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Job available in additional locations

At Takeda, Quality has always been a priority for us, throughout our long history. Today, what we do in Global Quality touches every part of our diverse organization. It’s reflected in our end-to-end Quality Management System that encompasses R&D, Manufacturing & Distribution, Commercial, Vaccines and our BioLife Plasma collection network. When you’re a part of our team, you’ll do meaningful work that makes an impact on the lives of patients. Learn more about us and explore the opportunities to build a remarkable career

Job available in additional locations

About the role:

• The Head of GSQ Business Development is the senior Enterprise Audit and Risk Management leader responsible for end-to-end GSQ leadership of business development diligence and execution readiness across a portfolio weighted toward in-licensing/M&A internalizations, out-licensing and divestments. This role ensures the “voice of GSQ”—spanning manufacturing, supply chain, CMC, and quality—is consistently incorporated into opportunity assessment, governance decisions, and operationalization planning
• This leader does not serve as the primary deal negotiator. Instead, the Head of Business Development & Licensing works closely to Global Business Development and provides GSQ deal leadership by mobilizing cross-functional SMEs rapidly, driving rigorous risk identification and mitigation strategies, ensuring completeness/quality of GSQ deliverables, aligning GSQ positions into governance materials, and enabling smooth transition from diligence to execution teams
• Role design is grounded in existing Takeda BD/DD and divestiture operating expectations across GSQ
• Lead GSQ due diligence and execution readiness for BD opportunities, with emphasis on internalizations (in-licensing / acquisitions) and emphasis on out-licensing and divestments, ensuring patient, compliance, and supply continuity outcomes
• Ensure GSQ risks, requirements, costs, and mitigations are identified early, quantified where possible, and clearly reflected in governance materials and decisions (e.g., PRC/BSC)
• Own GSQ deal shaping, stage gates, and independent assurance for BD opportunities (internalizations, out-licensing, divestments), ensuring evidence-based risk decisions and audit-ready diligence outputs
• Own GSQ licensing lifecycle governance for out-licensing/alliance supply obligations, including partner operating models, oversight cadence, and performance management
• Drive post-sign stabilization and value delivery by governing GSQ execution outcomes against the diligence thesis, including value-capture tracking and enterprise risk monitoring
• Own and continuously improve GSQ BD operating capabilities, including standardized deliverables, playbooks, training, and performance metrics, across the global GSQ network
• Serve as the senior integrator across GSQ for BD-related activities, aligning stakeholders across sites/regions/functions to deliver consistent outcomes and decision quality
• Enable seamless transition to execution by establishing strong handoffs, knowledge transfer, and post-sign governance mechanisms (e.g., TSA governance for divestments)
• Deliver GSQ diligence and execution readiness leadership — across internalizations, out-licensing, divestments
• (in-licensing/M&A), ensuring CMC, supply, manufacturing readiness, and quality & compliance requirements are assessed rigorously and consistently
• Own GSQ diligence execution and deliverables
• ensures internal stakeholders are informed/consulted of site/network strategy implications, tech transfer / validation readiness, quality system bridging plan, supply launch readiness, and Day-1/Day-100 readiness artifacts
• Own the GSQ framework for : supply commitments, release strategy, change-control interface, complaint handling touchpoints, quality oversight model, audit cadence, and performance monitoring
• out-licensing operational obligations
• including entanglement/separation considerations, supply continuity risks, and quality system impacts; ensure the GSQ position is clear, decision-useful, and actionable
• Lead GSQ diligence execution for divestments and out-licensing
• rapidly for deal execution, ensuring the right capabilities are engaged (including selective external expertise where needed)
• Mobilize and coordinate cross-functional GSQ SMEs
• is proactive, including identification of potential “deal breakers,” pragmatic mitigation options, and residual risk acceptance pathways
• Ensure GSQ risk identification and mitigation planning
• into the enterprise deal model (e.g., COGS estimates, quality and supply chain costs, one-time implementation costs, and resourcing), ensuring transparency and traceability