Senior Director, HR Business Partner Global Corporate Functions

Teva Pharmaceuticals; Haarlem; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Reward plans

Flexible working schedules

Tailored health support

Community/volunteer programs

Job summary

Teva Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Senior Director, HR Business Partner to act as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive leadership across Global Finance, Legal, HR, IT and Communications. You will shape integrated people strategies, drive transformation, and ensure alignment with Teva’s Pivot to Growth while maintaining a strong change-management discipline.

You will lead organizational design, leadership development, and succession planning in a complex global matrix, leveraging analytics

Qualifications

• Proven experience as HR business partner to senior leaders in global setups.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred for advanced roles.
• Strong in organizational design and workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership to shape people strategies for Global Finance, Legal, HR, IT, and Communications.
• Translate strategy into workforce, culture and leadership priorities with measurable outcomes.
• Advise on operating model, spans and layers, succession planning and leadership development.
• Lead major transformations including digital enablement and AI adoption with change management.
• Develop change strategies to drive adoption of new processes and structures.
• Use analytics to anticipate risks and inform decision-making.

Skills

Senior HRBP partnerships

C-suite partnering

Organizational design

Strategic workforce planning

Executive coaching

People analytics

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Workday

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

The Senior Director, HR Business Partner serves as the strategic people partner to the executive leaders of Global Finance, Global Legal, Global Human Resources, Global Information Technology and Global Communications/Corporate Affairs.

As a member of the respective leadership teams, this role shapes and executes integrated people strategies that enable Teva’s ‘Pivot to Growth’ strategy, strengthen organizational capabilities, accelerate transformation and deliver sustainable business performance.

The role is a trusted advisor on enterprise-critical people and organizational matters, bringing an informed understanding of the distinct talent markets, operating models, regulatory requirements and transformation agendas affecting these functions while creating alignment across them.

This position can be based in either our Offices in Haarlem (Netherlands) or Tel Aviv (Israel)

How You’ll Spend Your Day

• Serve as an active member of the supported functions’ leadership teams, contributing a people and organizational perspective to business strategy, operating plans, investment decisions and enterprise priorities.
• Translate enterprise and functional strategies into integrated workforce, organization, talent, culture and leadership priorities, with clear outcomes and measures of impact.
• Advise executives on organizational effectiveness, operating-model design, spans and layers, decision rights, leadership-team effectiveness and the people implications of business decisions.
• Sponsor succession planning, executive development and differentiated talent strategies for critical roles, senior leaders and high-potential talent, ensuring robust and diverse pipelines.
• Lead the people strategy for major transformations, including digital enablement, AI adoption, operating-model changes, restructuring, integrations and enterprise capability shifts.
• Develop and implement comprehensive change strategies that build sponsorship, engagement and adoption of new processes, technologies, organizational structures and ways of working.
• Use workforce insights, external trends and people analytics to identify organizational, talent, succession, culture and change risks, challenge assumptions and guide evidence-based decisions.
• Partner across HR Centers of Excellence, regional and country HR teams and business stakeholders to deliver integrated, scalable solutions, strengthen collaboration across Finance, Legal, HR, IT and Communications, and maintain clear accountability for business outcomes.

Your Skills And Experience

• Minimum 15 years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience in senior HR business partnering roles within complex, global organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
• Demonstrated experience partnering with C-suite executives and serving as a credible, constructive member of senior leadership teams.
• Strong expertise in organizational design, strategic workforce planning, executive succession, leadership effectiveness and large-scale transformation.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to connect people decisions to business performance, enterprise risk and value creation.
• Demonstrated ability to use people analytics, workforce insights and external trends to frame issues, test assumptions and influence executive decisions.
• Proven ability to navigate a complex global matrix, integrate perspectives and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Proven success leading organizational change and building alignment, commitment and accountability across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Executive presence, sound judgment and exceptional influencing, coaching, facilitation and relationship-management skills, with the discretion to manage confidential, legally sensitive and enterprise-critical matters.

Reporting to

Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

How We’ll Take Care Of You

At Teva, better health starts from within, and that includes you. From day one, you’ll be supported with benefits designed to help you thrive in and out of work. This includes generous annual leave, reward plans, flexible working schedules (dependent on role), access to tailored health support, and meaningful ways to give back to the community. When it comes to your career, you’ll be encouraged to explore, evolve, and shape your path. Twist, our one-stop shop for career development platform, gives you access to a wide range of possibilities, from learning programs and short-term projects to opportunities for internal growth. Here, you’ll be part of a culture that empowers you to reach your goals and prioritize your wellbeing every step of the way.

Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.