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HR Business Leader, Canada

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Hybrid
Toronto, ON
208K-286K Annually
Expert/Leader
Hybrid
Toronto, ON
208K-286K Annually
Expert/Leader
Serve as the strategic HR partner for Takeda Canada, developing workforce, talent, succession, and organizational strategies. Lead transformation and change management, coach senior leaders, foster employee engagement and high performance, and represent HR in leadership forums. Build the Canadian HR community of practice, collaborate with People Solutions and Labor Relations teams, and champion digital HR innovation and continuous improvement across the organization.
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Job Description

About the role
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.

LocationsToronto, Canada

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.

Canada based employees may be eligible for a comprehensive range of benefits and incentives. Benefit eligibility varies by position and can include, amongst others:

  • 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

Les collaborateurs basés au Canada peuvent, selon leurs postes, bénéficier d’un ensemble complet d’avantages sociaux. L’éligibilité à ces avantages varie selon le poste, et peut inclure:

  • des primes ou dispositifs d’intéressement à court et/ou long terme,

  • des subventions pour les abonnements sportifs et abonnements internet

  • une assurance santé incluant la prise en charge des frais médicaux, dentaires et optiques

  • une assurance vie de base ainsi qu’un assurance en cas de décès ou de mutilation accidentels (AD&D)

  • une participation au Régime enregistré d’épargne-retraite (REER) ; contribution équivalente de l’entreprise dans un régime de participation différée aux bénéfices (RPDB) (si admissible)

  • une couverture en cas d’incapacité de travail temporaire ou prolongée

  • un droit à congés payés annuels, avec jours de vacances, jours de récupération et jours fériés spécifiques à l’entreprise

  • un programme de remboursement des frais de scolarité

  • une variété d’avantages liés au bien-être

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time

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