At Astellas, we strive to become a cutting-edge, value-driven life science innovator. This means working at the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.

What sets us apart is our focus on patients, our pioneering innovation, our collaborative culture, and the passion of our talented people.

Making a positive impact on patients’ lives is the purpose behind everything we do. At Astellas, we are relentless in our pursuit of scientific progress and in tackling unmet medical needs, demonstrated by our legacy in oncology, overactive bladder and transplant and our impressive pipeline in women's health, blindness and regeneration, genetic regulation, immuno-oncology, mitochondria and targeted protein degradation.

About Us :

We are a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, with a team of more than 14,000 managing operations in approximately 70 countries around the world. We are in the Top 30 global biopharma company based on global revenues and are predicted to be one of the Top 10 Cancer Drug Makers of 2024 by Fierce Pharma.

We are growing to meet the exciting opportunities realized by our legacy brands and rich pipeline of innovative treatments.

We are looking for candidates who will thrive in our entrepreneurial and empowering environment where talent and leadership flourish. Do your values align with our Astellas Way - patient focus, ownership, results, openness and integrity? Then we would love to hear from you.

From the first day in role, everyone at Astellas has a responsibility for creating a brighter future for patients around the world. We nurture exceptional relationships with our employees to allow them to thrive, foster innovation, and deliver exceptional business results. We work to create a culture where our people feel empowered to pursue brave ideas and ambitious outcomes, to have the confidence to be accountable for a higher standard of performance and embody a competitive and solutions-oriented mindset.

Our expertise, science and technology make us a pharma company. Our open and diverse culture is what makes us uniquely Astellas.

Purpose and Scope : :

• The Workforce Services Lead is responsible for the effective and efficient execution of the Workforce Services team.
• Responsible for the Global outsourcing of HR queries and end-to-end employee lifecycle administration to Astellas’ Global Workforces Service Delivery Partners as well as managing the service provided by a retained Workforce Services team.
• Responsible for ensuring the provision of exceptional services of Global Workforce Service team with overall accountability for services provided by third parties and retained Global Workforce Services teams globally.
• The role will sit in the People Services Leadership Team and report to the Head of Global Peoples Services working closely with the third parties, other People Services teams, across the broader HR function and directly with the business.

Essential Job Responsibilities : :

Globally outsourcing of HR queries and end to end employee lifecycle administration to Astellas’ Service Delivery Partners

Deliverables :

Collaboratively create and deliver a fit for purpose implementation strategy globally, understanding the complexities delivery of the local HR Services today and develop plans to transition further activity to third party providers, the retained Workforce Services team, or other areas.

Develop the Global Workforce Services Business Engagement and Communications strategy including the establishment of a robust voice of the customer channels; change roadmap that limits disruption to the organisation and allows Global stakeholders to understand and buy in

Drive improvements across the Astellas’ Global HR Service Delivery Partner against SLA’s including the monitoring, tracking and reporting of SLA’s for all countries, regions and geographies.

Development of the annual Global Workforce Services budget

Develop capability across the Global Workforce Services Team and establish a programme to enhance skills and service levels, in partnership with Managers.