Director, Organization & Talent Partner Animal Health: Tech Solutions Manufacturing and Science & Technology

MSD

Boxmeer

Hybrid

EUR 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

3% year-end bonus

Annual bonus based on performance

25 vacation days

Pension scheme

On-site restaurant

Lyra Health wellbeing support

Prayer/meditation room

Job summary

MSD Animal Health in Boxmeer is seeking a Director, Organization & Talent Partner to shape the long‑term org and talent strategy for the AH manufacturing and science teams. You will lead workforce planning, succession and leadership development, and coach senior leaders to boost organizational effectiveness across regions.

The role collaborates with the AH HR team, guides in-country partners, and travels up to 25% regionally to align priorities with business needs.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in HR, business or related discipline is required.
Minimum of ten years of progressive HR or related business experience.
Experience advising and influencing senior leaders and leadership teams.
Experience in strategic workforce planning, organization design and development, talent and succession, and transformation.
Experience in Animal Health, pharmaceutical or life sciences is preferred.
Ability to travel up to 25% regionally.

Responsibilities

Translate business strategy into long-term organization and talent agenda.
Lead organization capability planning for future business directions.
Drive strategic workforce planning linked to transformation.
Enable talent development, including succession and leadership development.
Coach senior leaders to improve organizational effectiveness and talent decisions.
Support organizational and talent transformations and cross-functional collaboration.
Ensure partnerships deliver on strategy via HR operating model execution.
Connect priorities across divisions and countries with ETHR.
Understand local nuances when defining org and talent strategies.

Skills

Change Management

Compensation Program Design

Confidential Data Handling

Corporate Recruiting

HR Legal Compliance

HRIS

Human Resource Management

HR Technology

People Management

Prioritization

Strategic Planning

Succession Planning

Talent Acquisition

Talent Development

Talent Management

Workforce Planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business or a related discipline

Job description

Job Description: For our Animal Health location Boxmeer we are currently recruiting a Director, Organization & Talent Partner.

You role

The Director, Organization & Talent Partner (OTP), Animal Health Tech Solutions Manufacturing and, Science and Technology, serves as a strategic organization and talent advisor to AVP Tech Solution Manufacturing and VP of Science and Technology. The role architects the long‑term organization agenda for this AH area of business into a forward‑looking organization, workforce enablement, and talent strategy, helping ensure the supported organization has the structures, capabilities, leadership, talent pipelines and ways of working needed to deliver its priorities. The role uses data and insight to frame choices, leads organization and workforce initiatives within the assigned scope, and commissions the right expertise to bring strategy into execution.

The Director achieves impact through strategic consulting, subject‑matter expertise, influence, collaboration and effective orchestration of resources across the HR operating model. The role may provide project leadership, coaching, work direction or subject‑matter guidance to colleagues without formal people‑management accountability.

This role works in close collaboration across the Animal Health HR team, and guides and influences in‑country Enterprise Team HR partners throughout the multiples markets where GAHM has manufacturing operations to execute against the strategic plan.

Primary responsibilities

Understand, anticipate and translate business strategy into the long‑term organization and talent agenda.
Lead organization capability planning so structures, roles and capabilities are ready for where the business is going.
Drive strategic workforce planning linked to business direction and transformation.
Enable talent development strategy, including succession and leadership development for critical populations.
Coach senior leaders to improve organizational effectiveness, leadership impact and talent decisions.
Support transformational efforts from an organization and talent perspective.
Act as steward in organizational effectiveness, driving stronger collaboration across functions and clarity in interfaces, so priorities connect rather than compete. Leverage the HR operating model to bring strategy into execution
Be accountable for the strategy and execution of macro‑level organizational change and transformation and ensure the right partnerships are activated to deliver successful execution.
Continually engage with ETHR to provide ongoing context on business priorities and dynamics; strive to connect organization and talent priorities across divisions and countries.
Seek to understand local nuances and considerations when defining organization and talent strategy and execution plans.

Experience, capabilities and leadership characteristics

Business savviness: bring deep business understanding to translate strategy into differentiated organization, workforce and talent priorities .
Organization development and effectiveness: diagnose how well the organization is working and take action to close the gaps and strengthen effectiveness, using the OCP playbook and OD team resources.
Talent growth and senior‑leader coaching: anticipate talent and capability gaps in critical populations well before they become urgent, and shape the succession and development plans that close them.
Influence and executive communication: effectively frame and communicate complex or sensitive issues clearly and confidently to stakeholders and partners to ensure effective action is taken, ability to build a compelling case, frame complex or sensitive issues clearly and confidently, and align senior stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
Change catalyst leadership: drive the organizational and cultural shifts your strategy requires, championing new approaches and helping people move through resistance to get there.
Networking, partnerships: effectively navigate the organization, delivering through trusted partnerships across the HR Operating Model.
Systems Thinking: see the organization as a connected system — understand the interdependencies between businesses, functions and regions, and read data and signals across them to find the patterns that shape the org and talent agenda.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business or a related discipline required.
Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive HR or closely related business experience, including strategic HR partnership experience in a complex, global environment.
Demonstrated experience advising and influencing senior leaders and leadership teams.
Demonstrated experience in strategic workforce planning, organization capability planning, organization design and development, talent and succession, and transformation.
Experience supporting Animal Health, pharmaceutical, life sciences, manufacturing, commercial or other science‑based organization is preferred.
Proven ability to influence across organizational boundaries and commission work through a networked operating model.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, facilitation capability, business judgment and analytical capability.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English.
Ability to travel 25% throughout the region is required and infrequent travel to other regions is occasionally required.

We offer

A competitive salary, depending on your knowledge and experience.
A 3% year‑end bonus and an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
A minimum of 25 vacation days.
Travel expense reimbursement and a solid pension scheme.
A high‑quality company restaurant with daily fresh and healthy options.
Excellent accessibility: the train station is located directly at our main entrance and there is ample parking available.
A contribution towards your personal sports subscription to support your vitality.
A beautiful private park on site, ideal for a walk, break, or moment of relaxation.
Mental wellbeing support via Lyra Health for you and your family members.
Access to a dedicated prayer/meditation room.
Extensive career growth opportunities thanks to the size of the site and the presence of many disciplines and global departments represented in Boxmeer.
A workplace within an organization that continues to grow and evolve.

Required Skills