Data, Digital

**Job Title: DD&T Lead**
**Location: Woodlands, Singapore**:
**About the role**:
The DD&T Lead is a key member of the Singapore Woodlands plant’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and will oversee all Data, Digital & Technology related activities.

This role will establish a lean and efficient organization embracing Takeda Leadership Behaviors. Plan and set direction for the Singapore Plant DD&T team with alignment with the Global & Site’s DD&T Strategy. Provide direct supervision of individuals, including mentoring, performance management and staffing decisions. Manage all activities of internal / external resources within the group. Assure strategic and tactical plans are met. Responsible for budget commitments and forecast.

**How you will contribute**:

- Manage the Singapore Plant DD&T team, demonstrate solid technical knowledge, demonstrate strong business knowledge, require limited direction, give significant direction, handle highly complex problems, possess extensive knowledge of policies, standards and procedures, have strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Provide direct supervision including mentoring, performance management and staffing decisions for a large team or multiple teams.
- Engage in Strategic initiatives, planning process and making technology recommendations to increase operational value.
- Lead the development & maintenance of the Site’s DD&T Strategy. Responsible for translating the strategy into a Digital Roadmap with short
- Determine and manage priorities, timelines and schedules. Ability to communicate priorities driven from global DD&T to plant level senior leadership.
- Maintain and manage a compliant GxP environment. Review team deliverables to ensure quality (design walk-through, test results, etc.) and adherence to processes, standards, and regulatory requirements. Participate in all internal and external audits and provide services in a timely manner
- Foster a collaborative environment for mentoring, learning, and innovation to help develop employees.
- Create and manage both Capital and Operational budgets.
- Develop, gather and measure relevant productivity metrics. Create operational mechanisms to ensure a stable operating environment.
- Manage or participate on projects as required
- Actively participate in the site’s Senior Leadership Team and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure the site achieve its goals
- Develop the members of the Site DD&T team to build a robust succession pipeline.
- 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:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred.
- 10+ years of systems experience, including 4+ years of leadership
- Experience in Data & Digital platforms technology is preferred
- Must have knowledge with network infrastructure including technology stacks within a plant environment and know how to ensure proper GxP compliance within the infrastructure environment.
- Knowledge of strategic digital technologies (e.g. Data Analytic & Visualization platform, Robotic Process Automation, Augmented/Virtual/Mixed Reality) preferred.
- Good awareness of the current Digital trends.
- Knowledge of Lean operational techniques preferred.
- Must be able to communicate to senior level executives; individual must ensure engagement with Plant leadership team.
- Must be able to participate in the strategy and objective alignments with the operation leadership.
- Must have collaborative work skills to partner with global portfolios and implement new initiatives.
- Must create and track key performance indicators to ensure alignment with plant and global functions.
- Strong business knowledge, presentation skills, verbal and written communication skills.
- Influencing skills.
- Ability to accomplish results through others.
- Developing staff: the ability to have staff involved with six sigma and global projects.
- Strives to drive the business forward and looks for practical and compliant solutions to issues.
- Understands total potential impact and contributes significantly to the solution of simple or complex issues that arise.
- Expected to work with a number of suppliers / products.
- Uses experience to facilitate troubleshooting and tackle non-routine work and projects independently.
- Offers constructive comments and proposes improvements and rationalizations to systems, policies and procedures.
- Uses own judgment to assess what to refer upwards and what to deal with independently.
- Ability to manage complex projects and timelines in a matrix team environment.

**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