At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape HR strategies to drive growth and foster a high-performing culture across Canada.
- Company: Join Takeda, a leading global pharmaceutical company dedicated to patient care.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health insurance, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for continuous growth and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on organizational transformation and employee engagement.
- Qualifications: Extensive HR leadership experience and a passion for developing inclusive cultures.
As the HR Business Leader, Canada, you will be the strategic HR partner to business leaders across Canada, shaping the people, culture, and organizational agenda that enables sustainable business growth. You will drive workforce and talent strategies, lead organizational transformation, and foster a high-performing, future-ready organization while ensuring a consistent HR approach across Canada.
How you contribute:
- Develop and implement people strategies that enable business growth and organizational effectiveness across Canada.
- Partner with senior leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and critical talent decisions.
- Lead organizational transformation and change management initiatives, ensuring successful adoption of new ways of working.
- Drive a high-performance culture through leadership coaching, talent development, and employee engagement initiatives.
- Represent HR in Canada leadership forums and cross-functional business discussions, influencing strategic business decisions.
- Build and strengthen the Canadian HR Community of Practice, fostering collaboration, capability building, and knowledge sharing.
- Partner closely with People Solutions and People, Labor & Relations teams to deliver an outstanding employee experience and ensure effective HR service delivery.
- Champion innovation, digital HR solutions, and continuous improvement to enhance organizational effectiveness and business performance.
What you bring to Takeda:
- Extensive senior HR leadership experience partnering with executive leaders in complex, multinational organizations.
- Proven expertise in organizational design, talent strategy, succession planning, workforce planning, and organizational transformation.
- Strong experience leading large-scale change management initiatives and helping leaders successfully navigate ambiguity and transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and inspire senior leaders while building high-performing and engaged teams.
- Passion for developing people and creating an inclusive culture that fosters collaboration, engagement, and continuous growth.
- A strong innovation mindset with curiosity to challenge the status quo, embrace digital solutions, and continuously improve ways of working.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across a global matrix organization.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field (Master's degree preferred) and fluency in English.
Takeda Canada encourages applications from all qualified candidates. In accordance with our accommodation policies and applicable provincial accessibility legislation, please advise us if you need accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process. Any information you provide relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
Base Salary Range: $208,000.00 - $286,000.00
The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
Benefits:
- Short-term and/or long-term incentives
- Subsidies for fitness and internet
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Participation in the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- Company match into a Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan (DPSP) (if eligible)
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Annual vacation entitlement
- Additional paid time off and company holidays
- A tuition reimbursement program
- A variety of well-being benefits
Worker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do. We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own.
Takeda is an equal opportunity employer.
HR Business Leader – Canada in Toronto employer: CAN - 3032 Takeda Canada Inc.
At Takeda Canada, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that champions data excellence and fosters a collaborative work culture in the vibrant city of Toronto. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through continuous learning opportunities and a supportive environment that encourages innovation and teamwork. Join us to make a meaningful impact while enjoying competitive benefits and a strong focus on work-life balance.
Contact Details:
CAN - 3032 Takeda Canada Inc. Recruitment Team
