HR Business Partner Pharma

Job Title

HR Business Partner Pharma

Location

Verona - Hybrid (domestic relocation supported)

Employment Type

Permanent, full-time

Closing Date

24 luglio 2026 COB

Position Summary

An outstanding opportunity is available for a talented individual to join the Pharma Commercial team as an HR Business Partner. The role will support Pharma Commercial within the Italian market as a trusted partner to business leaders to drive impact in talent, leadership, culture and capability. The role is agile and flexible to support peaks in demand, projects or initiatives. The role will support VP and Director level leaders within Pharma Commercial and have a strong connection with the HR regional team.

Responsibilities

• Business Acumen: Apply knowledge and insights on the internal and external business environment in the context of HR activity to improve business performance.
• Leading and Delivering Change: Diagnose key opportunities for change and implement integrated solutions to help employees embrace change and achieve desired business outcomes.
• Organisational Design and Development: Partner with the business to identify opportunities to improve organisational effectiveness, including structure, jobs, work processes and informal interactions.
• Workforce and Strategic Capability Planning: Diagnose present and future capability gaps; develop workforce plans focused on key strategic capabilities.
• Culture Development: Translate the business agenda into the desired culture; coach leaders to develop engagement strategies.
• Talent Management and Succession Planning: Coach leaders to build and retain a strong talent pipeline and align succession planning with workforce strategy.
• HR Governance and Risk Management: Ensure risks are mitigated; partner with Employee Relations / Industrial Relations to resolve high‑risk issues.
• Reward and Retention Strategy: Work with reward experts to develop and deliver compensation plans that support business priorities and talent retention.
• HR Network: Collaborate with HR Embedded and People Services to implement the HR model with a patient‑first mindset.

Scope of Accountability

• Supports a headcount between 450 – 600.
• Supports a business unit revenue of 400 million to 500 million GBP.

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• Degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience across HR activities such as leadership development, talent management, workforce planning, performance management.
• Experience delivering transformational change projects and improving organisational effectiveness.
• Strong business acumen and track record of translating business objectives into solutions.
• Experience using data, analytics and AI to identify business insights.
• Experience recruiting, onboarding, coaching and counselling senior leaders.
• Willingness to pursue an international career.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Italian, both written and spoken.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Regional or global HR experience supporting multiple business areas and managing complex global change.
• Strong project management, continuous improvement and process excellence experience.
• Additional international experience.

Location and Working Pattern

Supports domestic relocation to Verona and offers a flexible hybrid working policy where applicable.

Benefits

• Permanent contract in an inclusive environment.
• Performance reward.
• Flexible benefits.
• Company healthcare plan.
• Integrative pension fund.
• Company car.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Tax assistance.
• Local nursery agreement.
• Free company canteen.

Equal Opportunity Employer

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.