How Innovation and Growth Shape Long-Term Careers

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The company’s legacy builds trust and credibility, while its culture encourages people to take on new ideas, new roles and new ways of working. For employees, that combination does something important. It allows careers to grow over time, without losing their foundation. From Patient Care to Global Innovation For Cynthia Guo, Head of China Oncology Medical, that shift happened at a defining moment. Working as an oncologist, she saw firsthand how limited treatment options shaped patient outcomes, with led her to a career with Takeda Oncology . “I realized that while I could treat individual patients as a doctor, the real impact would come from making more treatment options available…this could benefit thousands of patients and save lives.” That realization didn’t pull her away from patient care. It expanded it. At Takeda, that expansion is made possible by something larger than any one role: a foundation of trust that allows innovation to reach further. And once that perspective shifts from individual impact to global scale, careers tend to follow. Career Growth at Takeda: Paths That Evolve Over Time For Tomomi Kashimura, that evolution has unfolded over more than 15 years. She joined Takeda in Japan as a Medical Representative. Since then, her career has moved across neuroscience, medical affairs and oncology, shaped not by a fixed plan, but by what became possible over time. “Takeda offers an environment that promotes growth. We are encouraged to embrace challenges and pursue development through many opportunities.” What enables that movement is the same foundation Cynthia described: consistency underneath change. At Takeda, roles evolve, but the environment around them remains steady enough to support long-term growth. For Tomomi, that has meant building a career alongside major life moments, not around them. “Both my family and my career are an integral part of my life. This flexibility makes it possible to continue both.” Careers here don’t just progress. They stretch. And for some, that stretch leads into entirely new fields. Innovation at Takeda Across Technology, AI and Science Susan Tillmann’s career is one example of how far that evolution can go. She joined Takeda as a student and built her path across medical, IT and global leadership, moving into data science and advanced AI over time. “There will always be possibilities, and you can develop into different functions and broaden your experience in many directions.” Her work today reflects another dimension of how we operate: innovation that spans functions. “Data science and AI are a team sport. When we bring together the right people across functions, that’s where real impact happens.” That idea carries beyond technology. Whether innovation happens in AI, R&D or operations, we rely on the same thing: people working across boundaries to move ideas forward. And that’s where the connection becomes tangible. It shows up in different ways across the organization, including in the work of teams responsible for delivering medicines to patients. Manufacturing Careers at Takeda: Delivering for Patients That idea comes to life in Gert Verheyden’s everyday work. In manufacturing , the work is operational and precise. But the purpose behind it is no less direct. “We see the patients we help, and even in tough moments, that gives us the energy to go the extra mile.” Where Susan describes innovation as something built across teams, Gert sees its impact at the end of that process, in the medicines delivered to patients. For him, that connection is also personal. “When you know that what you are doing can help people, that gives your work real purpose.” Different roles. Same direction. Everything we do leads back to patients. Why Build a Career at Takeda Zoom out, and a pattern emerges. People come to Takeda from different starting points. Clinical care. Technology. Manufacturing. Early career roles. What connects them is not the path they start on, but how that path evolves. Careers here move across functions, geographies and stages of life. They deepen, expand and, at times, take entirely new directions. What makes that possible is not just opportunity, but foundation. Our heritage creates the trust, credibility and stability that allow innovation to happen at scale. That same foundation gives us the confidence to grow, change direction and build careers that last. For those exploring careers at Takeda, that may be the difference: A place where you don’t have to choose between stability and ambition, because one makes the other possible. Explore where your path could lead at Takeda. 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