Job Description

Location:
Hyderabad #LI Hybrid

About The role:
UP4Growth is a unified talent management platform comprising Learning, Performance Management, Talent Management, Competency Architecture, based on the Cornerstone on Demand (CSOD) SaaS solution.

Along with UP4Growth, additional platforms for Talent Marketplace (Gloat) and LxP (Edcast), that support user experience, skills and capabilities of Novartis associates.
This role:

• Act as a subject matter expert in key areas of Learning, Performance & Talent systems
• Provides complex, expert level support to cross-functional learning & talent, performance subject matter experts on how to translate business requirements into system functionalities. This requires ensuring strict system adherence to both industry and company-specific compliance requirements.
• Supports the learning and talent Business System Owner in influencing the vendors during their product design and validation phases and in deploying new functionalities within Novartis.
• Partners closely with the People & Organization (formerly HR), IT operations and the implementation teams for deployment, enhancement, and release of respective technology platforms

Key Responsibilities

• Challenge business processes based on expert product knowledge and propose the most optimal technical solutions, in partnership with IT
• Stay up to date with both the evolving business needs and the vendor\'s rolling roadmap. Translate the same into business requirements, subsequently lead the technical implementation of the requirements.
• Build efficient and effective release and change management processes for applications in scope.
• Partner with business testing teams to design, draft, and plan user acceptance testing
• Ensure that applicable learning and talent systems are optimally configured to support business requirements and to maintain its validated status.

Minimum requirements

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor\'s Degree or equivalent in education and

5+years of hands-on experiences with relevant system (i.e., CSOD / Gloat / EdCast) in implementation, configuration, release management, and / or 3rd level support

• Product certifications / equivalent product implementation or technical support experience on learning, performance & talent modules preferably of CSOD or any other industry leading platforms

• Product certification / implementation experience of Gloat, EdCast or any other talent marketplace and LxP systems

• Experience of solution and implementation of skills strategy for large global organization

• Multicultural and virtual teamwork experience with GxP, Computer System Validation, Data Privacy and Compliance

• HR project & product implementation experience using project management methodologies such as Waterfall & Agile methodology.

Desirable requirements

• Previous experience in cooperating with global stakeholders and ability to work in cross functional teams in an international environment.

• Experience in pharmaceutical or life science industry would be a plus.

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

Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to
individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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Functional Area

Human Resources

Division

People & Organization

Business Unit

P&O People Services and Technology

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No

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