Legal Change Management Lead?

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Job Description

About the role:

The Change Management Lead (Associate Director) is responsible for delivering enterprise-level change management for Global Legal, Ethics & Compliance. The role ensures major initiatives are successfully adopted by leading overall change strategy, managing communications, engaging stakeholders, and coordinating training efforts.

How you will contribute:

• Lead change management work across the organization including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning.

• Accountable for driving adoption and sustained use of new processes, technologies, and ways of working across the Function

• Develop and maintain the Function's enterprise change management standards.

• Lead change strategy for major initiatives including technology, process, and operating model changes.

• Define the change vision, objectives, and success measures for the Function's key initiatives (e.g., CLM rollout, matter management, eBilling, knowledge management, playbooks, intake, case/workflow management, or reporting enhancements).

• Build an integrated change roadmap across multiple initiatives to avoid fatigue and conflicting messages across the Function.

• Establish the case for change (risk reduction, cycle-time, cost control, consistency, better stakeholder experience).

• Manage Function-wide communications channels including town halls, newsletters, and leadership messaging.

• Build stakeholder alignment and provide coaching to senior Function leaders.

• Monitor adoption metrics, feedback, and sentiment to ensure successful reinforcement across the Function.

• Partner with L&D to integrate training and with PMO to embed adoption into delivery plans for Function programs.

• Create and manage communication programs-newsletters, town halls, annual reports, GC leadership communications, team all-hands.

• Embed a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• 8+ years leading change in a corporate function for process, technology or organizational transformations and initiatives.

• Hands-on experience leading change for systems like CLM, case/workflow/risk management, AI technologies, eBilling, eDiscovery, knowledge management, and intake portals (or comparable platforms used to support the Function).

• Ability to influence senior functional leaders without direct authority.

• Strong stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and facilitation skills.

• Comfort handling resistance in high-pressure, high-autonomy cultures.

• Executive-ready writing (clear, precise, low-jargon) and live presentation skills

• Defines adoption KPIs and ties them to outcomes (cycle time, compliance, cost, data quality)

• Uses system analytics (usage data), surveys, and qualitative feedback loops

• Strong project/program management fundamentals (planning, RAID logs, dependency tracking)

• Able to run multiple workstreams and coordinate with PMs, project owners, or DD&T partners

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This position is currently classified as "hybrid" in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy. #LI-Hybrid

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

Boston, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$154,400.00 - $242,550.00

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.?The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

EEO Statement

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Locations

Boston, MAUSA - IL - Bannockburn, USA - PA - Exton

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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