Head of People & Organization Brazil

At Novartis we want everyone to be able to be their best version, both in the work environment and in their personal lives. Therefore, we are continually evolving our way of work.

This position is eligible for the hybrid working model (face-to-face and virtual). At Novartis, teams have the autonomy to decide the best flexible working format, balancing team collaboration, team impact on Novartis business, and employee well-being. Further details regarding working model will be explained throughout the selection process.

Major accountabilities:

• Activate business ownership and accountability of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• Act as leadership & team effectiveness coach, directly influencing country strategy, shaping local and regional priorities and championing the People & Organization agenda.
• Actively participate in complex, enterprise People & Organization projects or initiatives; ensure business representation and alignment.
• Advise business leaders and functional teams on strategic and operational execution, including team effectiveness, change management, organizational design, performance management, talent, retention and engagement.
• Advise on and handle diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels, e.g., gender representation, LGBTQIA+, pay equity.
• Coach leaders on team priorities and objectives linked to purpose and strategy, helping collaborate with other teams, manage across the matrix, remove obstacles and overcome silos.
• Contribute actively to the People & Organization community and network.
• Act as a leader and collaborate with internal and external partners building P&O thought leadership.
• Develop an organizational design / plan for client groups by utilizing organizational diagnostics.
• Develop talent and leadership development strategy and plan.
• Directly influence the business strategy and translate strategy and functional plans to design and implement people and organizational interventions that support the vision while applying data driven and external insights with P&O metrics.
• Drive the talent agenda in partnership with the business, establishing quality succession planning for critical positions and business value roles, development plans of key talent and talent strategy to build the leadership pipeline.
• Enhance leadership capabilities through coaching and drive client leadership teams to set up a solid governance structure, operating models and culture to enable and fulfil strategic business objectives.
• Hold the knowledge and outlook for the 3-5 year business plans.
• Establish strategic workforce plans with leaders and develop organization design efficiencies to enable the long-term business strategy.
• Identify required critical capabilities for the future and establish plans to meet capability gaps at the organization and individual level.
• Instigate career and development conversations with business leaders, understanding aspirations, skills and the capabilities required.
• Lead the cultural change agenda in partnership with People Partners across all levels of the client groups.
• Provide coaching, feedback, learning opportunities and mentoring to support and enable People & Organization team members in their development.
• Utilize consulting skills to influence, coach and provide feedback to leaders at all levels, ensuring our core values are lived every day and empower individual growth.

Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:

• Degree in Business Administration, Psychology, other related education fields. 
• Desired Certification, post graduate studies in Human Resources, Human sciences, organizational development.
• Desired master's in Human Sciences, Business Administration, Human Behavior. 
• Business partnering experience leading hire to retire HR processes. 
• Proven leadership experience
• Desired project management experience
• Experience leading strategy and initiatives for Talent development, Organizational design, leadership development. 
• Proven involvement in organizational transformations, guiding HR processes, restructuring and employee experience. 
• Coaching for executives in Organizational transformations, leadership development, day-to-day situations.

Languages :

• Fluent English.
• Desirable fluency in Brazilian Portuguese.

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: Competitive salary, annual bonus, life insurance, home office policy (home office 2x a week), retirement and wellbeing plans, flexible working arrangements, birthday day-off, parental leave, subsidized dining facilities, health insurance, employee recognition platform, Gympass, employee resource groups and virtual self-development tools. 
If you want to learn more about our benefits, you can access 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.

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