Novartis Hiring for Talent Acquisition Business Partner – Global Functions job in East Hanover Full Time

About the role
Location: This role will be based out of East Hanover, NJ.

21,000. That’s how many people Novartis hires globally every year.

We want curious, courageous, and collaborative people like you to join our inspiring environment. Here you’re given opportunities to make a genuine impact on our patient driven mission. Here you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

As a member of the Global Talent Acquisition organization, this position will be responsible for attracting and hiring top talent for all Novartis companies which it supports. This role will be functionally aligned with a focus on building functional depth and talent market knowledge for a particular function / skill. This role will ensure recruitment delivery for the business team it supports while managing customer expectations with a shared vision of impacting the quality of patient lives.

The Global Functions, Americas team is seeking a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to manage and drive appropriate sourcing, assessment, selection and pre-onboarding strategies for the client group supported by the role. This role will be focused on supporting senior level Finance, Corporate Affairs, Human Resources and/or Communications roles.

What you will be doing:

Strategy & Planning:
•Render business consulting by providing effective staffing solutions keeping in mind internal business context as well as external talent / market landscape
•Develop overall hiring strategy for open assigned headcounts
•Educate the Hiring Manager / interview panels on the recruiting process and help build their in-terview capabilities on an ongoing basis
•Lead and drive the hiring planning meeting and overall hiring process with Hiring Managers
•Conduct interviews & lead the debrief session

Process Management
•Accountable for the overall recruitment process to ensure recruitment delivery of the open position for client groups. Coordinate with Sourcers & Talent Acquisition admins to minimize process lags.
•Guide and work with Sourcer to implement the defined sourcing strategy to attract right talent for the roles. Focus on direct sourcing through low cost sourcing channels and reducing agency spend thus resulting in effective cost per hire
•Provide accurate documentation to facilitate offer and pre boarding processes including pre-employment background verification and pre-employment medicals
•Ensure best in class candidate experience throughout the hiring process by providing timely feedback / responses to candidates etc.

Data Management & Reporting
•Ensure data compliance within Applicant Tracking Tool (BrassRing / WorkDay).
•Ensure periodic hiring status reporting/ dashboards to business stakeholders, manage & deliver them in a timely and consistent basis

Monitoring & Control
•Ensure adherence to relevant geographic labor and employment laws as and when necessary
•Ensure adoption and adherence to Novartis HR practices and policies
•Ensure process and policy compliance as per Novartis TA guidelines
•Ensure compliant usage of all tools (social media, job boards, ATS, etc.)

People & Organization
•Support Sourcers & TA Admins to develop functional and TA operational depth and clearing roadblocks while executing if any
•Effectively collaborate with Human Resource Business Partners, hiring managers and other HR Centers Of Excellence ensuring a great stakeholder experience
•Being the Novartis brand ambassador to external market by responsibly dealing with candidates, vendors and external associates while showcasing Novartis Values and Behaviors to the core

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations: Individuals in need of a reasonable accommodation due to a medical condition or disability for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know the nature of your request, your contact information and the job requisition number in your message:

• Novartis: e-mail [email protected] or call +1 (877)395-2339
• Sandoz: e-mail [email protected] or call: +1-609-422-4098

Role Requirements
What you’ll bring to the role:

•Education: Bachelor’s Degree required; Human Resources discipline preferred
•Travel: as required (25%)

Required Experience:
•5+ years of experience in full life-cycle recruitment (agency or in-house), preferably within healthcare or pharma
•Proficient in talent recruitment and talent engagement tools and channels (i.e. social media/LinkedIn, application tracking software, events/conferences, etc.) and understanding and demonstrated capability to source passive candidate through these channels
•Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated proficiency in under-standing organizational culture and ability to establish relationships both externally and internally
•Self-directed and detail-oriented with a burning desire to consult with senior-level managers and stakeholders
•High energy, articulate and customer-service mindset, with the ability to be assertive as and when required

Desirable experience:
•Full-cycle recruitment experience in pharma/healthcare
•Experience working within global matrix organizations

Why Novartis:

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us!
Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people and culture

You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits rewards

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Join our Novartis Network:
If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here:
https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $102,400.00 and $153,600.00 per year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/24 through 12/31/24, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.