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I further attest that all information I submit in my employment application is true to the best of my knowledge.\nJob Description\nThe Future Begins Here\nAt 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.\nBengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicentre 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 innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.\nAt Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity\nTakeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team.\nROLE OVERVIEW\nThe Data, Digital and Technology (DD&T) Product Owner of Global Transparency Reporting manages product delivery within the DD&T Corporate Functions portfolio and is responsible for maximizing the value delivered by one or more virtual teams by ensuring the Team Backlog is aligned to customer and stakeholder needs, the Solution Vision, and Program priorities. The Product Owner is accountable for defining and prioritizing user stories, establishing clear acceptance criteria, and accepting completed work. In this role, the Sr Manager contributes to the generation of high-quality, accurate, and consistent data incorporated into postings, filings, and reports related to Healthcare Professional (HCP), Healthcare Organization (HCO), and Patient Organization (PO) payment disclosures globally. The Product Owner collaborates with compliance, legal, finance, and business stakeholders to ensure transparency disclosures are accurate, complete, and delivered on time in accordance with local and global requirements, and partners with technology teams and service providers supporting the spend transparency software products.\nAs a individual contributor, the Product Owner applies deep domain knowledge of global transparency reporting to translate complex regulatory and business needs into actionable backlog items. The role requires strong judgment, data-driven prioritization, and active participation in SAFe events (PI Planning, backlog refinement, iteration planning, system demos, and Inspect & Adapt) to maintain alignment between strategy and execution. The Product Owner works with business stakeholders, architects, engineers, data teams, service providers, and operational stakeholders to shape outcomes, manage dependencies and risks, and drive continuous improvement across processes and products.\nOBJECTIVES:\nEnsure accurate, compliant, and consistent disclosures of payments and transfers of value to HCPs, HCOs, and POs across applicable markets.\nOwn and continuously refine the Team Backlog for Global Transparency Reporting, translating stakeholder needs into well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria and ordering by value, risk, and time sensitivity.\nPlan and execute delivery through SAFe cadence (PI Planning and iteration execution), enabling predictable releases and transparent communication of progress, risks, and dependencies.\nPartner with Compliance, Legal, Finance, and market teams to meet internal and external reporting obligations, including readiness for audits, attestations, and dispute processes where applicable.\nServe as a subject matter expert in transparency reporting processes and technology, advising stakeholders on requirements, trade-offs, and process improvements.\nDrive evolution of transparency repositories and customer reference/master data needed for disclosure (e.g., MedPro Compliance Reporting ID for the US and Cresen Solutions SpendMate for Global Transparency Reporting), ensuring fit-for-purpose controls as requirements evolve.\nACCOUNTABILITIES (SAFe Product Owner)\nHow You Will Contribute - Product & Delivery Leadership\nTranslate stakeholder needs into user stories and enablers, collaborating with architects, engineers, and data teams to ensure requirements are feasible, testable, and aligned with the Solution Vision.\nPrioritize and maintain the Team Backlog, balancing compliance timelines, business value, and technical health; continuously refine stories to ready state for iteration execution.\nRepresent the customer and business in iteration planning, daily team engagement, and backlog refinement; provide timely decisions and clarification to keep delivery unblocked.\nDefine acceptance criteria and support test strategy for transparency reporting capabilities (data quality, controls, audit trail, reporting outputs), and accept stories when Definition of Done is met.\nParticipate in PI Planning and/or Program-level coordination as applicable; surface dependencies, risks, and compliance-critical milestones, and align team objectives to PI objectives.\nProvide service provider oversight for transparency reporting products (e.g., managed services and software vendors), including demand intake, prioritization alignment, delivery/SLAs, issue escalation, and performance reviews in partnership with procurement and vendor management.\nManage budget inputs for the product area, including forecasting run vs. change spend, tracking vendor and platform costs, and supporting annual planning and investment trade-offs aligned to compliance-critical priorities.\nSupport release readiness and production stability by partnering with operations and support teams to triage incidents, prioritize fixes, and incorporate learnings into the backlog.\nCommunicate progress through iteration reviews/demos and stakeholder touchpoints; ensure transparency on scope, schedule, and quality, and drive decisions when trade-offs are required.\nData Management & Quality Control\nCollect, monitor, reconcile, and correct data from internal and external sources (Aggregate Spend), including financial, expense, and customer engagement systems, to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.\nExtract and reconcile data from multiple internal and external systems (e.g., Concur, expense platforms, customer engagement tools) to ensure integrity of disclosures.\nIdentify duplicates, outliers, and data errors; perform anomaly detection across high-volume transaction datasets.\nReconcile payment and other transfer-of-value data from various source systems to a single authoritative reporting view.\nCollaboration & Stakeholder Engagement\nWork with local implementation leads, compliance and legal teams, finance, commercial, medical, and technology teams to align systems and reporting needs.\nCollaborate with local Compliance Officers to monitor adherence to local transparency laws and escalate issues as they arise.\nAct as an advisory partner to local teams, sharing best practices and guidance on adapting to new or updated technology.\nCoordinate with Finance to identify and track spend outside formal engagements (e.g., international events, sponsorships).\nProcess Improvement & System Evolution\nRecommend and implement process improvements to source systems and business data owners to improve data quality and reporting efficiency.\nDevelop and standardize global transparency reporting frameworks and support product expansion to new countries.\nEnsure transparency repositories (e.g., MedPro's Compliance Reporting ID, Cresen Solutions SpendMate) and customer masters are updated to meet disclosure requirements.\nContribute to data analytics initiatives to unlock value from transparency reporting data for business stakeholders.\nBEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND EDUCATION:\nLeadership\nTrusted advisor. Engages others in collaborative working relationships. Acts as an internal consultant who drives results.\nConnector. Enterprise mindset. Defines success from various perspectives to develop the best solutions for the Company. Joins the dots. Sees opportunities beyond own role or function.\nCatalyst. Ability to influence others to support new ways of working. Skilled and curious listener. Brings others along the change journey.\nApplies advanced techniques in influencing others in complex situations and coaches others on influencing skills.\nPlays a key role in training and mentoring junior staff, serving as a consultant to management and an external spokesperson on major matters.\nInnovation\nInnovative thinker. Ability to challenge the status quo diplomatically and explore new ways of working that are aligned with business strategy.\nExperience and/or deep understanding of contemporary digital trends in data analytics, automation, AI, and compliance technology.\nDevelops innovative solutions to complex problems and contributes to the development of new concepts and standards.\nCommitment to continuous improvement and process optimization in a compliance-driven environment.\nDecision-making and Autonomy\nOperates with considerable autonomy; capable of independently solving complex problems with potential to impact compliance outcomes and product integrity.\nFully independent in systems engineering tasks, capable of handling highly complex situations and advising others on integration and lifecycle management.\nMinimizes complexity. Translates complex regulatory requirements and change initiatives into prioritized and integrated processes.\nIndependently executes governance practices in highly complex situations, advises others, and suggests improvements.\nAbility to evaluate and recommend the right technology platforms and software products to solve transparency reporting and compliance challenges.\nInteraction\nAbility to work effectively across cross-functional units at the local, regional, and global levels, including across time zones and cultures.\nUnderstands the business processes supported by transparency reporting and is able to communicate with the relevant business stakeholders.\nIs effective in translating compliance and regulatory language to technical language as needed to bridge the gap between business and technical professionals engaged in the full reporting value stream.\nEngages with key contacts outside their immediate area of expertise to align solutions and reporting needs.\nEmbed with 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