Director - Human Resources

About

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
  
  

• Change Leadership:
• 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 used 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
• Resource Management:
• Understand market shifts and talents trends and how they impact the business, facilitate a systematic process to understand and inform future workforce needs for the assigned business groups, identify gaps and develop plans to address, invest and optimize resources
• Partner with the line of business, SMEs and key stakeholders to conduct strategic workforce plan, develop and implement proactive talent strategies that meet business needs
• Serve as conduit in consultation with HR COEs, line of business and FP&A to facilitate a common process on workforce management
  
  

• Culture and Engagement:
• Serve as a valued advisor to stakeholders and customers by anticipating needs and develop HR solutions that are aligned with business strategies and drive employee engagement
• Act as stewards of company culture to shape and foster an engaging, diverse and inclusive employee environment rooted in the Novo Nordisk Way
• Partner with People, Culture and DEI&B COE and line of business to drive and execute People, Culture and DEI&B initiatives
  

Physical Requirements

10-25% overnight travel required.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree required; relevant experience and/or certification in specialized HR function may be substituted for degree when appropriate; advanced degree or MBA preferred
• Requires a minimum of 12 years of progressively increasing HR experience with at least 6 years in a HRBP role and/or HR role that partners with the business
• Requires strong leadership, influencing and consultation skills
• Established experience and success within 2 or more specialized HR functions preferred
• Strong generalist background, proven track record on organization design, development and effectiveness, leading organization through changes, leadership development, executive coaching and culture
• Demonstrated success in creating and executing people strategies and proven ability to implement and sustain business improvement and results; strong business acumen required. Ideal candidate will possess experience across multiple business functions (i.e. research, development, production, marketing, sales, finance)
• Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute and follow-up in a timely manner. Proven ability to work across all functions with all levels of stakeholders both locally and globally
• Requires experience in executive coaching/consulting senior leaders within the organization
• Requires proven success setting direction, consulting with line managers and executives in matters of significance
• Solid, working knowledge of HR policies, procedures and federal legislation related to employment practices and general HR administration
• Strong analytic and organizational diagnostic skills
  
  

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.