Join us at an exciting time as part of the Global Talent & Development team at AstraZeneca.

We are in pursuit of our bold AstraZeneca Ambition 2030 strategy and are seeking a global leader to help build and inspire a purpose-led global practice. This role is pivotal in translating business strategy into talent & organisational effectiveness strategies and actions to help deliver on our mission to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines.

Accountabilities:

As the Global Head of Talent and Organisation Effectiveness, you will lead the overall Talent Management group, Organisation Effectiveness (OE) Practice, and the Talent & Organisation Effectiveness Directors. You will be responsible for maintaining, governing and optimizing cross-business area talent programs and practices to drive enterprise impact & efficiency. You will also be tasked with developing and driving an impactful talent and early talent development strategy, working with the business facing Talent & Development Directors to deploy the infrastructure globally for all team members at AZ to grow in each of the identified leadership attributes to achieve the AZ2025 stated strategic objectives.

Essential Skills/Experience to be successful in this role:

- Extensive experience of a Talent Development, Organization Development, top tier Management Consultancy or related Global HRBP/Large market HRD experience
- Experience of managing a team and proven track record of growing talent
- Experience managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Experience working in a multinational, multicultural and highly matrixed environment
- Proven track record of developing and implementing organizational effectiveness strategies and initiatives that drive business results and enhance employee engagement.
- Bachelor's degree in Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Leadership, Psychology, or related field

Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Thought leader in strategic talent and/or organisational effectiveness topics
- Experience managing large scale projects coordinating multiple stakeholders
- Energetic, forward-thinking, accountable and execution focused
- Familiar with talent intelligence and organisation strategic planning digital platforms & vendors
- Ability to translate business strategy into measurable development objectives
- Proven consultative ability and mindset to work with senior leaders and their teams to assess key skill gaps and design effective interventions to accelerate leadership potential

At AstraZeneca, we are a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients, every day. The fuel behind our evolving, rapidly growing enterprise, we're here to help unlock the power of what science can do and ultimately have a big impact on patients' lives. We offer our expertise, and leverage exciting new technology and digital innovations, to accelerate AstraZeneca's evolution. We do all of it strategically, looking ahead to the new challenges we'll face and improving the way the enterprise operates today.

Are you ready to help us accelerate towards our big purpose and impact patients? The work we do here is meaningful. Every action we take is focused on putting our patients first, and they add up to something bigger. We help AstraZeneca to run faster and better, powering everyone else to focus on what's important and work towards delivering life-changing medicines.

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