Senior Director, HR COEs - Global Talent Management

About the role

Viatris, a global healthcare company, is hiring a Senior Director for its HR COEs, Global Talent Management, based anywhere in Europe. The role is a key enterprise leader within the Talent COE, responsible for shaping and embedding a high-performance culture and leading enterprise-wide talent strategies. It covers the end-to-end development of talent solutions, from research and design through implementation and optimization, and works closely with HR Business Partners, People Solutions, HR Technology and analytics teams.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and embed a global high-performance culture by integrating performance management, accountability and engagement across the employee lifecycle
• Define the enterprise talent philosophy, standards, expectations and priorities, and advise HRBPs, Talent Partners and management
• Drive a digitally enabled, analytics-driven talent ecosystem, leveraging platforms such as Workday
• Lead global talent management practices: performance management and goal setting, talent review and calibration, succession and talent pools, career progression, skills and capabilities frameworks, reskilling and upskilling
• Partner with HRBPs to improve team and organizational performance, and enable HR Business Partner strategic talent focuses
• Define and oversee a global development strategy, succession processes for critical roles, and alignment with workforce planning

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree; advanced degree in HR, Business Administration, Organizational Development or Industrial/Organizational Psychology preferred; HR certification preferred
• Proven progressive HR leadership experience in large, global, matrixed organizations at Senior Director level
• Demonstrated success as an HRBP (COE preferred) and leading talent and organizational effectiveness solutions across geographies
• Experience in pharma, life sciences, healthcare or other regulated global industries strongly preferred

Required skills

• Strong system thinking, HR technology and analytical capability
• Workday experience is ideal
• Proven change leadership and the ability to influence without authority

What we offer

• Remote flexibility, with preference for candidates on the US East Coast or Europe
• Travel to various sites, including internationally, up to approximately 25% of time
• Competitive salary, benefits, career progression and work-life balance initiatives