI tooling to drive efficiency quality and engineering consistency.

Technical Leadership & Delivery Excellence

• Conduct solution reviews design assessments and technical deepdives tomaintainhigh-quality design outcomes.

• Develop reusable solutionartefactsdesign templates reusable service definitions API models logical flow diagrams and deployment models.

• Ensure solution designs translate into performant secure scalable and maintainable systems.

• Collaborate closely with product managers UX designers senior engineers data teams and security specialists to deliver cohesive solutions.

• Lead estimation solution planning risk identification and stakeholder communication in a clear structured manner.

Mentorship Design Governance & Collaboration

• Mentor technical leads senior engineers and emerging designers to strengthen design thinking across teams.

• Facilitate solution workshops structured design sessions and collaborative decision-making forums across PDT.

• Foster a culture of innovation clarity of design technical discipline and continuous improvement.

Minimum Requirements / Qualifications

• 14 years of experience in system design solution design and enterprise-scale application development.

• ExpertiseacrossNextJS ReactJS/modern UI frameworks SQL/NoSQLHerokuAWS EKS event-driven workflows microservice-style design and integrationpatterns.Skilledin designing and building scalable multicloud and cloudagnostic platforms.

• Proven experience developing secure resilient and highavailability publicfacing web and mobile applications withstrongfocus on cost optimization and operational efficiency.

• Strong foundationin distributed caching zerotrust design patterns and SEO optimization.

• Deep understanding of reusable design patterns distributed systems API modeling domaindriven concepts and cloudaligned architecture principles.

• Experienced in architecting multiregion solutions supporting business continuity disaster recovery and faulttolerant operations.

• Strong grounding in modern application engineering practices includingDevSecOpspipelinesIaCprinciples securitybydesign and continuous validation.

• Strong communicationskills with the ability to simplify complexity and drive crossfunctional alignment.

• Demonstrated experienceestablishingdesign standards and governance practices across teams.

• Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence solution direction across teams.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.

• Familiarity with secure engineering andDevSecOpstools includingCodeQLSonarCloudJFrog and DAST tooling.

• Experience with eventstreaming technologies (KafkaAWSSQS/SNS).

• Handson use of platform AI tools (GitHub Copilot Azure AI coding tools).

• Exposure toMLOpsconcepts or AIenhanced system designs.

• Experience in regulated environments such as healthcare biotech or pharmaceuticals.

• Working understanding of AI/ML fundamentals and hands-on experience integrating AIdriven features in solutions or engineering workflows.

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.

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