Senior People Partner - US

To establish a thorough business understanding in order to deliver consistent BU focused leadership interventions, global initiatives, culture change and other BU relevant activities. Delivers end-to-end P&O experience, focusing on the moments that matter for leaders, managers and associates. In addition, Sr PP also drives day-to-day P&O topics in close partnership with the x-divisional PPs
To act as a trusted advisor offering in-country policy expertise and knowledge to support and educate leaders, managers and associates on all P&O topics (in country enabling the delivery of lifecycle events, the employee value proposition, talent acquisition, talent management, learning, performance management, employee relations, rewards, pay and reporting)

• Transformation
• Lead the delivery of in-country transformations, consult and negotiate with local works council / unions, provide advice and guidance for managers through the local process, oversee associate notice / handover meetings and overall restructuring lifecycle
• Oversee the execution of local implementation of large-scale organizational and day-to-day organizational structure changes, in line with country regulations / policies .
• DEI&C
• Advise on and handle diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels, e.g., gender representation, LGBTI, pay equity
• Communicate full spectrum of inclusion & Psychological Safety.
• Activate business ownership and accountability of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; and align with global or local initiatives / implementation
• Champions culture and supports implementation of corporate initiatives (e.g., Hybrid working, Employee Value Proposition etc.).
• Project Management
• Actively participates in complex projects and supports implementation of corporate initiatives (e.g. Evolve, Go Big on Learning, Workday etc.)
• Manage complex business unit related projects with broad scope on cross divisional or even global scope
• Involved in designing or leading and delivering P&O initiatives that support the overall P&O Strategy against agreed timelines, scope and objectives (time, cost, quality)
• Capability building (Business and PP)
• Drives quality, effectiveness, efficiency and continuous improvement for P&O People Partnering and related processes
• Curating and driving workshops for people managers on capability building with respect to people management
• In depth P&O expertise on some higher-level P&O processes in culture, talent management, team effectiveness, change management
• Identifying opportunities for simplification and continuous improvement. Leading such interventions at country level
• Lead career and development conversations; understand team aspirations, skills and the capabilities required for success
• Identify required critical capabilities for the future and establish plans to meet capability gaps at the organization and individual level
• Profound knowledge and understanding of various P&O functions including COEs
• Moments that Matter
• Accountable for credible P&O People Partnering to leaders, managers and associates, offering advice and guidance on the moments that matter
• First point of escalation for all leaders and managers on their day-to-day P&O topics, providing expert advice, guidance and support.
• Acts as the escalation point for exceptions to P&O standards (regulations and P&O processes), deviations or appeals
• Embraces customer feedback to understand the customer journey with moments that matter and drives continuous improvement
• Implement enhancements and modification as necessary to meet both the business and customer needs
• Ensures business proximity by establishing strong relationships with BU and BU-P&O community to understand needs and challenges and translate to PP interventions (higher seniority of leaders, high complexity of organization, global impact)
• Senior level of consultation to key stakeholders and senior leadership teams, focused on leadership interventions, global initiatives, culture change etc.
• Managing employee life cycle (e.g. Restructuring cases, PIPs, Development conversation, Speak Up, Legal cases, Employee Life Cycle Management) Optimizing P&O data
• Drive buy-in and utilization of data and analytics to identify risk and trends, and to apply these business insights to inform decisions and actions.
• Curating solutions for business problems w.r.t talent based on available date Country ER & Regulatory
• Ensure compliance with local equity / Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations
• Maintaining the highest level of professionalism, ethics, and integrity when handling sensitive and confidential P&O matters
• Driving ER and SpeakUp matters with utmost sensitivity and adopting a neutral approach
• Leads alignment and harmonization of local regulations with P&O Board; monitors compliance, risk management and review P&O controls (as part of the NFCM framework) working with People Partner team

• Coaches and guides people managers on role evaluations in line with local governance w.r.t transformation
• Coaching and mentoring country people partners on navigating complex business problems and P&O processes
• Contributes to the Moments that Matter by coaching and counselling P&O PPs across division on local and global policies and processes.
• Clarify People Partner team priorities linked to purpose and strategy, helping collaborate with other teams, manage across the matrix, remove obstacles and overcome silos
• Collaborates with other P&O People Partner Heads in other countries, regions and clusters to maintain a consistent standard globally
• Coaching leaders and managers to drive team effectiveness activities based on OurVoice and Team Perspective reports
• Coaching, advising and challenging leaders, managers and associates on all P&O topics including promoting self-sufficiency in people processes
• Driving quality, effectiveness, efficiency and continuous improvement for P&O People Partnering and related processes

• Experience: 7 to 12 years of work experience in a HR environment, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry
• MBA in HR or equivalent is a must.
• Strong stakeholder management, customer influence and influencing skills, capable to build relationships and work independently.
• Fluent in English