USA - 3316 Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.
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Head Design Delivery
- Location
- IND - Bengaluru
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
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Job Description
Objective:
- Lead the Design Delivery function within the GCC and ensure effective planning, coordination, execution, and governance of multidisciplinary design activities across the project portfolio.
- Build and develop Design Delivery capabilities, talent, leadership pipelines, and delivery excellence within the GCC.
- Drive predictable delivery performance through effective scope, schedule, cost, resource, risk, and quality management.
- Ensure engineering deliverables are integrated, coordinated, and delivered in accordance with business, project, quality, and compliance requirements.
Accountabilities:
Functional Leadership
- Lead and develop Design Delivery Leads and delivery management capabilities across the GCC.
- Establish delivery management processes, tools, governance frameworks, and performance metrics.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, succession planning, and capability development.
- Drive consistency in delivery practices across all engineering disciplines.
Delivery Management
- Accountable for overall GCC delivery performance across projects and portfolios.
- Ensure effective planning, coordination, prioritization, and execution of multidisciplinary engineering activities.
- Drive scope, schedule, cost, resource, risk, and quality management practices.
- Ensure alignment between project requirements and engineering capabilities.
Quality, Governance & Performance
- Monitor delivery performance, KPIs, resource utilization, and capacity planning.
- Drive design quality, deliverable consistency, and lessons learned.
- Support governance reviews, escalation management, and decision-making processes.
- Ensure compliance with Takeda standards and engineering governance requirements.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary GCC interface for engineering delivery activities.
- Collaborate with Project Teams, Engineering Functions, Manufacturing Sites, and Business Stakeholders.
- Ensure clear communication of priorities, risks, resource requirements, and delivery commitments.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive delivery excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Promote digital tools, automation, standardization, and data-driven delivery management.
- Identify opportunities to improve productivity, predictability, quality, and efficiency.
EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or related discipline.
- Master's Degree preferred.
Experience:
- 15+ years of engineering, project delivery, design management, or capital project experience.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations or project portfolios.
- Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or regulated industries.
- Experience with FEED, Detailed Design, and project delivery governance.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Strategic leadership.
- Stakeholder management and influencing.
- Commercial and financial awareness.
- Decision making and problem solving.
- Team leadership and coaching.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
Technical Skills
- Design Management.
- Engineering Delivery Management.
- Scope, Cost, Schedule, Resource, Risk and Quality Management.
- Multidisciplinary engineering coordination.
- Pharmaceutical capital project delivery.
- Digital delivery and reporting tools.
Locations IND - Bengaluru Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time
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Posted 17 Oct 2026 · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Report this job