Director - Human Resources

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 multiple business units and executive team members within the company. The HR Business Partner primary role is to focus on strategic 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 leadership and resource management for assigned client areas and advocates and champions organizational values and company culture. Utilizes in-depth knowledge of the business and industry to impact and drive decision-making processes; and contribute to the creation and execution of business strategies.

Relationships

Reports to the Vice President of Human Resources - Commercial Business. Multiple internal relationships exist with several senior leadership teams. The position will partner closely with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) to deliver optimal HR solutions to the business and partner heavily with assigned business unit management. External relationships include vendors, HR organizations and other professional associations/organizations.

Essential Functions

• Organization Development and Effectiveness:
  • Provide strategic business partnership to the client groups focusing on business challenges and serve as a valued advisor by anticipating needs and trends, developing innovative solutions that are aligned with business strategies to enable future growth, drive organizational scalability and agility
  • Access and build fit-for-future organization and capability in partnership with business leaders
  • Develop and execute human capital 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
  • Establish and track HR metrics that impact organizational efficiencies and performance. Proactively partner with HR COEs to develop solutions to optimize people related end-to end process to support business needs
• Talent Management and Development:
  • Develop and implement innovative talent solutions that link to business strategies, build future fit leader capabilities in partnership with HR COEs
  • Create an inclusive learning environment to accelerate employee and people leader’s development, creating opportunities for talent reaching their full potential
  • Assess and build diverse leadership bench strength and accelerate talent pipeline development and readiness in partnership with business and HR COEs
  • Influence leadership in identifying solutions for retention of key talents. Effective use of resources & data to assess and increase talent engagement
  • Provide leadership coaching to ensure the ability to drive performance, create and implement strategy and build long-term process and system improvements<