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.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

Introduction to role

The HR Solutions Partner provides high quality, generalist HR partnership to managers, enabling effective leadership of their teams and delivery of business outcomes. This role delivers core HR processes with accuracy and consistency, resolves day to day workforce and ER matters, and delivers talent, learning, reward and workforce activities.

Acting as a trusted advisor, the HR Solutions Partner builds strong relationships with senior managers, offering coaching, policy guidance and practical support rooted in deep HR field knowledge. Using people insights and data, they highlight workforce risks and trends, support Strategic Workforce Planning and translate insights into actionable plans. With a focus on process simplification and digital optimisation, the role finds opportunities to improve how work gets done and supports the adoption of global HR tools, offerings and AI enabled processes.

The HR Solutions Partner plays a meaningful role in building capability through learning, inclusion and leadership development initiatives, driving team effectiveness and engagement at function level. Working closely with HRBPs, HR Services and CoEs, they ensure a seamless experience and connect managers to the right expertise at the right time, reporting to the Global HR Solutions Manager and partnering day to day with Global HR Business Partners.

Accountabilities

• Deliver generalist HR support to managers, providing policy interpretation, coaching and guidance on employment matters, workforce concerns, performance, attendance, reward and talent processes.
• Execute HR processes and annual people cycles (PD, RPD, reward cycles, talent forums, data submissions, performance processes) accurately, consistently and on time for their assigned business areas.
• Lead day‑to‑day operational HR activities, including resolving manager queries, supporting case navigation, and ensuring compliant, consistent application of HR frameworks.
• Manage ER cases that fall outside the risk‑based model, including coaching managers, identifying and managing risk and escalating appropriately to ER if risk profile increases.
• Deliver talent, reward and workforce activities, including: managing talent appointment / out‑of‑requisition offer process steps, preparing people insights for talent review and workforce planning
• Execute Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) activity business area, including gathering inputs, preparing data and actions, and partnering with the HRBP to operationalise plans.
• Provide accurate people data, insights and reporting to support decision‑making and highlight workforce risks, themes or trends.
• Find opportunities for process simplification and digital optimisation, proposing improvements and supporting deployment of new tools/AI‑enabled processes.
• Contextualise global CoE offerings (L&D, Inclusion & Diversity, Reward, Talent, Wellbeing) for their business area and support adoption.
• Deliver learning, inclusion & diversity and leadership development initiatives, translating enterprise offerings into meaningful plans for the function and coaching managers on capability uplift needs.
• Lead or facilitate team effectiveness interventions, culture discussions and engagement sessions below LT level
• Maintain strong cross‑HR collaboration, working closely with HRBPs, HR Services, CoEs and other Solutions colleagues to ensure seamless service and a “One HR” experience.
• Build business understanding and stakeholder relationships, becoming a trusted partner for senior managers and a reliable connector into HR.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Coaching & Manager Support: Able to coach managers on day‑to‑day workforce concerns.
• Advanced Stakeholder Management: Accomplished in managing and influencing senior leaders and HR leaders.
• HR Process & Policy Interpretation: Skilled at interpreting HR policy and guiding managers appropriately.
• Project Delivery & Execution: Capable of delivering defined HR projects and activities as part of a team.
• Stakeholder Communication & Relationship Building: Builds relationships quickly across the organisation and maintains strong communication.
• Advanced Digital, Data & Insights Capability: Differentiated skill in using digital platforms, optimising processes and generating data‑driven insights.
• Process Improvement: Identifies improvement opportunities and implements innovative enhancements.
• Workforce Insights: Skilled at generating, interpreting and presenting workforce insights to support decision‑making.
• HR Discipline Knowledge: Skilled in at least one HR discipline (ER, Reward, Talent, etc.).
• Learning Agility: Sharp learner with willingness to apply new knowledge; comfortable with ambiguity and pace.

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 the chance to join a high performing global team that powers the enterprise forward every day, applying entrepreneurial thinking, digital innovation and data driven insight to real business challenges while collaborating with bright minds who challenge, support and inspire one another to deliver meaningful impact for patients worldwide.

If this role excites you and you are ready to unleash your entrepreneurial spirit to move the needle, apply now!

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AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.

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