People Partner Team Lead - Compliance, ER & Programs

Job Summary

In this role you lead the Country labor compliance & employee relations portfolio, internal & external compliance governance & audit, drive seamless HR process deployment and policy ownership of the harmonized People Partner processes and ways of working across the country or aligned business units, ensuring a high quality HR experience that meets Employee and stakeholder expectations, today and in the future.

Key Responsibilities

• HR Compliance and Statutory Controls: Deep functional understanding of the labor compliance at the country & state level covering all labor acts, demonstrated experience in engaging with the respective labor compliance departments and officers, representing the organization. Champion the compliance controls, risk management & mitigation, as well the governance mechanism to meet the internal & external audit / inspections, proactive partnership with the internal functions to stay complied.
• Employee Relations, ER Governance and Risk Management: Operate as ER counsel for the country P&O team, actively interface and engage with the legal counsel to drive and deploy the ER machinery and framework. Lead high-risk and executive ER escalations (e.g., sensitive misconduct allegations and potential retaliation risk) with clear stakeholder communication and disciplined case management.
• HR Processes/Initiatives/Programs Deployment: Expert and ownership in deploying HR processes as per the service catalog for the country, establish checks and balances to enhance the effectiveness, proactively assess and refine the SLA’s, interdependencies, and work with GPO’s to influence and shape the process changes.
• People Leadership and Community Building: Actively recruits capabilities for future success of the team and build a strong and motivated team by assuring development and personal growth is in line with talents and expectations. Drive simplification and continuous improvement within the team, using structured problem solving and agile ways of working.

Essential Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in HR partnering role/s, with minimum of 6-8 years in managing country labor compliance & ER for a large set up with multi-state operations.
• MBA or equivalent in Human Resources and or legal background is preferred.
• Experience as a strategic advisor to business driving HR priorities, enabling high quality talent, performance, and reward outcomes.
• Ability to partner with senior business leaders and HR peers to deliver the talent agenda, with strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.
• Recent experience in leading, coaching & mentoring diverse people partner/business partner teams.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in leveraging AI to simplify people processes, reduce duplication, and shift team capacity toward higher impact, value adding work.
• Experience in Global/ MNC and complex & matrixed organizations.

Why Novartis

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