Vice President Global Talent Acquisition Partnering & Delivery

Would you like to contribute to Novo Nordisk’s success in bringing life-changing treatments to our patients? Do you have what it takes to drive and evolve Talent Acquisition recruitment operations globally and ensure that your teams deliver a lasting experience to every candidate and hiring manager?

If so, then you might be the person we are looking for to join the Global Talent Acquisition team at Novo Nordisk as our new Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition Partnering & Delivery.

The location of this role is preferably in Copenhagen, Denmark. Alternatively, it could be based in one of our European hubs - Warsaw, Madrid or London.

The position
As Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition Partnering & Delivery, you will oversee between 18,000-20,000 recruitments annually across all Novo Nordisk geographies and across the value chain. Your mission will be to ensure uninterrupted supply of talent to Novo Nordisk, while enabling scalability of the end-to-end hire process by implementing our global hire process standards and to deliver a great experience to our hiring managers and candidates. You will do this by continuously evolving the Global Talent Acquisition Partnering & Delivery organization towards our global operating model without compromising the well-being of your teams and the quality of our deliverables. You will embark on this journey together with a highly engaged and international team of 180+ TA professionals.

Anchored in our Global Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence, you will report to Isabella Rinder, Corporate Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition and will become part of the Global Talent Acquisition Leadership Team.

Your main responsibilities can be summarised as follows:

• Lead the Global Talent Acquisition Partnering & Delivery organisation in line with Novo Nordisk values, ensuring people engagement and development.
• Build strong partnership with the wider P&O organisation and other relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor the labour market developments to spot risks and opportunities and make necessary adjustments to ensure uninterrupted supply of talent to Novo Nordisk.
• Own strategic TA initiatives and operational KPIs, driving the necessary actions and helping the organisation to prioritise accordingly.
• Focus continuously on harmonization and improvement of hiring managers’ and candidates’ experiences across Novo Nordisk.
• Ensure compliance with recruitment policies, procedures, and legal requirements. 
• Ensure the optimal balance of capacity and right level of capabilities across Global Talent Acquisition Partnering & Delivery, while delivering on budgetary commitments.

Qualifications

• Solid people leadership experience with responsibility at global or multiple regional levels, including leading leaders.
• Ability to skilfully drive change, while safeguarding engagement and psychological safety.
• Proven track record of driving TA transformation at a cross regional scale and ensuring operational excellence.
• Ability to develop and implement effective talent acquisition strategies that align with business needs and objectives, taking into consideration external labour market trends, talent availability and competitor landscape.
• Track record of successfully managing a complex global stakeholder landscape.
• Experience managing complex budgets and implementation of cost efficient and scalable recruitment practices.

About the department

The Global Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence is responsible for the global recruitment operations, executive recruiting, employer branding, onboarding, and early talent initiatives at Novo Nordisk. We are trusted partners for the business as we serve leaders across the world in support of Novo Nordisk’s growth. We are an international team of TA professionals committed to delivering a best-in-class experience for candidates and hiring managers.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear, and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 63,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact

For more information, please contact Alejandra Rois, Director, Global TA Strategy & Execution at [email protected].

Deadline

Apply before 19th July 2024

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.