Head Enterprise Talent Review & Performance Management

Band

Level 7

Job Description Summary

Title: Head Enterprise Talent Review & Performance Management

Location: Basel Switzerland- #LI-Hybrid

Closing date for applications: 4th August 2025

About the role:

At Novartis talent review and performance management are more than just HR processesthey are strategic levers that shape the future of the organization. Aligning business priorities with employee growth journeys and personal aspirations we cultivate a high-performance culture foster meaningful development and build a resilient future-ready workforce.

As the Head of Enterprise Talent Review & Performance Management you will have the opportunity to oversee the design implementation and ongoing improvement of organization-wide talent and performance management strategies to maintain a consistent supply of talent and capabilities. How By integrating human-centered design and AI-based principles to support data-driven decision-making efficient experiences and actionable insights for both leaders and employees.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Research and propose strategy and methods for enterprise talent reviews.

• Maintaining enterprise talent definitions (e.g. critical roles hi potentials etc.) and evolves definitions overtime based on business need and in line with external best practice / research.

• Defines and manages end to end process is for annual enterprise talent review and succession planning including tools systems reporting insights and metrics.

• Coordinates other TM and P&O colleagues to ensure adherence to timelines and standards.

• Manages monthly updates to Executive Committee on enterprise critical roles / talent pipelines. Supports preparation of the annual talent review for the Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

• Research and propose strategy and methods for performance management.

• Maintains an enterprise approach to performance management and evolves approach over time based on business need and in line with external best practice / research.

• Manages the annual performance management cycle including global communications resources and nudges. Partners with rewards team to ensure alignment of timelines and communications.

• Responsible for capability building for P&O colleagues and end users of the processes.

• Conducts annual post-cycle reviews to identify opportunities for process improvement.

• Works with PTDI to define data standards for both processes and derive insights including partnering with Rewards and PTDI to understand linkages between talent and Rewards and improve talent differentiation.

• Applies Human-Centered Design principles and an AI first approach to all the above.

• Coach develop and lead 2 direct reports.

Essential Requirements:

• Talent Management Expertise: Understanding of enterprise talent reviews succession planning and performance management frameworks including evolving definitions like critical roles and high potentials.

• Stakeholder engagement and communication: Proven experience in engaging senior leaders. (e.g. ECN Board of Directors) on complex and sensitive topics. Experience of engaging P&O colleagues and end users through clear communication capability building and change enablement.

• Data fluency and insight generation: Comfortable working with talent data systems and metrics; able to derive insights and partner with analytics teams(e.g. PTDI Rewards) To inform decisions and improve talent differentiation.

• Human-Centred Design and AI-First thinking: Applies design thinking and leverages AI tools to enhance user experience scalability and relevance of talent performance processes. Experience in global and local business partnering roles as an end user of such processes is preferred.

• Strategic process design: Ability to architect and continuously improve end-to-end processes ensuring alignment with business needs and external best practises.

• Project and programme management: Strong execution orientation with the ability to manage complex cross functional cycles (e.g. annual reviews ECN Updates) with precision and timelessness.

• Collaboration and influence: Works effectively across CoEs business units and external partners to align strategies share insights and drive enterprise-wide consistency.

• Continuous improvement mindset: Conducts post-cycle reviews identifies pain points and implements enhancements to ensure processes remain agile and impactful.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

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

Accessibility and accommodation:

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process or in any order to receive more detailed information about essential functions of a position please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Skills Desired

Business Partnering Change Management Communication Skills Human Resources (HR) Leadership Leadership Development Operational Excellence Organizational Development (OD) Performance Management Relationship Building Resilience Talent Management Waterfall Model