HR Solutions Manager, Operations & IT

Accountabilities

• Lead, coach and develop Senior and Solutions Partners supporting Operations and IT, raising capability in organisational change execution, workforce planning, employee relations judgement, and digital ways of working. Build a culture of accountability, pace and delivery excellence.
• Build trusted relationships with HRVPs, HRBPs, business leaders, HR Services and CoEs, providing insight-led guidance that influences decisions at a senior level and helps shape the broader HR agenda.
• Use deep business intimacy to shape team focus, resource deployment and sequencing of HR activity, synthesising insights, themes and risks to inform HRBP decision-making and ensure work directly supports business outcomes.
• Oversee and quality‑assure organisational change and workforce initiatives, including restructures, capability shifts and role redesign. Co‑design and lead SET‑level change that strengthens operational effectiveness and technology delivery.
• Champion AI-enabled insights, digital tools, workflow automation and modernised ways of working; identify simplification opportunities and redesign processes to increase efficiency, reduce manual effort and enhance the HR Solutions operating model, partnering closely with HR Services on end-to-end improvements.
• Embed and evolve the HR Solutions operating model to work effectively, reinforcing effective working and hand‑offs across HRBPs, Solutions, HR Services and CoEs to ensure reliable, end‑to‑end delivery.
• Oversee the generation and use of workforce insights, ensuring data is practical, action‑oriented and supports decisions on talent deployment, productivity, succession and transformation impact in Operations and IT.
• Partner with the Global HR Solutions Director to shape strategy, capability and transformation priorities, piloting new tools and approaches that improve how HR supports operational excellence and technology‑enabled change.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Proven leadership of HR teams across multiple geographies and/or SET areas.
• Strong coaching capability; able to develop talent and uplift capability.
• Advanced stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Strong commercial and organisational understanding of multiple SET areas and their workforce needs.
• Ability to interpret business strategy and translate into HR delivery requirements.
• Broad HR expertise with differentiated knowledge in one or more subject areas.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and digital fluency.
• Expertise in major HR processes (talent, PD/RPD, SWP, reward, organisation change).
• Experience of leading business change or organisation effectiveness initiatives.
• High personal resilience and the ability to lead through ambiguity and transformation.
• Experience interpreting AI-generated insights or leading digital process transformations.
• Experience working in global or highly matrixed organisations
• Knowledge of SET-specific business strategy and workforce dynamics

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Enterprise-first approach.
• Courage to challenge constructively.
• Commitment to simplification and continuous improvement.
• Collaborative, inclusive leadership.
• High integrity and sound judgement.
• Bias toward action and accountability.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

AstraZeneca offers an environment where ambitious self-starters work at high speed on agile projects that shape how a global science-led enterprise operates. Integrated across the organisation, teams apply creativity, design thinking and data-driven decision-making to streamline processes, improve workforce planning and implement smarter ways of working that ultimately benefit patients’ lives. Colleagues are encouraged to think differently, challenge the status quo and take balanced risks, with permission to own ideas end-to-end and turn them into reality. Surrounded by high-performing, digitally savvy peers who both support and stretch each other, there is constant opportunity to learn new skills, explore different career directions and build an unrivalled reputation while seeing the direct link between daily work, accelerated business performance and real-world impact.

Ready to step into a pivotal HR leadership role that blends strategy with hands-on delivery and make a visible impact on our enterprise transformation? Apply now.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.