Talent and Development Partner

Job Title - Talent & Development Partner

Career Level - E

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

The Talent and Development Partner for the AZ R&D is accountable for determining and architecting solutions that enable the desired learning capabilities, delivering in alignment with AstraZeneca’s R&D strategy, roadmap, principles and standards. He/she collaborates with many stakeholders and cross functional teams to deliver on the talent and development goals.

The role will ensure that common talent, learning and development decisions are implemented consistently across the business – Clinical Data and Insights, Clinical Regulatory Writing, CMC and Biometrics. All the functions consist of multi-disciplinary experts contributing to all the Therapy areas and impacting the acceleration of the drug discovery and regulatory process.

To be successful in this role the candidate needs to be an experienced talent and development professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with India and with global teams. The ability to work and communicate with senior business stakeholders in order to understand their goals, capabilities needed, and requirements and to translate these into comprehensive solution blueprints is essential. A clear, logical style, an ability to document solutions and key design decisions in a blueprint, and to work closely with stakeholders, vendors and cross functional teams is essential. We are looking for an individual who has the strategic intent as well as strong execution capabilities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Talent and Development Partner will play a key role in advancing the delivery of the Talent and Learning Strategy through driving talent reviews, succession planning, key talent programs, building fit for future skills and drive life long learning.

This role will partner with the broader T&D team, HRBPs and business learners to meet the needs of the organization. This includes the program management of these initiatives, the evaluation of their impact and implementation of continuous improvements.

There is an opportunity to make a huge difference in this role, working with a diverse group of leaders and talent from various Senior Executive Teams (SET) areas in India. The role will report to the Talent and Development Lead for AstraZeneca, India.

Some of the key responsibilities will include

• Initiate the annual training needs collection and roll out of annual training calendar for the site
• Lead the design, development and implementation of key programs, policies and strategies tailored to meet talent and learning needs of the organization;
• Drive the Talent Review process (succession planning and talent pipelining); coaching Managers on review process, facilitate the review and talent calibration discussion and ensure appropriate documentation
• Work with Global T&D to drive implementation, nomination and participation for global programs.
• Work with multiple stakeholders – learning champions, global T&D partners, HRBPs, leaders and managers and cross functional teams to drive the talent and learning agenda for the business
•  Consulting with management, leadership, learning champions on learning and development and talent management  matters.
•  Recommending and implementing policies and procedures in the area of learning and development on a need basis.
• Evaluating and partnering with vendors to execute learning programs related to job skilling, professional skill development and leadership training.
• Evaluating program effectiveness and continuously improving learning solutions.
• Publish & Review Talent dashboard insights with leaders on a periodic basis.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Relevant degree in Human Resources or Equivalent
• 8-12 years of overall HR experience with minimum 1 year of exposure in Talent Management or Learning and Development portfolio
• Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship management skills 
• Demonstrated strong customer and stakeholder orientation
• Demonstrated taking initiatives and execution excellence
• Strong interpersonal collaboration and team skills including working with cross-functional teams across geographies.

Preferred Experiences and Skills

• Any certifications in Talent Management/Learning and Development 
• Experience implementing global programs and ability to collaborate with global stakeholders
• Experience of developing and managing end to end talent and learning processes within the organization
• Evidence of shaping innovative learning solutions that have a major impact within the business area and organisation  

WHY JOIN US?

Here our work has a direct impact on patients – transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. Focused and committed, and backed with the investment to succeed, we’re driving cross-company change to disrupt the entire industry.

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.