Associate People Partner, Hyderabad

NOVARTIS; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis in Hyderabad is hiring an Associate People Partner to advise leaders on HR topics across the employee lifecycle and to drive DEI initiatives. The role focuses on policy expertise, change management, and partnering with local leadership to enable talent strategies in-country.

You will support onboarding, role evaluations, rewards, and analytics, ensure regulatory compliance, and contribute to country-level transformations in a fast-paced pharma environment.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of work experience in HR, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
• MBA in HR (full-time) is a must.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to leverage data/analytics for business insights.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-country policy expertise and educate leaders, managers and associates on HR topics across the employee lifecycle.
• Support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at all levels.
• Assist with onboarding design, role evaluations and data-driven decision making.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

HR policies

Education

MBA in HR (full-time)

Job description

Hi,

We are currently hiring for an Associate People Partner role with Novartis in Hyderabad.

About The Role:

Associate People Partner acts as an advisor offering in-country policy expertise and knowledge to support and educate leaders, managers and associates on all HR topics on the moments that matter. People Partners support all divisional customer groups in country enabling the delivery of lifecycle events, the employee value proposition, talent acquisition, talent management, learning, performance management, employee relations, rewards, pay and reporting. In addition, People Partners coordinate HR change initiatives at a country level by supporting Business Partners.

Key Requirements:

• Provide support and specific advice for operations on Employee Life Cycle Management. Support the implementation of rewards and incentives. Provide support for Organization Management implementation. Collaborates with first line managers. Support business ownership and accountability of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• Support and handle diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels, e.g., gender representation, LGBTI, pay equity. Support culture and implementation of corporate initiatives (e.g. Evolve, hybrid working) Guides people managers on role evaluations in line with local governance.
• Communicate full spectrum of inclusion & Psychological Safety. Support on design new hire onboarding initiatives. Support buy-in and utilization of data and analytics to identify risk and trends, and to apply these business insights to inform decisions and actions.
• Support DEI efforts and align with global or local initiatives / implementation. Support quality, effectiveness, efficiency and continuous improvement for HR People Partnering and related processes.
• Embraces customer feedback to understand the customer journey with moments that matter and drives continuous improvement. Implement enhancements and modification as necessary to meet both the business and customer needs.
• Ensure compliance with local equity / Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations -First point of escalation for all leaders and managers on their day-to-day HR topics, providing expert advice, guidance and support.
• Support the delivery of in-country transformations, consult and negotiate with local works council / unions, provide advice and guidance for managers through the local process, oversee associate notice / handover meetings and overall restructuring lifecycle.
• Support the execution of local implementation of large-scale organizational and day-to-day organizational structure changes, in line with country regulations / policies. Support alignment and harmonization of local regulations with HR Board; monitors compliance, risk management and review HR controls (as part of the NFCM framework) working with People Partner team.
• Manage internal movement offers and mobility. Contributes ideas and solutions to the HR network (Country Business Partners, Global Business Partners and Country HR Boards). Provide credible HR People Partnering to people leaders, manager and associates offering advice and guidance on the moments that matter. Provides coaching and counselling to Country HR Business Partners on local policies and processes.
• Seeks to establish strong relationships with cross-divisional HR community members to understand needs and challenges and drive continuous improvement. Support and coach leaders, manager and associates on all HR topics including promoting self-sufficiency in people processes. Support in country where there is no TAS presence.

Essential Requirements:

• 3 to 6 years of work experience in a HR environment, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
• MBA in HR is a must (full time)
• Strong stakeholder management, customer influence and influencing skills, capable to build relationships and work independently.
• Demonstrate ability to leverage data and analytics for business insights to inform business decisions evidenced through positive client feedback.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Regards,

Talent Acquisition | Novartis