Performance Lead

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Job Description

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 epicenter 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

About the role:

As a Performance Test Lead in the In-Center Capability within the Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) business unit you will independently drive and own all aspects of performance engineering and non-functional quality assurance. You will ensure that applications meet defined performance benchmarks across scalability reliability and stability under varying load conditions. Your role will be critical in identifying performance bottlenecks optimizing system behavior and ensuring production readiness.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders including development architecture DevOps and business teams to design and execute comprehensive performance testing strategies. This includes workload modeling test environment planning scripting execution monitoring and analysis of performance tests such as load stress spike and endurance testing. You will also be responsible for establishing performance baselines defining SLAs/SLIs and driving continuous performance improvements.

By owning the planning execution and reporting of performance testing activities you will ensure that applications meet both business and technical performance requirements. This role plays a key part in enabling PDT to deliver scalable and high-performing solutions improving system resilience and supporting data-driven decision-making. You will also champion modern performance engineering practices leveraging cutting-edge tools automation frameworks and observability solutions to drive efficiency and innovation.

This position aligns with the Testing and Validation chapter of the ICC and will initially report to the Functional Delivery Lead for strategic direction and day-to-day management. Upon establishment of the QA Lead role within Takeda ICC reporting and managerial responsibilities will transition accordingly.

How you will contribute:

• Own end-to-end performance testing strategy including planning design execution and reporting of all non-functional testing activities.
• Define performance benchmarks SLAs and acceptance criteria in alignment with business and technical requirements.
• Design realistic workload models and develop performance test scripts to simulate production-like scenarios.
• Execute performance tests (load stress spike endurance) and analyze system behavior under varying conditions.
• Identify performance bottlenecks conduct root cause analysis and work with development and infrastructure teams to drive optimizations.
• Establish and maintain performance baselines trend analysis and capacity planning recommendations.
• Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and enable continuous performance validation.
• Leverage monitoring and observability tools to provide deep insights into application and infrastructure performance.
• Drive adoption of best practices tools and frameworks for performance engineering across teams.
• Mentor and guide team members on performance testing methodologies and tools.
• Provide clear data-driven reports and recommendations to stakeholders to support decision-making and release readiness.
• Ensure test environments and data are production-representative and suitable for accurate performance evaluation.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
• 6 years of experience in software testing with at least 45 years in performance testing/engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache JMeter (including OctaPerf) and LoadRunner.
• Proven experience in designing and executing load stress spike and endurance tests.
• Hands-on expertise in scripting correlation parameterization and test data management.
• Strong understanding of web applications APIs (REST/SOAP) and distributed systems.
• Ability to analyze performance metrics (CPU memory response time throughput) and identify bottlenecks.
• Experience working with databases and basic query performance analysis.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating performance testing into delivery workflows.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred requirements:

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes using tools such as Jenkins GitLab CI or similar.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and integration of performance testing within the delivery pipeline (shift-left / continuous testing).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS including performance testing in cloud-native environments.
• Working knowledge of mobile testing and tools such as Appium.
• Experience in test automation using tools such as Tricentis Tosca or similar frameworks.
• Exposure to performance monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Dynatrace AppDynamics Grafana).
• Experience in capacity planning workload modeling and performance tuning is an added advantage.
• Understanding of domain-specific systems (e.g. healthcare finance or other regulated environments).

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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