Job ID
REQ-10082179
Jul 02, 2026
USA
Available in: English
Summary
We're a team of dedicated and smart people united by a drive to achieve together. The Director, People & Organization (P&O) Business Partner for US Commercial serves as a strategic co-architect of the business, partnering with senior leaders to shape and execute workforce, talent, and organizational strategies. This role drives organizational performance, transformation and future readiness by integrating business strategy with people, structure and capability decisions, leveraging data, AI-driven insights and external market intelligence. You will continuously build and apply AI and data fluency to reshape how work, talent, and decisions are executed. You will provide strategic consultation to senior leaders in the newly created US Strategy, Platforms & Transformation (SPT) and Insights & Analytics (I&A) functions in the US Commercial business and partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders including P&O colleagues in COEs and the NOCCs(Novartis Operations Centers) that support the US business located in India, Mexico and Ireland to shape and execute on the business objectives.
About the Role
Novartis will not sponsor visas for this position.Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.This role is required to be in our East Hanover office 3x/week - #Hybrid.Key responsibilities:Strategic Business Partnership - Serve as a core member of the SPT and I&A leadership teams by shaping and challenging business strategy through workforce, talent, organizational, market, and data-driven insights, translating business priorities into actionable P&O strategies aligned with enterprise direction.Future Workforce & Capability Strategy - Lead strategic workforce planning to build future-critical capabilities and execute global build, buy, and borrow talent strategies aligned with business growth, product, data, and digital priorities.Organizational Design & Operating Model- Lead end-to-end organizational design and operating model evolution, translating structures, roles, governance, decision rights, and ways of working into improved business performance, workflows, talent movements, and performance mechanisms.Transformation & Change Leadership - Lead enterprise transformation initiatives by translating strategy into measurable, sustained change across structure, culture, and ways of working, while partnering with business leaders to navigate complexity, ambiguity, and resistance.Data, Digital & AI-Driven P&O - Operate as an AI-augmented P&O Business Partner by embedding AI, automation, advanced analytics, and P&O technology into workforce planning, talent decisions, org design, and enterprise initiatives to improve decision quality, transform workflows, enhance efficiency and experience, and advance human-AI workforce integration.Executive Coaching & Leadership Effectiveness - Act as a trusted advisor and constructive challenger, elevating leadership impact,Talent & Succession Strategy- Own critical talent identification, development, retention, and succession strategies to build strong leadership and capability pipelines while anticipating and mitigating talent risks in competitive and transformation contexts.Culture & Performance - Shape a high-performance, accountable, inclusive, and innovation-driven culture aligned to business objectives and Novartis values, enabling agility, execution excellence, employee empowerment, and ownership of outcomes across the business and P&O ecosystem.Systems Leadership & P&O Orchestration - Act as the single point of accountability for end-to-end P&O outcomes, orchestrating delivery across COEs, NOCCs, and external partners while ensuring quality, timeliness, business alignment, trusted relationships, and clear performance accountability across the P&O ecosystem.Essential CriteriaBachelor's degree with Advanced degree (MBA, MA/MS in HR, Organizational Development, Industrial Psychology or related field) preferred10+ years of progressive experience in HR / P&O / Talent roles with proven track record partnering with senior executives (VP/SVP level) with experience Executive Coaching and influencing without authorityExtensive experience in Strategic Workforce Planning with long-term workforce strategy aligned with business and market dynamicsOrganizational Design & Effectiveness - Proven ability to design and implement operating models at scaleDigital & AI Fluency - Strong understanding and experience with digital, automation, and AI-driven workforce transformation and advanced capability to leverage data for predictive insights and decision-makingExecutive Coaching -Proven ability to influence and coach senior leaders effectivelyFluency in English both written and verbal.Benefits & RewardsThe salary for this position is expected to range between $152,600 and $283400 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewardsWhy Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-cultureJoin our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-cultureBenefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally.Read our handbook (PDF 30 MB)
EEO Statement:The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.Accessibility & Reasonable AccommodationsThe Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call +1(877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
Division
People & Organization
Business Unit
General Management
Location
USA
State
New Jersey
Site
East Hanover
Company / Legal Entity
U014 (FCRS = US014) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Functional Area
Human Resources
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
Human Resources People & Organization USA
Job ID
REQ-10082179
Director, People & Organization (P&O) Business Partner - HR
Apply to Job
Job ID
REQ-10082179
Director, People & Organization (P&O) Business Partner - HR
Apply to Job
Novartis provides healthcare solutions that improve and extend people’s lives. We use science-based innovation to address some of society’s most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. Our company is focused on industry-leading divisions with innovation power and global scale: pharmaceuticals, eye care and generic medicines Novartis is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis Group companies employ approximately 120,000 associates and its products are available in more than 180 countries around the world.