HR Business Partner

Job Purpose

The Pharma Commercial HRBP will partner with the business to effectively execute the people plan, leveraging their local context and expertise by delivering HR services in line with the agreed service proposition and service delivery model, fully leveraging their partnership with People Services team and across OneHR. The role will support Pharma Commercial or Pharma aligned “One Pharma” populations within a market or cluster, as a trusted partner to the business to drive impact in talent, leadership, culture and capability. The role is agile and flexible to support peaks in demand, project or initiatives. The role will support at director level of a business area or function and will align HR strategic and operational activity to the Pharma Commercial IPTc strategy, as it flows from the Area/Country HRBP.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Bachelors or master’s degree in Human Resource




• 5-7 years of experience in supporting a business unit or function, delivering on the HR agenda, translating business objectives into HR solutions through objectives, targets and metrics – delivering against demanding targets and meeting criteria of time, cost, quality and performance and providing the analysis and performance results of such solutions.




• A good understanding of various HR processes (Recruitment, Performance Management, Talent Management, Labour Law compliance etc.)

Key Responsibilities

• Be a trusted and agile HR partner to leaders to drive Pharma Commercial’s people agenda and deliver against IPTc priorities. Maintain a strong understanding of the Pharma Commercial business, IPTc strategy and GSK in the context of HR activity to improve business performance.




• Coach and develop line managers around HR policies, processes and ways of working to hold them accountable for employee’s experience and to enable teams and individuals to be most effective in their roles.




• Develop pragmatic solutions to address complex business issues and by interpreting local legislation, policies etc. and mitigating risk and utilizing wider OneHR Resources to support delivery




• Support driving best in class talent management and succession planning in their business area to build a high quality, diverse talent pipeline that enables business growth now and in the future.




• Coach and challenge leaders to increase diversity through recruitment and talent management.




• Lead initiatives that enable the organization to have the best leaders at all levels, with the right capabilities to motivate, focus, develop and care for the people and a culture of purpose and performance.




• Support line leaders in key employee lifecycle processes like hiring, performance and development, relocations etc, as well as business changes such as mergers/acquisition integrations, reorganizations, etc.




• Support key annual HR activity, i.e. the P&R process




• Partner with the ERC to resolve high risk ER issues and implement appropriate actions. Successfully manage and track progress of the area supported against key HR milestones, deliverables and metrics.




• Use digital, data and analytics tools and processes to gain forward looking insights to diagnose issues and inform execution of the people strategy.




• Diagnose and/or deliver change projects in line with the HR and business agenda.




• Be disciplined in reducing customization and champion our investment in new technology, regional hubs, standardized tools and processes within HR and with the business.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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