Global HR Solutions Manager, Commercial

AstraZeneca • Gaithersburg, MD

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global HR Solutions Manager leads a multi‑region team of HR Solutions Partners to deliver high‑quality, consistent, business‑centric HR across assigned SET areas. Sitting at the intersection of strategy and execution, the role translates the Global HR Solutions Director’s vision and HRVPs’ people strategies into operational plans, overseeing HR processes, organizational change, and workforce solutions that drive performance.
They ensure excellent execution of annual people cycles and enterprise projects, embed consistent standards, drive continuous improvement, and champion digital and AI‑enabled ways of working. The role owns SET‑level delivery of key HR processes and works with the Director to evolve the operating model and strengthen collaboration with HRBPs, HR Services, and CoEs.
This role reports to the Global HR Solutions Director, partners with the VP HR OBU and SVP HR CoEs Lead & HRVP BBU and Japan, and leads 6 Solution Partners.
This is a developmental stretch role offering exposure to complex organizational dynamics, senior stakeholders, and enterprise change. You will build deep business intimacy across SET areas, strengthen HR judgment through hands‑on workforce challenges, and accelerate capabilities in digital enablement, AI driven insights, organizational change, and advanced talent practices—preparing you for senior HR leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• 10 years of human resources experience
• Proven leadership of HR teams across multiple geographies and/or SET areas.
• Strong coaching capability; able to develop talent and uplift capability.
• Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong commercial and organizational understanding of multiple SET areas and their workforce needs
• Ability to interpret business strategy and translate into HR delivery requirements
• Broad HR expertise with differentiated knowledge in one or more areas
• Strong analytical, problem solving and digital fluency.
• Experience of leading business change or organisation effectiveness initiatives.
• High personal resilience and the ability to lead through ambiguity and transformation.
• Experience interpreting AI generated insights or leading digital process transformations
• Experience working in global or highly matrixed organisations
• Enterprise first approach
• Courage to challenge constructively
• Commitment to simplification and continuous improvement
• Collaborative, inclusive leadership
• High integrity and sound judgement
• Bias toward action and accountability

Nice To Haves

• People management experience
• Knowledge of SET specific business strategy and workforce dynamics
• Expertise in major HR processes (talent, PD/RPD, SWP, reward, organisation change)

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop Senior and Solutions Partners, setting clear expectations and improving judgement, autonomy and delivery. Build capability in workforce strategy, digital tools, AI adoption, organisational change and insights, creating a culture of accountability, growth and psychological safety.
• Partner closely with HRBPs to ensure HR Solutions delivers the operational, organizational and workforce activity that underpins business performance — allowing HRBPs to concentrate on higher value strategic priorities
• Use deep business knowledge to shape where the team focuses, how resources are deployed and how HR activity is sequenced. Synthesise insights, themes and risks to inform HRBP decision making and ensure Solutions work directly supports business performance.
• Lead all aspects of and quality assure organisational change and workforce projects delivered by Partners. Codesign and lead SET level or crossfunctional change, capability and workforce initiatives that strengthen organizational health and performance.
• Champion AI enabled insights, digital tools, workflow automation and modernised ways of working. Identify simplification opportunities and redesign processes to increase efficiency, reduce manual effort and enhance the Solutions operating model. Partner closely with HR Services on end to end improvements.
• Build trusted relationships with HRVPs, HRBPs, business leaders, HR Services and CoEs. Provide insight led guidance influencing decisions at a senior level and helping shape the broader HR agenda.
• Embed, refine, and evolve the HR Solutions operating model with the Global HR Solutions Director, steward the operating model, reinforce clear boundaries across HRBP, Solutions, HR Services and CoEs, ensuring work sits in the right place and that delivery is consistent, predictable and business centred across SET areas.
• Oversee the generation and interpretation of workforce insights, dashboards and AI enabled analytics. Build data literacy across the team and ensure insights drive action in talent, workforce planning and organizational decisions.
• Partner with the Director to shape the HR Solutions strategy, capability roadmap and transformation agenda. Pilot new tools, methods and ways of working, embedding continuous improvement and innovation that enhances the function’s value and impact

Benefits

• qualified retirement programs
• paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
• health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees