HR Director Innovative Medicine Brasil

7600-Johnson& Johnson do Brasil Industria e Comercio de Produtos para Saude Ltda Legal Entity; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodations available

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking an HR Director in Sao Paulo to lead strategic talent initiatives, partnering with senior leaders to shape workforce solutions and organizational effectiveness. The role focuses on shaping leadership, culture, and capability building within Innovative Medicine Brasil and beyond.

The position emphasizes transformation, risk management, and the integration of AI-enabled approaches to improve outcomes and employee experience across a complex matrix.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree preferred.
• Progressive HR or business leadership experience, including senior-level HR business partnership and change leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders in a global, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute the talent agenda aligning business priorities with organizational design and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead organization and operating model choices enabling growth, innovation, and disciplined execution.
• Strengthen culture, accountability, engagement, and organizational health through Credo-based actions.
• Build and execute integrated talent strategies across succession, leadership readiness, retention, and capability building.
• Advance future-ready workforce practices including skills-based planning and AI fluency.
• Provide senior leaders with clear talent insights to drive better business decisions.

Skills

AI Judgement

Leadership

Talent Management

HR Strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/. Our Credo calls on us to respect the dignity of every individual and create an environment for all people to thrive.

Job Function: Human Resources

Job Sub Function: HR Business Partners

Job Category: Professional

All Job Posting Locations: São Paulo, Brazil

Job Description

We are searching for the best talent for an HR director in Sao Paulo. This is an opportunity for a strategic HR leader who is energized by enterprise impact, senior leadership partnership, transformation, and the chance to shape how Johnson & Johnson attracts, develops, and enables talent for the future. Influence business and organization strategy through workforce insights, organizational effectiveness, talent risk, and external market perspective. Shape high-impact people strategies that enable leadership, culture, capability building, transformation, and responsible AI-enabled ways of working. Partner across OneHR to deliver integrated solutions that improve business outcomes and the employee experience.

Key responsibilities

• Organization strategy and culture Set and execute the talent agenda for Innovative Medicine Brasil, connecting business priorities to organization design, workforce strategy, culture, and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead organization and operating model choices within assigned scope that enable growth, innovation, transformation, and disciplined execution across a complex matrix.
• Strengthen culture, inclusion, accountability, engagement, and organizational health through leader-owned actions grounded in Our Credo.
• Talent strategy and future of work Build and execute integrated talent strategies across succession, critical roles, leadership readiness, retention, capability building, and pipeline health.
• Advance future‑ready workforce practices, including skills-based planning, internal mobility, digital capability, and AI fluency.
• Equip senior leaders with clear talent insights and narratives that drive better decisions in business reviews, talent forums, and succession discussions.
• Transformation and change leadership Lead the people, organization, and culture strategy for business and enterprise transformations within assigned scope, ensuring clear sponsorship, adoption, and sustainable outcomes.
• Anticipate workforce, leadership, and change risks, then guide leaders through ambiguity with practical plans and disciplined execution.
• Use meaningful measures, including adoption, engagement, retention, capability growth, and business indicators, to assess transformation effectiveness.
• Executive partnership and leadership effectiveness Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on business, organization, talent, culture, workforce, and leadership decisions.
• Coach senior leaders and teams to strengthen decision quality, accountability, enterprise thinking, and team effectiveness.
• Bring the full OneHR ecosystem together to solve complex challenges and deliver simple, integrated, high‑impact solutions.
• Digital, AI, and insight enablement Use data, analytics, external insights, and AI‑enabled tools to strengthen decision quality, productivity, communication, and employee experience.
• Identify opportunities to simplify work, improve organization effectiveness, and responsibly test new ways of working.
• Model responsible AI practices, including human oversight, data privacy, ethical judgment, and compliance with company policies.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree is preferred.
• Progressive HR or business leadership experience, including senior-level HR business partnership, organization effectiveness, talent strategy, transformation, or related leadership experience.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, translate business strategy into people outcomes, and operate effectively in a global, matrixed, regulated environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in organization design, workforce planning, succession, leadership effectiveness, culture, capability building, and change leadership within assigned scope.
• Strong analytical, business, and storytelling capability, with comfort using data, external insights, digital tools, and AI‑enabled ways of working to inform decisions.

Preferred leadership attributes

• Curiosity and continuous learning, challenging existing approaches and exploring new ways to create value
• Resilience in navigating ambiguity, adapting to change and remaining effective through continuous transformation
• Strategic Agility by connecting HR work to business outcomes, anticipating future needs, and translating strategy into action.
• AI Leadership using AI, digital tools, data and human‑AI collaboration to improve outcomes, redesign work, and deliver value.

Required Skills

AI Judgement Integration, Business Alignment, Coaching, Consulting, Cross‑Functional Collaboration, Employee Retention, HR Business Partnership, HR Strategic Management, HR Trends, Human Resources Consulting, Human Resources Law, Interpersonal Influence, Labor Relations, Mentorship, Organizational Change Management, Problem Solving, Succession Planning, Tactical Planning, Talent Management, Technical Credibility

Preferred Skills

AI Judgement Integration, Business Alignment, Coaching, Consulting, Cross‑Functional Collaboration, Employee Retention, HR Business Partnership, HR Strategic Management, HR Trends, Human Resources Consulting, Human Resources Law, Interpersonal Influence, Labor Relations, Mentorship, Organizational Change Management, Problem Solving, Succession Planning, Tactical Planning, Talent Management, Technical Credibility

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