Job Description

9000+! That's how many people the curious and inspiring team you will lead supports.
Join us as P&O Country Head where you will be part of one of the largest, most complex and impactful organizations which is touching every part of our business.

To be responsible for leading the P&O function for India. Translates business plan into a people plan and execute against the plan.Enables business transformation in-country and promotes adoption of enterprise wide programs.Deliver seamless employee experience while freeing up productivity.Establish Novartis as an attractive employer brand and act as a local Steward of the Novartis external reputation

Your key responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Translates business plan into a people plan and executes:

• Create a talent plan around key business deliverables that identifies required skills, talent pipeline & succession.Coach grow in-country leaders
• Review organizational health and recommend improvements.Leverage culture of ICU to drive business performance.Activates business ownership of diversity, equity and inclusion

Enables business transformation and promotes adoption:

• Execute org unit / LE changes, carve-out process, redundancies, supporting TSAs implementation when applicable, coordinate ER activities, change management, etc.
• Help leaders design op models, future skills and process improvements Provide project management, change management support and help prioritize the implementation of enterprise wide programs locally

Seamless employee experience and improved productivity:

• Ensure key people services are delivered locally with the right quality delivering great manager/employee experience in moments that matter.Identify areas for efficiency, ensure local compliance
• Supports capability development for P&O PP/BPs.Employee experience champion who owns country journey maps and drives improvement

Employer brand ambassador and local steward of reputation:

• Develop/ implement or adapt local policies to create an attractive employer brand within boundaries of responsible cost mgmt. and external positioning.Support initiatives/ handle incidents that may impact Novartis reputation

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Minimum requirements
What you'll bring to the role:

• Enterprise mindset
• Stakeholder mgmt.
• Organizational development
• Project & change Mgmt.
• Country P&O regulations, labour law & social security
• Capability development
• Business acumen
• Managing complexity
• Talent mgmt.
• Data & Analytics
• HR policies, processes, tools
• Employee experience
• Define / implement

EXAMPLE SUCCESS MEASURES

• Effective talent planning and pipeline in place
• Demonstrate effective organization transformations (client feedback and outcomes)
• Successful performance and engagement (client feedback and glint)
• Simplification / optimization of country processes / journeys

#transformingforgrowth

766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we're proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people's lives.

We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world's toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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Division
PHARMA
Business Unit
AMAC
Country
India
Work Location
Hyderabad, AP
Company/Legal Entity
Nov Hltcr Shared Services Ind
Functional Area
Human Resources
Job Type
Full Time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Early Talent
No