VP Head of Global Compensation

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Job Description

Objective / Purpose

The Head, Global Compensation is accountable for the design, governance, and delivery of Takeda’s global compensation strategy. Serving as Takeda’s enterprise compensation expert, the role ensures compensation programs are market competitive, internally equitable, performance driven, and aligned with Takeda’s values, business strategy, and risk framework.

As a member of the Global Total Rewards leadership team, the role works collaboratively across Total Rewards functions to deliver an integrated and cohesive employee value proposition, supporting talent attraction, retention, and performance across the enterprise.

Key Accountabilities

Global Compensation Strategy & Governance

• Lead the development, maintenance, and ongoing evolution of Takeda’s global compensation philosophy, frameworks, and policies.
• Ensure strong global governance, internal equity, and compliance with applicable regulatory, financial, and audit requirements.
• Translate enterprise strategy into scalable compensation solutions with appropriate regional flexibility while adhering to global trends and local laws.

Program Design & Oversight

• Oversee the design, implementation, and administration of competitive coglobal compensation programs, including base pay structures, salary bands, and short  and long term incentive programs, in partnership with other Total Rewards leaders.
• Lead annual global compensation cycles, ensuring disciplined execution, clear recommendations, and appropriate leadership review and approvals.

Enterprise Compensation Expertise

• Act as Takeda’s recognized enterprise subject matter expert on global compensation practices, market trends, and governance standards.
• Provide expert guidance on complex, non standard, or escalated compensation matters, ensuring alignment with global philosophy and enterprise risk considerations.
• Apply deep technical expertise in a pragmatic manner to support sound, consistent decision making across the organization.

Global Total Rewards Leadership Collaboration

• Serve as an active member of the Global Total Rewards leadership cohort, partnering across Compensation, Benefits, Equity, and Mobility to ensure alignment and integration across Total Rewards programs.
• Contribute to the development and execution of the broader Total Rewards strategy, considering interdependencies and enterprise wide impacts.
• Collaborate with peer leaders to assess trade offs and implications across programs in support of a cohesive employee value proposition.

Leadership & Governance Engagement

• Partner with senior HR leaders and business leaders to provide compensation guidance aligned with enterprise objectives and governance expectations.
• Prepare and present compensation related analyses, recommendations, and proposals to executive leadership and formal governance approval forums.
• Ensure governance materials are well structured, data driven, and aligned with Takeda’s risk, compliance, and decision making standards.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Collaborate closely with HR Business Partners, regional HR leaders, Finance, and Legal to ensure compensation programs are well understood, consistently applied, and effectively governed.
• Support leaders by clearly framing compensation principles, options, and implications to enable timely and informed decisions.

People Leadership

• Lead, develop, and retain a high performing global compensation team.
• Build compensation capability across HR through tools, education, and expert guidance.

Education, Experience & Skills

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or advanced certification (e.g., CCP) preferred.

Experience

• Extensive experience in global compensation leadership within a complex, multinational organization; experience in life sciences or similarly regulated industries preferred.
• Demonstrated success designing and governing broad based and executive compensation programs across multiple geographies.
• Experience operating within structured governance and approval environments.

Skills & Capabilities

• Deep technical expertise in global compensation principles, market practices, and regulatory considerations.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate data into clear, practical insights.
• Clear, concise communicator able to operate effectively in senior and governance driven settings.
• Strong judgment and discretion when managing sensitive, enterprise level compensation matters.

Takeda Leadership Behaviors & Values Alignment

• Patient, Trust, Reputation: Upholds the highest standards of integrity, fairness, and transparency in compensation design and decision making.
• Think Globally: Applies an enterprise lens, balancing global consistency with local relevance and regulatory requirements.
• One Takeda: Collaborates across functions, regions, and Total Rewards teams to enable unified outcomes.
• Courage: Provides objective, expert recommendations and constructively challenges when appropriate to protect enterprise interests.

Travel & Work Environment 

• Occasional global travel required.
• Ability to work effectively across time zones in a highly collaborative, global environment.
   

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:

$259,000.00 - $407,000.00

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. 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, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes

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