Associate Director Leadership Development

Job ID REQ-10031013 Location: London, UK (Remote) or Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid) Summary Would you like to join our team as an Associate Director of Leadership Development? We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Leadership Development (LD)/Learning/Organization Development professional. This role requires a strategic mindset and pragmatic behaviors, valuing outcomes over process, to support analysis and planning of both clearly defined and ambiguous needs, adaptation to change, collaboration, and innovation. Become part of our Talent and Transformation team, where we strive to enhance the strength, depth, diversity, and impact of our senior leaders, deliver prioritized business improvement work which optimizes the “whole system” of the organization, and build a highly engaged, purpose-driven organization in which all our people are inspired and enabled to do their best work. Key Responsibilities Partner in the diagnosis and address complex leadership challenges at the enterprise or division level in service of embedding and building progress against a framework of leadership skill and expectations to drive company strategy and accelerate business transformation. Drive outcomes in consultative topic for the business, starting with a focus on leadership skill framework across various leadership subsets/populations. Identify key areas of intervention, collaborating with partners across talent management, leadership engagement, strategy, organizational development, DEI & Culture, learning, etc. Collaborate/Partner with talent assessment/management and data insights colleagues to apply talent management assessments, emerging data and trends and frameworks. Partner to deliver the development and implementation of high-quality enterprise-wide leadership development approaches. Work in an integrated and collaborative way with business leaders, their teams, HR, and other functional colleagues to address business and leadership development challenges. Support diagnosis of complex Leadership Development challenges and opportunities at the enterprise or division level. Partner to deliver outcome-focused Leadership Development design in co-creation with selected partners. Actively contribute to the collective capability development of LD as an active member of the LD and HR community. Minimum Requirements University degree in social science / psychology / organizational design / business degree or equivalent. MBA/MSc beneficial but not essential. Many years of leadership development experience, including complex intervention design at senior levels within an organization. Experience in large scale, complex leadership development/change management interventions or business improvement projects. Experience in program execution, program measurement and analytics, and delivery. Experience with executive engagement and facilitation, strong influencing ability through consulting, communication, and relationship building skills. Experience working in international and global project teams. Analytical and conceptual skills, combined with the ability to implement to business outcomes. Collaboration and networking with key partnering communities and other stakeholders. Life science industry expertise. Previous experience in management consulting or as HR/PO Business partner. Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting, and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? Join our Novartis Network: Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up. Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. #J-18808-Ljbffr