Talent Management

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Are you ready to be a part of a dynamic and strategic team that adopts accountability and focuses on impactful work? As a Talent Management & Development (T&D) Partner at AstraZeneca, you will be responsible for owning the strategy for embedding T&D initiatives into the Canadian Market across the enterprise, as well as creating the talent management strategy for OneAZ,

**You will be responsible for**:
**Talent Development**
- You will be responsible for the talent development strategy for the Canadian market place, maximising the global Centre of Excellence (COE) programs and ensuring alignment with the Canadian results
- You will develop strong and productive partnerships with local HR teams and global Learning and Development teams.
- You will act as T&D SME in the design, implementation, and execution of global and area-specific T&D and Talent Strategy interventions, and coordinate and upskill the business area T&D and L&D Community
- team effectiveness and organizational development and Talent engagements.

**Talent Management**
- You will be responsible for the Talent Review process for the BBU which will include preparing initial content and data, documenting outcomes in centralized systems, and collaborating with the Talent Acquisition CoE to build external and internal succession insights.
- You will own the strategy for a OneAZ view on talent management, to ensure we are leveraging the amazing opportunities we have as a market
- You will also co-design targeted interventions with the HR team and T&D Director, providing insights and connections from your business area to the T&D COE.

**You will need to have**:

- Proven ability to think critically and innovatively to drive new and different outcomes
- Demonstrated experience leading complex projects
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in talent management, learning and development, organization development and/or HR Business partnering
- Action-based and comfortable working with senior executive leaders, HR areas and operating in a matrix environment
- Experience advising, facilitating and presenting to groups and leaders
- Ability to effectively operate in an environment of constant change and able to work with ambiguity
- Collaboration and influencing skills to create partnerships to implement change; consistently displays a readiness and willingness to share knowledge; seeks different perspectives
- Believe in and champion our values and actively strive to develop a culture of inclusion and diversity
- Demonstrated analytical mind, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Written and spoken proficiency in English

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