Head of HR, IM Canada & OneHR Leader

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical • Manufacturing
The Role

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Human Resources

Job Sub Function:

HR Business Partners

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

CA003 ON Toronto - 19 Green Belt Dr

Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for a Head of Human Resources, Innovative Medicine Canada & One HR Leader, based in Toronto, Canada.

Purpose:

The Head of HR, Innovative Medicine Canada & One HR Leader will provide strategic HR partnership to the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Commercial Leadership team, and the OneHR Leader for Canadian, and part of the Canadian President Council.

You will be responsible for:

Business Intimacy:

  • Create and deploy the HR agenda for the business, aligned with HR, business, and shared services strategies and ensure integration of HR priorities into business plans
  • Evaluate appropriate business, financial, or other drivers across multiple functional groups/countries/regions to inform HR solutions (e.g., track performance, diagnose capability gaps)
  • Develop a trusted partnership or coaching relationship with a leader either internally (e.g. business leader) or externally (e.g. non-profit leader) that enhances the leader’s impact

Building Organizational Capability:

  • Identify critical business capability needs and partner with business leaders to develop and execute appropriate strategies to strengthen the organization
  • Partner with a business and HR team to recommend a strategy that anticipates and addresses future changes in business conditions
  • Find innovative ways to use existing solutions and acquire resources to meet business needs

Driving Talent Agenda:

  • Identify and diagnose talent needs of the business through strong business and analytical acumen and effective analysis
  • Create and deploy talent strategy to attract, develop, reward, and retain talent, including robust succession-planned pipeline and critical capability building
  • Ensure meaningful engagement, development, energy, and effective performance of team talent needs to ensure market competitiveness

Culture and engagement:

  • Partner with business leaders to shape culture and employee engagement strategies guided by Our Credo, attrition and exit survey insights, predictive retention modeling, etc.
  • Drive culture of Our Credo, growth, collaboration, and inclusion within teams
  • As the OneHR country lead, will be responsible for Partnering across OneHR model on country-specific talent and organizational challenges and opportunities
  • Ensure execution of OneHR service delivery within Canada and serve as the HR point person for crisis management activities in-country; establish strong partnership with the NA Corporate and Global Services team to ensure meeting the needs of the Canadian Business
  • Identify local regulatory and/or legal requirements with OneHR local team and partner with them to ensure that needs particular to the country/cluster are being met
  • Identify country/cluster-specific implications of global policies/programs, and convene mission-critical OneHR resources

Qualifications / Requirements:

  • Minimum of 8+ years professional experience required; 5 years of HR or HR related experience preferred, and 3+ years leading a team
  • Must be an enthusiastic leader with a proven commitment to building a positive work environment required.
  • Ability to understand and integrate internal and external business drivers and financial metrics to drive talent outcomes for the business is required.
  • Experience with innovative change efforts, including developing and implementing detailed change management plans is required.
  • Experience supporting multiple business functions and working in various industries, preferably within large, complex organizations is preferred.
  • Experience of driving strategic change to meet changing business needs, and exploring new business models is required.
  • Experience managing, planning and implementing projects and business support initiatives is required.
  • Must have relationship management, coaching and collaboration skills required.
  • Influence, shaping solutions, negotiation and partnership skills are required.
  • Experience using data to influence senior business leaders required
  • Must embody strong interpersonal, consultative and facilitation skills required.
  • This position will be located in Toronto, Canada and require 10% travel.

Johnson & Johnson Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Johnson & Johnson and has not been reviewed or approved by Johnson & Johnson.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is characterized as comprehensive across medical, dental, and vision, with added supports like onsite clinics, fitness centers, and Employee Assistance resources. Mental-health services and wellbeing reimbursements are also described as meaningful components of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support Retirement offerings are portrayed as a major differentiator, combining a 401(k) with employer matching and an employer-funded pension plan. Stock options and other long-term financial supports are also positioned as part of the broader rewards mix.
  • Parental & Family Support Family-related benefits are presented as notably strong, including paid parental leave for all new parents and additional leave types for caregiving and bereavement. Financial assistance for adoption, fertility treatment, and surrogacy is highlighted as a significant support.

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Year Founded: 1886

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