The Future Begins Here

At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.

Bengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an cutting-edge engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.

At Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

This global, business-facing contract delivery role, supports Takeda R&D; teams to engage with external partners efficiently and compliantly, enabling supplier collaboration to progress Takeda’s portfolio. The role, based in Bengaluru India, operates globally and requires organization and communication skills. The role does not require formal line management but requires strong matrix leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to coordinate complex contract execution across R&D;, Procurement, Legal, Finance, Compliance, Quality, and external suppliers.

- Manage and execute contracts, including Collaboration Research Agreements (CRAs), Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statement of Work (SOW), Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements (CDAs), etc., and amendments to these agreements.
- Ensure compliance with Takeda's requirements and policies by managing all quotes from Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and ensuring proper terms and conditions.

Proactively oversee proper purchase order (PO) approval and management, invoice reconciliation, and accrual reporting related to contracts.



Leads cross-functional team and provides direction for all phases of contract processing, including negotiation and execution.

**_

- ACCOUNTABILITIES _**
- The Senior Manager leads the end to end strategic delivery of large, complex contracts and projects that involve complex decision-making and have a material impact on patient and business outcomes
- Coordinate drafting, negotiation, execution, amendments, and closeout of contracts.
- Partner with R&D; requestors to clarify business needs and translate requirements into contractable terms.
- Coordinate with Procurement, Legal, Finance, Compliance, Quality, and 3rd parties to support drafting, negotiation, execution, and issue resolution.
- Ensure contract delivery complies with Takeda policies, financial controls, quality requirements, healthcare compliance obligations, and applicable transparency reporting requirements.
- Manage supplier onboarding/updates, contract records, purchase order approval, invoice reconciliation, accruals, and related system activities.
- Oversee proper purchase order (PO) approval and management, invoice reconciliation, and accrual reporting related to contracts. Where relevant, ensures on-time delivery of transparency reporting requirements.
- Monitor process performance, manage risks, and identify opportunities for automation, simplification, and continuous improvement.



Engage with key stakeholders outside immediate function and contribute to the development of new concepts and standards
- Provide matrix leadership to functional teams and mentor junior colleagues without formal line management responsibility.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise

- Strong understanding of drug discovery and/or development activities in context of line functions and project teams.
- Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to act independently through complex cross-functional matrices.
- Proactive, resourceful, self-motivated, and possess good interpersonal skills to interact professionally with all levels in the organization.
- Excellent general problem-solving skills and a proven ability to manage multiple projects and to simplify and organize complex tasks.
- Accurate and precise communication skills are necessary with experience of international partnerships with multiple international contributors to individual projects.
- Strong knowledge of procurement & financial systems such as Ariba, MDG, legal CLMs, Medispend/ salesforce, Microsoft office, Power BI and Power Automate.
- Excellent understanding of contracting requirements in line with Takeda policies and external regulations.
- Negotiation skills (internal and external facing) - Leadership
- Enterprise level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate and drive results.
- Ability to present complex information clearly and with confidence.
- 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.
- Embrace and demonstrate a diversity a

📌 Senior Manager, R&d - Contract Management (Bengaluru)
🏢 Takeda Pharmaceutical
📍 Bengaluru