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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 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 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\nAbout the role: \nAs a CDP Solution Architect within the Salesforce Customer Data Platform (CDP / Data 360) space for the Plasma-Derived Therapies (PDT) business unit, you will serve as the end-to-end technical owner and architectural authority for customer and donor data solutions.\nThis role combines deep technical expertise in Salesforce Data Cloud with strong enterprise integration, techno-functional leadership, and delivery ownership. You will be responsible for translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, compliant, and high-performing data architectures spanning data ingestion, identity resolution, data modeling, segmentation, and activation across Salesforce and non-Salesforce platforms.\nThis position directly enables PDT’s ability to leverage enterprise data assets, improve decision-making, enable personalization, and support regulatory and operational excellence. 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management, and root cause analysis (RCA) for CDP environments.\nEnsure quality, performance, availability, and security across all CDP integrations and data flows.\nStakeholder, Vendor & Team Leadership\nAct as a trusted technical advisor to business stakeholders, leadership, and product teams.\nCollaborate with enterprise architects, developers, QA, validation teams, and external vendors.\nInfluence adoption and effective utilization of customer and donor experience solutions across PDT and Takeda.\nAccountabilities\nProduct Vision & Strategy\nDefine and evolve the technical product vision and roadmap for CDP aligned with PDT business goals.\nInfluence platform roadmaps and advocate for enterprise and business-specific architectural needs.\nBacklog & Roadmap Enablement\nSupport backlog prioritization, PI planning, and release planning from a technical governance perspective.\nValidate epics and user stories for architectural integrity and long-term scalability.\nContinuous 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