E&C Business Partner, Takeda India

Overview

Senior Manager business partnering role within Takeda India's Local Operating Company, acting as the independently accountable Ethics & Compliance partner for assigned business area(s), as determined by the Country E&C Head.

What you'll do

• Act as the primary E&C partner for day-to-day advisory, risk identification, mitigation and escalation in assigned business area(s).
• Support execution of the Country E&C plan in alignment with Global, Area and Country priorities, taking ownership for assigned workstreams and deliverables.
• Provide practical, risk-based guidance to business and functional teams, enabling ethical and compliant decision-making without unnecessary escalation where matters fall within delegated responsibility.
• Foster integrity, accountability, speak-up and ethical decision-making consistent with Takeda Values and PTRB principles.
• Partner with the Country E&C Head to strengthen local governance, controls, training, communications, monitoring, remediation and continuous improvement.
• Translate Global and Area E&C strategy into a practical, risk-based local plan.
• Build trusted relationships with leaders and teams, providing coaching, guidance and constructive challenge.
• Support preparing, operating and following up on local Risk, Ethics & Compliance Committee (RECC) activities or equivalent governance forums, as applicable.
• Independently identify, assess and explain E&C risks in assigned business area(s), and define proportionate mitigation plans with business owners.
• Review and constructively challenge high-risk or material local activities to determine compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and PTRB principles, and whether escalation is required.
• Escalate material, systemic or unresolved local risks to the Country E&C Head and through the appropriate local E&C governance forum.
• Lead or support risk-based monitoring and audit / assurance activities, tracking and remediating findings with accountable business owners.
• Provide E&C input into investigations and issue resolution, using trends and root-cause analysis to improve programme effectiveness.
• Promote integrity, psychological safety, speak-up and ethical decision-making through leader engagement, training, communications and coaching.
• Build E&C capability within the LOC, developing practical guidance, tools and ways of working.
• Provide timely local insights to the Country E&C Head to inform country risk prioritisation, capability planning and escalation.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Significant E&C, risk management and/or legal experience within a healthcare, pharmaceutical or similarly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience independently partnering with business and functional stakeholders, influencing senior stakeholders and managing E&C matters in a local market or similarly matrixed environment.
• Experience owning or independently driving E&C programme elements, controls, training, monitoring, remediation and continuous improvement activities.
• Strong understanding of E&C programmes, governance, pharmaceutical regulations and key compliance risk areas.
• Ability to translate regulatory and compliance requirements into practical business guidance.
• Role model for Takeda Values, Takedaism and PTRB principles; demonstrates integrity, sound judgment and constructive challenge.
• Self-directed, accountable and resilient, with the maturity to manage ambiguity, prioritise competing matters and operate effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Independent business partnering, senior stakeholder influence and practical advisory skills.
• Risk assessment, decision-making and problem-solving.
• Communication, coaching, facilitation and change management.
• Data-driven and digitally enabled approach to compliance and governance.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Employee worker, regular, full-time.
• Reporting to the Country E&C Head.
• Travel may be required for local business meetings, governance activities, training, monitoring or regional E&C events, including occasional overnight or international trips.