Technology & Innovation Lead, Process Equipment DS; f/m/d
Job in
Zürich, 8081, Zurich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland
Listed on 2026-10-16
Listing for:
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-16
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Zürich
Job Description About the role
- Champion the transformation of process and manufacturing technologies for Takeda’s Drug Substance (DS) network by setting technical direction, building technology visions and strategies, and enabling scalable execution.
- Provide specialist process, plant and reliability engineering expertise to ensure safe, environmentally sustainable, reliable, cost-effective, and scalable technical solutions for DS manufacturing plants.
- Translate site and network needs into harmonized best practices, standards, and roadmaps, ensuring solutions meet Regulatory, Quality, Capacity, and EHS requirements.
- Accelerate innovation by combining industry benchmarking/scouting with structured deployment approaches aligned to modern digitalization/Pharma 4.0 expectations (data-driven decisions, connectivity, security, and maturity).
- Drive alignment of engineering technologies and standards across a global manufacturing network, ensuring consistency while balancing regional and site-specific requirements.
- Foster collaboration and knowledge exchange across geographically dispersed and culturally diverse teams to support a unified global technology strategy.
- Lead, coordinate, and develop technology visions, strategies, and execution roadmaps for DS equipment technologies to accelerate innovation programs and improve network performance.
- Provide inputs for and/or own parts of the innovation roadmap for process engineering strategies; ensure DS technology choices are benchmarked against peers and best-known methods.
- Actively scout technology and participate in industry conferences/forums to identify emerging solutions and translate them into deployable, value-based initiatives.
- Drive DS technology strategies that leverage digitalization for faster decision-making and improved control over operations, quality, and compliance while recognizing increased connectedness.
- Drive awareness of advanced manufacturing expectations and evolving global guidance as relevant to DS equipment strategies and future platform decisions.
- Lead DS process engineering contributions by defining technical strategies and providing critical DS manufacturing support across multiple sites (matrix).
- Lead evaluation of existing processes/equipment and define improvements to yield, efficiency, robustness and operability while maintaining acceptable quality.
- Establish/lead technology groups and Communities of Practice (CoPs) to harmonize engineering technologies across sites and ensure sharing and application of best practices and expertise.
- Own/author standards, guidelines, templates for DS process equipment technologies; drive consistent interpretation and application across the network.
- Establish sustained, collaborative communication with the process engineering community to understand site needs, installed standards, rationales, and local constraints.
- Develop & nurture core competencies of site SMEs to build enduring technical capability and knowledge continuity.
- Provide technical SME support to CAPEX investment projects, Design Engineering function, and investment applications, including support to feasibility studies, FEED, scope definition, value engineering, and vendor audits/selection, particularly for critical cGMP aspects and innovation.
- Lead evaluation of equipment design selection criteria supporting network strategy, capital investments, lifecycle management, and tech transfer, balancing efficiency, capacity, safety, sustainability, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Liaise with key internal stakeholders involved in development and deployment of current and future solutions (Global Engineering, sites, leadership teams, and cross-functional partners).
- Lead the development, implementation, and…
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