Global Human Resources Business Partner

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Parexel is seeking a strategic human resources leader to partner with several of our business units on a global scale. The Global Human Resources Business Partner will accelerate and drive sustainable, high value workforce strategies that deliver organizational performance for short and long-term success.

Identify opportunities and threats related to human capital and drive solutions that strengthen business unit competitive advantage and / or cost efficiency.

Act as the primary interface to SBU or Function senior leader and his / her leadership team.

• Analyze and define current organizational capabilities, identify shortfall, and build required organizational capabilities in line with business strategy
• Catalyze organizational design decisions via the use of frameworks, key concepts and expertise. Advise the business leaders on strategic and operational organizational design solutions
• Drive performance management both at an organizational and executive level, ensuring that target-setting, follow-up and corrective actions are taken in a timely manner
• Facilitate and coach business leaders to set aligned, stretching, and high quality targets for individuals and to drive the business to achieve consistent levels of performance assessment and reward
• Work with the Leadership team of the business to build and ensure they operate as an effective unit
• Deploy corporate organizational change management concepts and tools in the business unit, in order to build change capabilities in business and people leaders
• Act as a strategic linkage between the business and the COE’s in setting agenda’s and driving initiatives in support of Business objectives (e.

g. people matters, teambuilding, leadership development, change initiatives)

Monitor the SLA with the HR Operations group to ensure agreed levels of service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate strong, long term relationships with key decision-makers within the organization and develop deep knowledge of the business and HR’s role within it
• Partner with business leaders to maximize human capital value to achieve corporate and business objectives
• Develop, analyze and provide meaningful management information to the business to support the achievement of its goals
• Identify activities that link in with corporate HR strategy, develop key measures and track activity against plan
• Create, implement and manage HR strategic plan that supports the business’s achievements of its goals within timeframes and budget.

Works with business leadership to identify HR implications of those business objectives

• In conjunction with colleagues, conduct annual workforce planning discussions that include : Evaluation of Parexel (SBU) market demands and recruitment challengesCompetency requirementOrganizational design and gap strategiesHeadcount budgeting and staffing forecast process
• Facilitate improvement processes concerning team performance
• Partners with Centers of Excellence to design required interventions in support of SBU business
• Partners with Regional HR Operations to deliver required interventions and SBU specific initiatives
• Participates in Companywide process improvement efforts and cross-functional teams to ensure Parexel processes are streamlined and meet global expectations
• Champion and facilitate organizational change initiatives; understand the implications of change in terms of skills, processes and competencies
• Create HR metrics and accountabilities to align objectives and enable continuous organizational transformation
• Facilitate leadership transformation. Drive interventions to develop effective leaders
• Lead HR Due Diligence and integration activities for potential mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships
• Integrate Parexel’s Mission, Vision and Values into all activities to drive alignment and provide sufficient clarity to act as guidelines for decision making for managers.

Key Products / responsibilities

Mentor and develop Business Partners and in addition Operations Partners as agreed with Regional HR Team. Participate in professional development sessions or seminars.

Successful candidates will possess :

• Minimum of Bachelor degree with at least 10 years of related HR Management, Business Partnering / Organizational Development experience or equivalent.
• Gloabal experience is required
• Experience within the Life Sciences highly desirable
• Generalist background highly desirable
• Strong business acumen, with experience presenting to and influencing senior business leaders
• An analytical approach to problem solving, experience designing and project managing successful people programs
• Must be a highly motivated self-starter and be able to work with a minimum of supervision
• Must have ability to understand and develop effective HR and OD strategies while understanding the implications from a culture, business success, company practice and legal standpoint
• Ability to translate client business plans and goals into human resource capabilities
• Possesses strategic thinking and planning / facilitation ability, and flexibility to function in a fast paced and innovative environment
• Ability to provide leadership, work collaboratively, and consult effectively and independently with senior levels of the organization.

Occasional Travel, may include International travel

EEO Disclaimer

Parexel is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the US includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.