Principal Chapter Lead, Microsoft

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at .

This position is based in Bengaluru and will require some on-site work.

Purpose And Scope
As the Principal Chapter Lead for Microsoft & Sharepoint Application Development, you will provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, and talent development across multiple chapters within a specialized area of digital expertise. You will lead multiple Chapter Leads and their teams, ensuring alignment with the organization's enterprise platform strategy while fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence. Our agile operating model is structured into two key components:

• Digital Execution – Aligns multiple missions with business goals, facilitates large-scale collaboration, and ensures seamless product development.
• Digital Capability – Focuses on the growth and development of individuals within specific technical disciplines, ensuring the continuous enhancement of expertise and leadership.

As the Principal Chapter Lead, you will be responsible for developing enterprise-wide capabilities, standardizing best practices, and mentoring Chapter Leads to drive efficiency, resilience, and agility in our digital platforms.

Your primary focus, as the specialized group lead, will be to enhance our digital capabilities, contributing to strategic goals, and nurturing the team of talented professionals.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Platform Vision:
• Define and evolve technical standards for SharePoint Online, Power Platform, Teams integration,

and Microsoft 365 dev. Drive modernization & provide architecture guidance on building scalable and secure SharePoint solutions.

• Evaluate new features and releases in the Microsoft ecosystem and recommend adoption.
• People Leadership & Capability Development:
• Lead, mentor, and develop multiple Chapter Leads and Chapter Members, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Define career development pathways, technical learning agendas, and knowledge-sharing

mechanisms to enhance individual expertise and leadership capabilities.

• Build a strong talent pipeline by attracting, retaining, and upskilling top digital talent.
• Collaboration & Cross-functional Influence:
• Act as the bridge between execution-focused tribes and capability-building chapters, ensuring a balance between product delivery and technical skill growth.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product leaders and engineering teams to drive digital transformation and innovation. Advocate for a culture of experimentation, learning, and continuous improvement, leveraging Agile and Lean principles.
• Align chapter strategy with Enterprise Architecture and Digital Workplace vision. Engage with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and compliance teams on technical integrations.
• Drive strategic initiatives like digital document workflows, intranet redesign, or citizen development enablement.
• Operational Excellence & Technical Governance:
• Establish and enforce best practices, architectural standards, and governance framework for enterprise platforms.
• Ensure platforms are scalable, secure, cost-effective, and future-proof to support business growth and digital transformation.
• Drive key enterprise-wide initiatives related to cloud adoption, DevOps, automation, and AI-driven operations.

Qualifications Required

• Advanced degree in relevant field, e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Minimum of 12 years demonstrated relevant experience
• Expertise in Agile Methodologies: Deep understanding of Agile principles, frameworks, and best practices. Experience in implementing and leading Agile transformations within Platform Integration teams. Professional certifications in Agile methodologies (e.g., Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist) are highly desirable.
• Leadership and Team Development: Proven leadership skills with the ability to build, mentor, and lead high-performing Agile teams. Strong coaching and facilitation abilities.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute strategic plans that leverage Agile methodologies to meet business objectives and drive technology innovation.
• Technical Proficiency: Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale integration solutions using Azure Devops, Sharepoint Development Framework, Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI), Microsoft Enterprise Search, Copilot studio, Microsoft Viva Platform
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker). Knowledge of scripting and automation tools such as Automation Anywhere, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, or similar.

Working Environment
Astellas' Global Capability Centres – Overview
Astellas' Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed.
_ _Our three GCCs are located in India, Poland and Mexico.
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The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.
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Our GCCs are an integral part of Astellas, guided by our shared values and behaviors, and are critical enablers of the company's strategic priorities, sustainable growth, and commitment to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.

• At Astellas we recognize the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimize the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas' Responsible Flexibility Guidelines.

Category PlatformX

Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.

EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans