P&O Business Partner

Major accountabilities:

• As P&O Business Partner, be an active key member of the respective leadership teams; establish strong relationships with client group and proactively act upon business needs and requirements. Work closely with the leadership team members on development and implementation of the Business strategy: interpreting the global business environment, bringing an outside-in HR perspective, decoding customer expectations, co-crafting a strategic agenda
• Prioritize, formulate and implement a People Plan that meets business needs (consistent with the global P&O and Development strategy).
• Define required organizational and individual capabilities in order to support business strategy.
• Together with line management, establish Strategic Workforce Planning, including future outsourcing, cross-domain consolidation and footprint evolution as needed in order to achieve business strategy.
• Evaluate organizational set-up effectiveness and ensure smooth transition of operations in line with overall project plan.
• Drive change management and ensure proper communication is in place to support transformation and reorganization efforts.
• Coach and drive leadership team to set up a solid governance structure and operating model for the organization that will enable the achievement of strategic business objectives.
• Drive the cultural agenda
• Drive the talent agenda establishing quality succession planning for critical positions, development plans of key talents and talent strategy to build the leadership pipeline.
• Identify required critical capabilities for the future and establish plans to fill in capability gaps on organizational and individual level. Ensure critical positions are staffed by best-in-class candidates worldwide.

Minimum Requirements:

• 8-10 years’ experience, with at least 6+ years partnering mid-size businesses. Generalist exposure across the full array of HR elements. Ability to communicate effectively across levels (N-1 and below); cultural sensitivity and extensive business partnering experience.
• Skilled in working in a complex global matrixed environment.
• Experience in supporting the business in managing change.
• Post Graduate degree in business or management, MBA or equivalent with Human Resources Specialization

Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: 
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation 
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