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Global Lead, Technology Operations & Facility Fit

Takeda


Job Location:

Zürich - Switzerland

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 8 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 5 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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Job Description

About the role:

  • Set enterprise governance for equipment operations and facility-fit innovation to improve competitiveness ensure compliance and protect reliable patient supply across regulatory quality capacity and environmenthealthand safety requirements.

  • Serve as the primary interface for manufacturing sites driving equipment/technology operations support and resolving process and plant-engineering issues.

  • Lead facility-fit assessments for manufacturing equipment and facilities to enable network strategy capital investments lifecycle management and technology transfer.

How you will contribute:

  • Lead manufacturing and plant equipment improvement programs to deliver right-first-time production including contamination control initiatives.

  • Evaluate equipment operations and implement improvements to increase efficiency reliability and product quality (e.g. throughput overall equipment effectiveness).

  • Lead facility and process-equipment evaluations and define design selection criteria to support network strategy capital investments lifecycle management and technology transfer within regulatory requirements.

  • Drive technology innovation through subject matter expert working groups ensuring standardization/commonality sound solutionselection and effective troubleshooting.

  • Build andmaintainequipment capacitymodellingtomonitorutilizationidentifybottlenecks and unlock capacity across the manufacturing network.

  • Support capital investment and business case development for equipment technology and facility fit including benefits realization and funding logic.

  • Act as the enterprise integrator across Manufacturing Manufacturing Science and Technology Quality Environment Health Safety and Sustainability Supply Chain Digital/DD&T Procurement and Finance including executive oversight of critical supplier/partner ecosystems to unblock delivery and communicate strategy and progress.

What you bring to Takeda:

  • Bachelors degree in MechanicalChemical Process Industrial or Systems Engineering ora relatedengineering discipline. Advanced degree in Engineering or MBA preferred.

  • Demonstrated10years ofprogressivetechnicalcompetence and leadership experiencein pharmaceutical engineering orsimilar industrywith strong understanding ofGxPcompliance and EHS requirements includingICH FDACMC ISPE and PDAguidancedocuments.

  • Demonstrated leadership capability with strongproblem-solving mindset decisionmaking and influencing skills; ability to lead in a global matrix organization; proventrack recordin driving alignmentandmanaging change.

  • Provenknowledgeand experienceinengineeringtechnologies supportingproductdevelopment and manufacturingproject executionglobal process and facility engineering and the associated regulatory and quality requirements.

  • Recognized as aproblem-solvercreative and innovative thinkerwith strong technical interpersonal communication and leadership skills.

Locations
Zurich SwitzerlandLexington MA USA - MA - Lexington

Base Salary Range:

CHF177400.00 - CHF243980.00

For information about our benefits please click here.

Worker Type
Employee

Worker Sub-Type
Regular

Time Type
Full time

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Takeda is a patient-focused, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future.

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