At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.
Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.
Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.
There hasn’t been a more exciting time than now to be part of the Global Talent & Organizational Effectiveness team. With the recent financial results, best in class drug pipeline, and the Ambition 2030 strategy launch, there is a strong emphasis on ensuring we build the best teams and diverse succession pipelines across AstraZeneca’s business units including the development of next generation leadership.
We are looking to appoint Global Talent & Organizational Effectiveness Directors to partner with Global Research & Development business units, leading the thought partnership and execution of the AZ Talent & OE Strategy.
The AZ Talent strategy will shape the way that we develop our early, mid and late-stage pipeline of talent through implementing cutting edge development methodology, behavioral assessments, stretch assignments and analytical insights to help our people thrive and realize their full potential. As our team invests in fulfilling this important mission, we’re looking for an amazing and committed individual to come join the team.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience within Talent Development, Organisation Development, or Strategic HR Business Partnering/large market HRD
• Ability to demonstrate working across a global matrix, and leading complex projects
• Experience consulting, facilitating, and presenting to groups and leaders at all organizational levels including exec level.
• Ability to effectively operate in an environment of constant change and able to work with ambiguity
• Strong analytical mind, creative and critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrate expertise and global operational HR experience, ideally in talent development or related activity.
• Business and commercial acumen (appreciation of the Commercial or R&D business environments) coupled with results orientation
• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills to create partnerships to implement change; consistently displays a readiness and willingness to share knowledge; is open to different perspectives and to building consensus
• Believes in and champions the AZ values and actively works to develop a culture of inclusion & diversity.
  

  LI-Hybrid

Great People want to Work with us! Find out why:

• GTAA Top Employer Award for 10 years
• Top 100 Employers Award
• Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture
• Learn more about working with us in Canada
• View our YouTube channel

Are you interested in working at AZ, apply today!
AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.

LI-Hybri

As Talent & Organizational Effectiveness Director for R&D business units you will lead, design, and deliver activities to accelerate the development of AstraZeneca high potential employees. A strategic business partner to functional area your key stakeholders will include the Senior Executive Teams (SET), Senior Leadership Teams, HR Leadership Teams/VP, & Senior HR Business Partners.
You will work with the business to understand and translate the key 0-3 year succession pipelines and talent/capability insights, leveraging and reviewing the outputs from the business unit strategic workforce plan and organizational health to lead, design, and deliver activities to accelerate the Business Critical Role (BCR) pipeline of talent and development of our high potential employees. This also includes working closely with the Talent Scouts and HRBP/VP’s to build external succession insights, ensuring we have an a full talent pipeline of ready now, ready later talent (internal & external) for all business-critical roles.
You will own the annual talent review cycle that informs the business unit and AZ enterprise succession plan, working in close collaboration with the HRVP & Senior Leadership Team to build and maintaining the plan, providing demographic analysis and insights into the progress and/or challenges versus the previous year. Through 1-1’s and talent engagement forums, you will build up a strong knowledge of the high potential candidates in your SET area, providing support with career coaching and development planning to accelerate their growth. Working collaboratively across other business units to support building a talent market place, you’ll take the lead in ensuring that the candidates in your business unit are discussed and given exposure to exciting cross functional stretch development opportunities.
As a key brand ambassador for the Talent & Development Centre of Expertise (CoE) you will provide insights and connections to all aspects of the CoE’s value proposition, consulting with the business and involving other members of the CoE to support and contribute to the business deliverables as required (Organizational health and effectiveness, Leadership Development etc). This includes championing the AZ 2030 Bold Ambition goal of building an agile organization and ensuring that we have a high potential pipeline of diverse future leaders to be grow the business.
Working with the Talent GPO & Strategy Lead, and the network of T&D Partners - you will contribute to the development of our global suite of talent and development offerings. Providing both SME and business insights into the design to ensure the voice of the customer is embedded into our CoE outputs. This also includes supporting the establishment and leading the delivery of the Business Unit area early talent programs role specific development centers’, and identifying candidates to participate in key enterprise events such as Rising Leaders.
You will contribute to building and maintaining the business area Talent dashboards and the measuring of ROI, along with the design, development or execution of global Talent & Development products as required.
Key success measures will be the engagement of our people.