CXF Manager
Takeda · Toronto · CA$127,000–CA$173,800 (stated in the posting)
Job Description
Title: CXF Manager
Location: Toronto, Canada
Reporting Manager: Head of DD&T, Canada
About the role:
As the CXF Manager, you will be responsible for enabling the successful deployment, adoption, and optimization of CRM and related customer engagement platforms within the LOC. You will lead the local transition to the Customer Experience of the Future (CXF) platform, ensuring a stable, compliant, and well-supported CRM environment while planning and executing the end-to-end migration to CXF. The role is accountable for driving adoption of new capabilities and ensuring they deliver value for Medical and Commercial teams. You will work closely with Commercial, Medical, Marketing & Commercial Excellence (MCE), Enterprise DD&T, and global DD&T teams, the CRM/CXF Enablement Lead provides the platform, configuration, data, integration, and compliance foundations that customer engagement capabilities depend upon. You will partner up with the CRM Manager within Commercial & Marketing Operations, and serve as a key business-facing DD&T partner, helping local teams maximize value from customer engagement technologies while supporting the evolution of future platform capabilities.
How will you contribute:
CXF Migration & Adoption
Lead the end-to-end technical migration to Customer Experience of the Future (CXF) in Canada, including planning, configuration, validation, cutover, and local change management.
Drive deployment, readiness, adoption, and value realization of new CXF capabilities for Medical and Commercial teams.
Lead migration of Medispend and related customer engagement capabilities to CXF in close coordination with the Tech & AI Partner, Medical Excellence, Data Excellence and Digital CX to ensure aligned delivery, integration, and continuity of customer-journey capabilities.
Coordinate local user enablement and adoption activities so new platform capabilities are embedded effectively in Canada.
Ensure CRM and CXF interoperate effectively with adjacent customer experience, content, and analytics platforms.
CRM & Customer Engagement Platforms
Serve as the DD&T owner for CRM and related customer engagement platforms.
Manage platform configuration, releases, integrations, access management, and operational support.
Enable customer engagement capabilities including audience management, lead generation, and campaign execution.
Ensure interoperability across customer engagement, content, and analytics platforms.
Monitor platform health, utilization, and effectiveness.
Coordinate with IBU, DD&T, Commercial and Marketing Operations, and cross-functional teams to plan, implement, and communicate new modules, capabilities, and platform releases.
Platform Governance, Configuration and Compliance
Partner with business teams to improve platform utilization, data quality, and local process adherence, and gather user feedback to identify improvement opportunities.
Gather user feedback and identify improvement opportunities.
Own CRM and CXF configuration aligned to Canada business needs and evolving platform requirements.
Oversee and evolve user access management and related controls to support secure and efficient platform use.
Ensure compliance with Takeda policies, global governance, and security standards.
Future Platform Capabilities
Support deployment and adoption of AgentForce and AI-enabled CRM capabilities.
Identify opportunities to improve customer engagement and operational efficiency through automation and emerging technologies.
Support the evolution of future customer engagement platform capabilities in line with Canada LOC priorities.
What this role is not - This role does not perform CRM business administration — territory alignment, list and cycle planning and loading, targeting, call and account-planning execution, field segmentation etc. Those accountabilities reside in Commercial & Marketing Operations, whereas this role’s focus is end-to-end leadership of the CXF migration and adoption in Canada.
What you bring to Takeda:
University degree required in a relevant field such as information technology, computer science, business, life sciences, or a related discipline.
5-7 years of relevant CRM/technology experience in pharmaceutical/life sciences, in roles such as CRM Product Owner, CRM/Technology Manager, Project Manager, Analyst, or Business Partner.
Strong growth mindset, with openness to feedback, continuous learning, and adapting quickly in a changing business and technology environment.
Experience leading platform migrations or major CRM releases, ideally including next-generation customer engagement platforms is critical.
Strong hands-on expertise with CRM and related platforms — Veeva CRM, Salesforce, Veeva Vault, Align, PromoMats.
Effective stakeholder and change management skills in a complex, global, multi-stakeholder organization.
Demonstrated business analysis and project management skills, including translating business needs into technology requirements.
Knowledge of data privacy, consent management, and compliance requirements in a regulated environment.
Working knowledge of Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) processes e.g. targeting, interaction planning an advantage.
Data-driven and quality-focused — uses data to make decisions and takes pride in trustworthy, well-governed CRM data.
Bridges technology and business — communicates complex platform and data topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Takes initiative and works independently; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset.
Collaborative and influential across functions and geographies; builds trust and drives adoption without authority.
Strong digital fluency and security awareness — leverages digital collaboration tools and protects sensitive information.
This job posting is for a new role.
Takeda may use additional Talent Acquisition technologies and artificial intelligence to support the recruitment process, including video interviewing. Artificial intelligence will be used to support, but not solely determine, applicability for a specific position.
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.
Locations
Toronto, CanadaBase Salary Range:
$127,000.00 - $173,800.00The 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