Human Resources Director

IQVIA

. Operate as strategic individual contributor, with seat at the management team table.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeWayne • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $103,500 - $288,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Operate as strategic individual contributor, with seat at the management team table.
Focus on influencing and driving business results through value-add proven practices while soliciting innovative & creative-thinking.
Create significant impact through coaching of senior leaders and leveraging the HR Business Partner team which is led by a center of excellence design.
Influence and shape people practices and overall strategies for the US business unit as part of the regional business unit HR leadership team.
Use data and facts to inform current decisions and influence towards future outcomes.
Partner with HR specialist functions like Learning and Development, Compensation, Benefits and Talent Acquisition to solve business needs and ensure appropriate delivery.
Provide HR Partner with management coaching and counseling to business leaders and managers to effectively meet business line/region goals.
Design and lead implementation of solutions to enhance and grow the business, including organizational design and development, management and talent development, employee engagement initiatives along with others.
Lead activities and initiatives associated with change management involving reorganizations, mergers/acquisitions, onboarding and manager upskilling.
Ensure the communication of timely employee-related information to management teams as necessary.
Provide advice, guidance and direct support on all aspects related to people management to senior management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree with min 8 years experience as a generalist or combination of generalist and specialist experience
Experience partnering with senior/executive management teams
Excellent analytical problem-solving, judgment and decision-making skills in highly complex situations
Strong verbal and written communication skills and very good interpersonal skills, including expert coaching and counselling skills
Good computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications and HRIS applications
Knowledge of the pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare and/or related business industries desired
Sound knowledge of local and relevant employment legislation
The ideal candidate will bring experience of enabling AI-augmentation within an HR/talent organization
Experience of workforce, skills, talent planning and career paths would be preferred
Very effective persuasive influencing skills
Organization and project management skills
Excellent leadership skills
Excellent presentation skills
Strong ability to work in a matrix environment
Very high degree of discretion and confidentiality
Good attention to detail
Ability to establish and maintain network of effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health and welfare benefits
incentive plans
bonuses

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Hard Skills & Tools

HRIS applicationsorganizational designmanagement developmenttalent developmentemployee engagementchange managementdata analysisAI-augmentationworkforce planningskills planning

Soft Skills

analytical problem-solvingjudgmentdecision-makingverbal communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillscoaching skillscounseling skillspersuasive influencingproject management