Investigation Lead

At Takeda, we are guided by our purpose of creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world. Every corporate function plays a role in making sure we — as a Takeda team — can discover and deliver life-transforming treatments, guided by our commitment to patients, our people and the planet.

People join Takeda because they share in our purpose. And they stay because we’re committed to an inclusive, safe and empowering work environment that offers exceptional experiences and opportunities for everyone to pursue their own ambitions.

Job ID R0121452 Date posted 04/22/2024 Location Singapore, Singapore

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Job Description

”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. We’re looking for like-minded professionals to join us.

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.

Ethics & Compliance (E&C) focuses on what the organization needs by ensuring

• Ethical behaviour plays a fundamental role in risk mitigation
• Being a forward-thinking leader in risk identification and mitigation
• Building a modern function supporting achievement of Takeda’s Vision 2025

E&C will respond rapidly to changing environment and business needs, it is close to the market, and encourages ethical behaviour in line with Takeda’s values. By working in an agile manner E&C ensures the balance between stable structures, governance, processes and systems, and dynamic approaches to delivering innovative solutions to appropriately manage our risks.

E&C commits to

• Act as role model for Takedas values, ethics and values-based decision making, fostering this mindset in clients, partners and team
• Enable the organization to take decisions which are ethical and in line with our priorities of Patient, Trust, Reputation, and Business
• Collaborate across all E&C teams and partner with stakeholders in BU / BF to embed ethics and compliance as part of the way everyone works at Takeda

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of the Investigation Lead is to assess allegations of misconduct; conduct and document investigations of alleged violations of laws and regulations, Takeda’s Global Code of Conduct, policies or SOPs, primarily in Japan and also supporting investigations elsewhere as required. The Investigation Lead will:

• Plan and conduct investigations as directed for a multi-national, Japan / US listed pharmaceutical company
• Assess and manage the concerns of misconduct reported and determine if an investigation is warranted. Develop and execute an investigation plan and supervise the work of internal/external resources involved in an investigation
• Conduct open source and company internal database research and document reviews in support of investigations globally as required.
• Based in Singapore, at the direction of the Global Investigator responsible for Japan and APAC, collaborate with the relevant Business Units/Business Functions and subsidiaries present in the country (e.g., Global Manufacturing, Research & Development, Vaccines Business Unit, Corporate functions, and others) on matters related to the Global Policy on Raising & Handling Concerns
• Where relevant, oversee the execution of investigations assigned to other teams to ensure they are performed according to internationally recognized standards
• Work closely with Human Resources, Ethics & Compliance and Legal departments on matters of investigations, disciplinary and remedial actions

• Maintain investigation capability internally including the balanced use of internal and external resources and expertise. Manage vendors supporting investigative activities.

• Help build local investigative capability to ensure consistency and quality of investigations across the organization.
• Support root-cause analysis for investigations and work closely with the Enterprise Risk Assessment and Ethics & Compliance Monitoring teams to support effective risk and control management
• Do regular assessments on the potential causes of misconduct and recommend areas to be reviewed to prevent/minimize that similar instances occur again. Work collaboratively with the relevant Business Units/Business Functions/Regional/Local E&C Heads and other relevant functions to proactively identify potential risk areas (internal/external) and support the development of case studies and best practices that would raise the awareness of key ethics and compliance risks / HR and mitigate them
• Provide directed regular reporting on the overall investigations to Global Investigator, Head of Ethics & Compliance Investigations, the Head of Program& Governance, the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and other key internal stakeholders as required.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of managing sensitive and complex investigations internationally including cases of fraud, employee relations (harassment, discrimination, etc.), and bribery/corruption or equivalent, ideally in the life sciences industry
• Proven track-record in planning and executing internal investigations for a multi-national company.
• Manage teams of external investigators in fieldwork and forensics
• Knowledge of the laws, regulations and industry codes relevant to the healthcare industry in the region and the applicable extraterritorial regulations (e.g., FCPA, SOX)
• Knowledge of the current compliance issues faced by the healthcare industry in the region
• Ability to interpret and contextualize rules, guidelines, policies, procedures and controls
• Sound and independent judgment in complex and sensitive cases
• Ability to prioritize and work on multiple cases/projects
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in providing assistance with the development of remedial measures of risk areas/gaps identified during investigations
• Proficiency in Japanese to communicate with employees in Japan and English required. Proficiency in other APAC regional languages helpful, but not required.

Locations Singapore, Singapore Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time