MSAT Systems Business Owner

About the role:

• Own the business value delivery and lifecycle management of core MSAT digital systems including PLM, ELN & CPV software, ensuring alignment with MSAT and GSQ priorities.
• Act as the business owner and single point of accountability for these systems, defining roadmap, and value realization in partnership with DD&T and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ensure systems are fit-for-purpose, adopted, and embedded in MSAT processes, delivering measurable impact on process understanding, lifecycle management, and manufacturing performance.
• Drive standardization, scalability, and integration of MSAT systems across sites and modalities to enable a consistent digital backbone for lifecycle knowledge.

How you will contribute:

• Own the business lifecycle of MSAT systems, including PLM, ELN, and CPV software, from strategy and roadmap through deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Act as Business Owner / Business Process Owner (BPO), defining: business requirements, process design, governance models, success metrics and value realization
• Define and maintain system roadmaps and priorities, ensuring alignment with MSAT, Manufacturing, Quality, and R&D business needs.
• Partner with DD&T as the technical owner to: translate business needs into scalable solutions, prioritize enhancements and releases, ensure compliant, robust system operations
• Ensure effective deployment and adoption of systems across MSAT and manufacturing sites, including: change management, user engagement, training and process integration
• Drive business value realization, ensuring systems deliver outcomes such as: improved process knowledge management, enhanced CPV and lifecycle monitoring, increased efficiency and reduced manual effort
• Establish and lead governance structures for MSAT systems, including: demand intake and prioritization, roadmap decisions, cross-functional alignment
• Ensure data and process integration across systems (e.g., PLM ↔ ELN ↔ CPV ↔ data platforms), enabling seamless lifecycle data flow and usability.
• Act as the primary interface between MSAT and key stakeholders (Manufacturing, Quality, R&D, Engineering), ensuring systems meet evolving business needs.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in engineering or life sciences with ~10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry in MSAT and/or process engineering.
• Proven experience as a business owner, process owner, or product owner for digital systems.
• Strong understanding of MSAT processes, product lifecycle management, manufacturing and quality environments
• Hands-on experience with systems such as PLM, ELN, CPV / process monitoring tools
• Experience working with DD&T in a business–technology partnership model.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, prioritization and roadmap planning, change management and adoption
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into system solutions and drive value realization.

Benefits

• Generous Time Off: 28 paid days off.
• Health & Wellbeing: Sport/Fitness membership contribution, on site cafeteria, medical annual check-ups starting at age 50, financial support and preventive health care insurance support for preventive healthcare.
• Family Support: Paid leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption, along with dedicated spaces for nursing mothers.
• Career Development: Access to a Learning Catalog, language courses, and opportunities for internal and international mobility.
• Transportation & Eco-Benefits: Contributions for public transport, incentives for e-biking, and on-site charging stations for electric vehicles. Regular on-site gardening and massages activities.