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Director Talent Scouting - International-June 2024
Nürnberg
Jun 19, 2025
ABOUT NOVARTIS
At Novartis, we’re reimagining medicine to improve people’s lives through innovative science and technology.
10,000+ employees
Biotechnology
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About Director Talent Scouting - International

  About the Role

  Nuremberg, Germany #LI-Hybrid

  About the Role:

  This role leads scouting for a subset of roles that matter the most, aligned with both the People & Organization (P&O) and Talent strategies. In addition to direct partnership with the business, critical for success is to stay tightly aligned with the members of the Talent & Transformation (T&T), Talent Management and Talent Acquisition Leadership Teams!

  Key Responsibilities:

  Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  Executive Advisory for Enterprise Value Roles (EVR):

  • Drives the pipelining strategy of internal & external talent for a subset of enterprise value roles and as input into talent reviews, with updates to business and People & Organization stakeholders

  • Builds relationships with and vet talent for a subset of enterprise value roles with high touch candidate experience, refine talent pipelines and leverage continuous candidate engagement opportunities. Foster more business leader-led engagement with prioritized talent

  • Leads executive recruiting for active Novartis Top Leader (NTL) roles in partnership with key interface partners, e.g., the respective Unit P&O / T&T Head, Chief T&T Officer, Head of Talent Management; Precision Talent & Executive Scouting and Rewards

  • Engages in the Global Scouting practice that comes together to build excellence to continuously improve the approach, streamline processes, selection and use of technology and data in the community of practice across the units / key markets.

  • Leverages a strong external network of leaders across industries to benchmark and future-proof Novartis' EVR successions

  • Promotes our highest standards in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), ensures that candidate pipelines and interview panels are balanced, and report outcomes periodically.

  Internal Partnership:

  • Understands key markets trends and disseminate external insights with relevant internal parties, especially talent insights, strategic workforce planning & organizational development

  • Role models the clear delineations between Precision Talent & Pipelining on the enterprise level, in the units, and to Talent Acquisition - that the business will understand

  • Drive the shared identity of precision talent & executive scouting within talent management, combining the former internally focused succession planning and externally focused scouting

  • Increase transparency of pipelines, considering confidentiality; smoothen practical handovers across teams

  Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

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

  Role Requirements

  Essential Requirements:

  • Bachelor degree required in business administration, social science, computer science, I/O psychology, behavioral economics, mathematics, or political science or related field, advanced degree (MBA / Master of Business Administration) preferred

  • Significant and relevant experience in strategic talent management or acquisition with proven measurable results in work with executives, preferably in a multinational corporation

  • Previous experience in pharmaceuticals / life sciences to understand the value chain and translate business strategy into differentiated talent plans for competitive advantage as well as in executive search or best in class inhouse talent acquisition or scouting team with executive search focus advantageous (Global level and across functions)

  • Strong stakeholder and relationship management, with highly professional internal and external networking, preferably with strong internal / external advocacy and sponsorship

  • Proven ability to navigate in a matrix environment and leading others without formal authority paired with a track record in executive search/recruiting at C-suite level

  • Proficiency in English (written and spoken)

  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:

  https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

  You'll receive:

  You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

  Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

  Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team's representative of the patients and communities we serve.

  Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability.

  Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:

  The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

  Join our Novartis Network:

  If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here:

  https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

  Division

  People & Organization

  Business Unit

  P&O CoE Talent & Transformation

  Location

  Germany

  Site

  Nuremberg

  Company / Legal Entity

  NBS GmbH

  Functional Area

  Human Resources

  Job Type

  Full Time

  Employment Type

  Regular

  Shift Work

  No

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