About the Department
Imagine being a part of a team committed to helping people defeat diabetes and other serious chronic conditions. Here at Novo Nordisk, we seek out opportunities to contribute to healthier communities and better lives for all people. And, that’s what you’ll gain by joining Novo Nordisk’s People & Organization team. Our P&O team is passionate about their purpose – enabling business success the Novo Nordisk Way by turning the Company’s business strategy into an actionable workforce strategy. A strategy which captures the entire employee life-cycle. At Novo Nordisk, you will join an inclusive team of diverse talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development. Are you ready?
The Position
Acts as a strategic Business Partner to the Medical Affairs organization, providing advisory and consultative support to business leaders. The HR Business Partner primary role is to focus on business challenges and serve as a valued advisor to key stakeholders and customers by anticipating needs and developing HR solutions that are aligned with business strategies. Responsible for delivering meaningful human capital insights to business leaders and developing and driving the creation of a client-focused People and Workforce Strategy that is linked to business goals, demonstrates increased business impact and sustainability. Responsible for organizational development and effectiveness, talent management and development, change management and resource management for assigned client areas and advocates and champions organizational values and company culture.
Relationships
Reports to a Vice President or Senior Director of Human Resources. Multiple internal relationships exist with senior leadership teams. The position will be partnering closely with HR COEs to deliver optimal HR solutions to business and partnering heavily with assigned business unit management. External relationships include vendors, HR organizations and other professional associations/organizations.
Essential Functions
- Organization Development and Effectiveness:
- Partners with key stakeholders to develop and deliver client-focused People and Workforce Strategy that is linked to business strategy and organizational goals, demonstrating increased business impact and sustainability
- Proactively identifies and implements HR tools, programs and approaches to address the potential roadblocks and obstacles to superior organizational performance
- Develop people and workforce strategies in leveraging external and internal workforce insights/market & industry HR trends that support organizational goals and provide significant, positive measurable impact on the organization
- Partner with HR COEs to establish and track HR metrics. Proactively analyze, review and report key metrics to client areas and identify trends and or solutions to make course corrections if needed
- Review, assess and evolve the business to drive organizational efficiency, scalability and agility. Partner with business to design fit for purpose organization
- Anticipates HR issues and trends, identifies their implications and incorporates them into HR and business strategies
- Change Management
- Partner with SMEs to develop and build change leadership capability, coach and guide the line of business leading the team through change
- Align with business leaders and key stakeholders on key change initiatives, incorporate organizational tools that can be utilized to help the business make successful transitions resulting in the adoption and realization of change
- Influence leaders to be proactively aware of forthcoming changes that will impact their business unit and/or enterprise-wide
- Partner with SMEs and line of business to develop and execute change plans (Communication strategy, Stakeholder management plan, Change champions and Reinforcement) and measure results
Physical Requirements
10-20% overnight travel required.
Qualifications
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.
Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.