Major accountabilities:

• Manage end to end recruitment of all requisitions within scope including sourcing, screening, assessing and selection. Execute a consistent talent acquisition strategy for positions opened.
• Develop engaging relationships with hiring managers locally and regionally at all levels across International division and provide coaching and training in the end-to-end hiring funnel to enable co-ownership of the hiring agenda.
• Utilize a data-driven approach to optimize our efficiency, inform decision-making and enable more proactive planning of our workforce.
• Deliver a strong talent assessment process and rigor across all hiring teams that ultimately deliver the best talent. 
• Proactively share market and competitive intelligence to inform talent, business, and organizational design decisions with the Business & P&O colleagues.
• Manage and champion appropriate sourcing, assessment, selection and pre-on boarding strategies
• Partner with Sourcing Specialist to support current hiring requirements with specific focus on niche & business critical skill areas.
• Ensure timely updates to Applicant Tracking System (ATS) when there is an update to candidate status and ensure data compliance within systems and tools (ATS, social media, job boards, etc.) and adherence to relevant labor and employment laws

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ year experience in full-cycle recruitment either in an agency or in-house talent acquisition team with relevant experience in hiring commercial roles, preferably within pharma industry
• Ability to source talent through a number of fulfilment channels including LinkedIn.
• Exceptional assessment and interviewing skills, with a strong command of assessment and selection methodologies, instruments, and processes
• Ability to manage relationships locally and globally with Senior Leaders and partner with P&O peers to deliver a talent agenda
• Previous experience in driving a targeted D&I hiring agenda across a complex ecosystem.
• Expertise and understanding of the latest regional hiring trends with a focus on the pharmaceutical industry
• Effective and persuasive communicator with strong presentation, communication (both written and verbal), influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong project management and critical thinking skills with thorough attention to detail, with ability to navigate a complex and ambiguous environment

Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: http://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people and culture

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams 'representative of the patients and communities we serve. 

Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.