Business Title Lead Regional Generalist, Human Resources
Requisition ID 18974BR
Job Category Human Resources
Locations USA - Princeton, NJ
Shift 1
Job Posting Take your Human Resources career to the next level – at COVANCE
HR Professionals - This is your chance to prove yourself as a Leader and Change Agent!
Lead the East US Generalist Team.
At Covance, you can make a difference by helping to deliver life-saving and life-enhancing medicines to people around the world. Our commitment to this mission has resulted in Covance’s impressive history of company stability and growth. We’ve achieved these results by fostering a work environment that encourages, develops and leverages our team’s capabilities.
What makes an HR position at Covance stand out from others? Here you will be a valued business partner, an integral part of continuing Covance’s impressive growth. You will be involved in business strategy, not just tactical implementation. You will learn from the best and the brightest in both the business and human resources fields, and experience potential for career growth that you won’t find elsewhere.
As the Lead Regional Generalist, Human Resources you will be responsible for managing a team of regional Human Resources Generalists to deliver HR processes and programs to our strategic business units for the Eastern North America Region.
Challenging and fast-paced…if you are ready to take your HR career to the next level and BEYOND we want to hear from you. General responsibilities of this role include:
Leading a team of 10 generalists to ensure the continuous improvement of unit manager capability and talent
Ensuring the execution of Covance's culture shaping initiatives and compelling offer plans
Consultation and Delivery of the HR strategy
Successfully driving HR process and programs to the business unit level
Ensuring consistent handling of employee relations issues that arise
Interpreting policies and resolve issues within the Covance and local legislative frameworks
At Covance, we help make the miracles of medicine a reality. We offer opportunities to work on diverse, challenging projects with bright, interesting colleagues while building a flexible and rewarding career.
Covance is committed to diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. (M/F/D/V). Your confidentiality and privacy are important to us.
Education/Qualifications To be considered, your background should exhibit:
Extensive broad-based, corporate HR experience in an organization of 10,000+ employees
Proven management experience, particularly managing managers in a virtual environment
Well rounded experience in a generalist role within the region, including knowledge of state and local laws
Experience working within an HR rotational program or a Center of Excellence environment is highly desirable
Must be an influential Project Manager and people leader
Excellent client service focus demonstrating change management and culture shaping
BS/BA in Human Resources or a related field is required; Masters degree preferred
Experience in Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology is preferred
PHR/SPHR certification is preferred