Culture Lead

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Opportunity

• As the Data Digital & Technology (DD&T) Culture Lead own and drive the culture strategy to strengthen DD&Ts one-team culture of Intangible Bonds - rooted in trust collective commitment and enabling colleagues to work at their natural best in pursuit of extraordinary outcomes for patients.
• Operate as a strategic advisor and program leader translating engagement insights (e.g. Employee Engagement Survey themes) into scalable interventions that increase connection to patients & purpose strengthen cross-cultural collaboration and reinforce Takeda values across DD&T.
• Lead an integrated portfolio of culture programs to increase belonging inclusion engagement recognition and cross-site collaboration.
• Provide clear governance operating cadence and measurement that enables decentralized site leads to deliver culture locally with consistency and autonomy.

Job responsibilities

Culture Strategy & Roadmap Ownership

• Define and govern the annual culture roadmap aligned to DD&T strategic priorities and Takeda values.
• Set standards for what good looks like across sites balancing global alignment with local authenticity.

Culture Program Leadership

• Own end-to-end program design governance and ensure the program is credible inclusive and aligned to Takeda values.
• Evolve signature Culture program design using lessons learned ensure clear eligibility/prioritization and strengthen cross-cultural capability-building
• Ensure program delivers measurable value for participants host sites and sending organizations.

Culture & Values Group Network Governance & Enablement

• Build and sustain the global CVG operating model including onboarding/local lead transitions governance clarity and capability-building.
• Enable autonomy by providing playbooks toolkits structured support and a consistent cadence of follow-ups.

Patients & Purpose

• Design interventions that strengthen line-of-sight to patient impact (e.g. site/lab visits patient-impact storytelling capability building).
• Embed patient-impact thinking into how we work through templates prompts and decision checkpoints (in partnership with relevant governance bodies).

Communication & Storytelling

• Increase visibility and credibility of culture work through consistent communications and narratives that inspire participation and reinforce impact.
• Partner with communications teams to publish compelling articles and campaigns showcasing culture in action.

Measurement Feedback Loops and Continuous Improvement

• Establish measurement approaches (e.g. participation event NPS qualitative feedback engagement drivers) and translate insights into action plans.
• Continuously simplify governance and improve prioritization sequencing to maximize sustainable impact.

Job Requirements

Essential

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field (e.g. Organizational Psychology HR Communications Business Learning/Development or similar).
• 10 years of experience leading culture engagement communications or organizational effectiveness programs
• Strong facilitation stakeholder management program governance and communications.
• Demonstrated ability to translate listening insights (e.g. EES) into credible interventions and measurable outcomes.
• Deep knowledge of culture engagement and organizational effectiveness concepts (e.g. listening strategies program design recognition systems).
• Strong capability in program governance communications/storytelling stakeholder facilitation and measurement.
• Experience designing scalable culture interventions across global multi-site organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through empowerment and coaching within a decentralized network model.
• Strong strategic thinking: connects initiatives across regions and ensures alignment while respecting local context.
• Builds trust and psychological safety; role-models inclusive leadership and Takeda leadership behaviors.
• Influences across senior leadership site leads HR communications and cross-functional partners.
• Enables collaboration across geographies and cultures; bridges hubs and ICCs effectively.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication in English; cross-cultural fluency.

Desirable

• Experience in global technology organizations and/or transformation contexts.
• Experience integrating DE&I practices into culture operating models.
• Familiarity with measurement design (NPS engagement drivers qualitative thematic analysis).

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