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About the Role

The Country E&C Head is accountable for translating Global, Area and Cluster E&C strategy into effective execution in Oceania, aligning with Takeda Values, Takedaism and Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business principles. This role acts as the senior E&C partner to Oceania leadership, helping drive responsible growth, patient-focused decision-making, accountability and a strong speak-up culture. The role leads the local E&C function, supported by an E&C Specialist, and is accountable for maintaining an effective E&C programme across the market.

Responsibilities

Lead and execute the Country E&C strategy for Takeda Oceania in alignment with Global, Area and Cluster priorities.
Act as strategic E&C partner to the Oceania Leadership Team, embedding ethics, compliance, governance, risk management and organisational culture into key decisions.
Oversee the identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring and escalation of ethics and compliance risks across Oceania.
Foster integrity, accountability, speak-up and ethical decision-making consistent with Takeda Values and PTRB.
Lead and develop the Oceania E&C Specialist, ensuring effective programme execution, clear business ownership and timely escalation to the Cluster E&C Head.
Translate Global, Area and Cluster E&C strategy and priorities into a risk-based Oceania E&C plan and lead its execution across Australia and New Zealand.
Advise the Oceania Leadership Team on risk-based, ethical and accountable business decisions, ensuring appropriate governance input and escalation.
Lead the Oceania E&C function, managing and developing the E&C Specialist and allocating work in line with local risk priorities.
Establish clear business ownership for E&C actions while retaining overall market accountability for governance, risk assessment, remediation and escalation.
Chair the local Risk, Ethics & Compliance Committee (RECC) in accordance with the applicable governance framework.
Own Oceania E&C programme execution, including local risk assessment, procedures and controls, training, communications, monitoring, issue resolution and remediation tracking.
Identify, assess and explain E&C risks across Oceania, partnering with business owners to define proportionate mitigation plans and ensuring appropriate follow-through.
Review and constructively challenge high-risk, material or novel local activities, including whether the activity is compliant with applicable laws, regulations, policies and PTRB principles.
Engage in the design and planning of high-risk activities to identify E&C risks early and support practical, risk-based decision-making and mitigation.
Escalate material, systemic or unresolved risks through the appropriate local E&C governance forum and, where needed, to the Cluster E&C Head.
Oversee risk-based monitoring and audit / assurance activities in Oceania, ensuring findings are owned, tracked and remediated effectively.
Provide E&C input into investigations and issue resolution, using trends and root-cause analysis to improve programme effectiveness.
Promote integrity, psychological safety, speak-up and ethical decision-making through leader engagement, training, communications and coaching.
Build E&C capability across Oceania by developing practical guidance, tools and ways of working, using data, feedback and lessons learned to improve programme impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
Significant E&C, risk management and/or legal experience within a healthcare, pharmaceutical or similarly regulated industry.
Proven leadership experience, including partnering with senior leaders and operating independently through influence in a complex local market or matrixed environment.
Experience designing, implementing and overseeing local E&C programmes, governance, controls, training, monitoring, remediation and continuous improvement activities.
Demonstrates integrity, sound judgment and constructive challenge.
Collaborative, pragmatic, accountable and resilient, with the maturity to manage ambiguity, prioritise competing matters and operate effectively with senior stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic business partnering
Senior stakeholder influence
Executive-level advisory skills
Risk assessment
Decision-making
Problem-solving
Communication
Coaching
Facilitation
Change leadership
Data-driven and digitally enabled approach to compliance and governance

Location

Sydney, Australia

Work Type

Employee
Regular
Full time

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
Advanced degree preferred

About the Company

"Better Health for People, Brighter Future for the World" is the purpose of a company.
We aim to create a diverse and inclusive organization where people can thrive, grow and realize their own potential while enabling our purpose.
We continue to innovate and drive changes that will transform the lives of patients.
Takeda is a global values-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical leader.
We are guided by our values of Takeda-ism, which has been passed down since the company’s founding.
Takeda-ism incorporates Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance, with Integrity at the core.
They are brought to life through actions based on Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business, in this order.
Takeda Oceania operates across Australia and New Zealand in a dynamic healthcare environment, serving patients through sustainable growth, responsible access, strong local execution and effective collaboration with healthcare stakeholders.
Ethics & Compliance (E&C) is a strategic enabler of sustainable business growth and a critical component of Takeda’s commitment to patients, healthcare stakeholders and society.
The function partners closely with business leaders to support innovation, responsible decision-making, risk management, accountability and ethical behaviour.