Project Leader

**Job Title: Project Leader**
**Location: Woodlands, Singapore**

**Reporting to: Project Management Office Manager**

**About the role**:

- Plan and deliver projects within agreed scope, schedule and budget

**How you will contribute**:

- Develop integrated project plans i.e. defining scope of deliverables, milestones, stakeholders, roles and responsibilities, project management processes and tools
- Develop and manage project schedules i.e. defining the work breakdown structure, leveling resources, identifying the critical path
- Create and manage the project budgets i.e. identify internal and external costs, make funding proposals, forecasts costs variances, identify actions to deliver project on-budget
- Identify and manage issues and risks
- Identify and manage changes to baseline plan
- Facilitate project communications and meetings i.e. create agendas, facilitate problem solving and decisions, communicate outcomes, track follow up actions, report performance to sponsor and steering committee
- Close projects i.e. validate deliverables, summarize outcomes and lessons learned in closeout report, handover deliverables and action plan for any open issues, close out contracts and budget
- Responsibility to adhere to any applicable EHS requirements.
- Commitment to a fair and respectful relationship to others and behavior in accordance with Takeda’s Code of Conduct.
- Any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

**What you bring to Takeda**:
**Education and Experience Requirements**
- Degree in Engineering or Science preferred
- At least 4-5 years of experience in project management
- Experience with project management and collaboration software e.g. MS Project, Primavera, MS Sharepoint
- PMP, IPMA or equivalent certification a plus
- Knowledge of GMP manufacturing
- Experience in the biopharmaceutical industry preferred

**Key Skills and Competencies**
- Ability to drive change and motivate others toward a common project objective
- Ability to lead project teams that are not direct reports
- Experience in manufacturing and/or quality operations.
- Excellent interpersonal/influencing/negotiating skills.
- Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation
- Excellent project management, organizational, planning and analytical skills.
- Solid organization skills including attention to details

**More about us**:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

**Empowering our people to shine**:

- Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law._

**Locations**:
SGP - Singapore - Woodlands

**Worker Type**:
Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**:
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

**Time Type**:
Full time