Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, May 2026 — Erin Birmingham has started a new position as Head of Global Talent Acquisition, Global Capability Model (GCM) at Takeda, where she will lead the company’s global hiring strategy supporting rapid expansion across Global Capability Center hubs in India, Poland, and Mexico. In this role, she will focus on building a high-performing talent acquisition model centered on speed, quality, operational excellence, and strengthening Takeda’s global recruiting network to support enterprise transformation initiatives.
Erin has been associated with Takeda for more than six years, holding several progressive talent acquisition leadership positions. Before this appointment, she served as Head of Talent Acquisition, US Business Unit Takeda, and earlier as Talent Acquisition Director – US Business Unit and Talent Acquisition Lead – USBU. During her tenure, she contributed significantly to talent strategy, hiring operations, leadership recruitment, and workforce planning across the organization.
Prior to joining Takeda, Erin spent over five years with Biogen, where she led talent acquisition initiatives supporting Worldwide Medical and Global Product Strategy & Commercialization teams. She also played a key role in large-scale medical field hiring programs and long-term workforce strategy development. Earlier, she worked with Genentech as Principal Staffing Consultant, supporting workforce planning and talent acquisition across pharmaceutical technical operations in North America.
Earlier in her career, Erin held multiple recruitment and HR leadership roles with Johnson & Johnson, ADECCO EMPLOYMENT, Fidelity Investments, and Breakaway Solutions. With more than two decades of experience spanning global talent acquisition, workforce planning, leadership hiring, diversity recruitment, HR strategy, and organizational transformation, Erin Birmingham brings extensive expertise to Takeda’s evolving global capability and talent ecosystem.
About Takeda
Takeda is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming lives through science and innovation. Guided by more than two centuries of values-driven leadership, the company focuses on addressing patient needs, advancing healthcare innovation, and creating sustainable impact across global healthcare systems.
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