In her new role, Erin will lead the company’s global hiring strategy supporting the expansion of Global Capability Center hubs across India, Poland, and Mexico.
Erin 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 with Takeda for more than 6 years and has held several leadership roles within the organization. Before this appointment, Erin served as Head of Talent Acquisition for Takeda’s US Business Unit. Earlier, she worked as Talent Acquisition Director – US Business Unit and Talent Acquisition Lead – USBU, contributing to hiring strategy, workforce planning, leadership recruitment, and talent operations across the company.
Before joining Takeda, Erin spent more than 5 years at Biogen, where she led talent acquisition initiatives supporting Worldwide Medical and Global Product Strategy & Commercialization teams. She also played a major role in large-scale medical field hiring programs and long-term workforce strategy development.
Earlier in her career, Erin worked with Genentech as Principal Staffing Consultant, supporting workforce planning and talent acquisition across pharmaceutical technical operations in North America. She has also held recruitment and HR leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson, ADECCO EMPLOYMENT, Fidelity Investments, and Breakaway Solutions.
With more than 20 years of experience across global talent acquisition, workforce planning, leadership hiring, diversity recruitment, HR strategy, and organizational transformation, Erin Birmingham brings deep expertise to Takeda’s growing global capability and talent ecosystem.
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