Head of DD&T Germany

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Job Description

Head of DD&T Germany

Objective / Purpose

• Co-create and lead the LOC DD&T value creation strategy, translating LOC and IBU priorities into an actionable roadmap that delivers measurable patient, customer and business outcomes.
• Provide DD&T leadership and counsel to the LOC leadership team, shaping and challenging priorities and ensuring digital, data, and technology considerations are embedded in planning and decision-making.
• Identify and champion AI enabled innovation and new ways of working across the LOC and champion knowledge and practice sharing between LOCs.
• Drive adoption and value realization of enterprise platforms and IBU CoE solutions in-country, tailoring implementation to local needs while maintaining standards and reusability.
• Build and lead a high-performing LOC DD&T team and extended DD&T community, strengthening capabilities (data, AI, digital engagement, technology enablement) and accelerating new ways of working.
• Advocate local market realities back into IBU/Enterprise direction ensuring capability CoEs, shared platforms and agentic solutions account for them in their roadmaps.
• Identify and analyze where innovative AI & Agentic opportunities can unlock organizational efficiencies, business growth, cost savings, providing customer insights.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior DD&T leader for the Core Country LOC, building trusted relationships with the LOC General Manager and leadership team to drive shared priorities and outcomes.
• Own the LOC DD&T plan (multi-year roadmap and annual priorities), aligning investments and delivery plans with LOC strategy, the IBU operating model, and enterprise DD&T platforms.
• Establish and run local governance and operating rhythms (demand intake, prioritization, portfolio reviews, benefits tracking), ensuring transparency of progress, risks, dependencies, and value.
• Orchestrate execution across the LOC DD&T team, IBU DD&T CoEs, and ICC delivery capabilities; define demand, sequence work, and remove blockers to accelerate delivery.
• Drive adoption of digital customer experience and engagement capabilities in-country in partnership with IBU CoEs and enterprise platforms (e.g., CRM/CX enablement, campaign operations enablement, content tooling) as in scope for the operating model.
• Accelerate data excellence and analytics activation locally: ensure data stewardship and quality, support MDM/local data validation and integration with local data sets, and enable activation of data products and advanced analytics use cases.
• Act as the primary LOC interface to enterprise DD&T functions for technology enablement and risk management (architecture alignment, cybersecurity, privacy, digital compliance, and AI governance), ensuring local adherence to standards and SOPs.
• Lead, coach, and develop LOC DD&T talent (direct and matrixed); build an engaged community of practice and strengthen capabilities across commercial, medical and access contexts.
• Demonstrate AI leadership by advising and partnering with Regional/Enterprise teams to reimagine their business with AI not as an add-on but meaningfully embedded into their operating fabric.
• Manage financial stewardship for the LOC DD&T scope (budget planning, vendor/partner management where applicable, value tracking), ensuring investments are prioritized for maximum patient and business impact.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MSc, etc.) preferred or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in digital, data and/or technology leadership, including business partnering for commercial, medical and/or market access organizations in pharma/biopharma (or closely related regulated industry).
• 5+ years of people leadership and/or leading complex, matrixed delivery across functions and stakeholders; experience operating through affiliates/LOCs strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working in, with, or across affiliates/LOCs, with strong understanding of local market realities (regulatory, commercial, medical and access context, vendor landscape, and change constraints).

Technical / Functional

• Strong understanding of pharma commercial, medical and/or access operating models, with practical experience translating business priorities into digital, data and technology solutions.
• Working knowledge across key capability domains relevant to LOC execution: omnichannel/CRM and customer experience, data foundations (customer/master data), analytics/AI activation, and technology delivery practices.
• Proven ability to define and execute an outcomes-based roadmap, including portfolio governance, prioritization, and benefits/value realization (adoption and measurable impact).
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including ability to operate through a matrix and orchestrate work across IBU CoEs, enterprise platforms, and ICC delivery.
• High standards for ethics and compliance, with working knowledge of privacy, cybersecurity, digital compliance and AI governance in a regulated environment.
• Financial and vendor/partner management skills (budget planning, contract oversight, partner performance management) as applicable to scope.

Leadership & Behavioural Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to work across functions, regions and cultures.
• Functional level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate and drive results.
• Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing.
• Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company.
• Ability to distil complex issues and ideas down to simple comprehensible terms.
• Demonstrates leadership presence and confidence.
• Builds teams across functions and geographies with individuals who have the right skills and experience to deliver on key organizational initiatives.
• Invests time in helping others to enhance their skills and perform at a higher level.
• Strong people leadership capabilities, including coaching, talent development, and change leadership; able to build high-performing, diverse teams and communities of practice.

Decision-Making, Collaboration & Innovation

• Ability to seek diverse input from multiple constituents and stakeholders to drive innovative solutions.
• Ability to incorporate feedback and ensure decisions are implemented swiftly to yield flawless execution.
• Accountable for providing input to and implementing vision and strategy for designated scope.
• Effectively navigates the changing external and internal environment and leads others through change by creating and inspiring and engaging workplace.
• Cultivates a broad network of relationships throughout Takeda, with affiliates and external partners, in the industry and area of expertise.
• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with other interfacing Takeda functions.
• Forward thinking with the ability to recommend, influence and implement organizational change and continuous innovation.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward innovative solutions.
• Ability to take risks implementing innovative solutions, accelerating time to market.
• Ability to work in a global ecosystem (internal and external) with a high degree of complexity.
• Deep expertise required.
• Ability to see and understand broader, enterprise level perspective.

Locations

DEU - Berlin - Wirtschaftswunder

Base Salary Range:

€151,800.00 - €208,670.00

For information about our benefits, please click here.

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time