This is a temporary contractor opportunity at Novartis 

Novartis touches the lives of a tenth of the world’s population. Every role here, regardless of contract type, makes an impact on human life! 

This role is offered through Magnit Global, who, if selected, will be your employer. If your services are retained, you will be assigned to provide services to Novartis as the end client. This is not an offer of employment with Novartis. If you are selected for this Temporary/External opportunity, you will not be an employee of Novartis and will not be eligible for any Novartis employee benefits or incentives.

 Ready to work with/through Magnit at Novartis? Please read on…

Role Summary

Acts as a strategic advisor to the business, aligning workforce needs with tailored hiring strategies and serving as the primary point of contact for Hiring Managers. Leads recruitment delivery for senior hires and ensures high-quality, efficient execution through effective collaboration with recruitment delivery teams.

Key Accountabilities:

• Partner with the business to support workforce and demand planning, anticipating future talent needs
• Lead end-to-end recruitment for senior and complex roles within a defined business area
• Ensure quality, speed, and consistency across the hiring process
• Act as single point of contact for Hiring Managers, providing guidance on hiring decisions
• Steer recruitment delivery teams to ensure on-time, high-quality hiring outcomes
• Manage escalations and risks, particularly for high-volume or critical hiring

Key Responsibilities:

1. Business Partnering & Strategy

• Act as trusted advisor to Hiring Managers on hiring strategy and market insights
• Define role requirements, success profiles, and hiring approaches
• Provide data-led recommendations to optimise hiring outcomes
• Drive alignment on recruitment plans and priorities

2. Recruitment Execution (Senior & Strategic Hiring)

• Shape recruitment approach and define candidate selection criteria
• Lead candidate validation and screening for senior hires
• Act as primary point of contact for candidates during senior processes
• Drive offer decisions in partnership with Hiring Managers

3. Delivery Oversight & Collaboration

• Partner with recruitment delivery teams (e.g. sourcing, coordination, candidate management)
• Align reactive sourcing and proactive pipelining efforts
• Ensure consistent execution across screening, selection, and offer stages 
• Maintain accountability for quality, timelines, and candidate experience

4. Process Excellence & Governance

• Ensure adherence to recruitment processes, systems, and SLAs
• Monitor key performance indicators and drive continuous improvement
• Manage escalations and ensure resolution within agreed timelines
• Promote consistent, scalable, and compliant hiring practices

Experience & Skills:

• Significant experience in recruitment (agency or in-house)
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Commercial mindset with ability to translate business needs into hiring strategies
• Experience managing senior or complex hiring
• Data-driven approach to decision making
• Strong collaboration across multiple stakeholders and teams

Workload: 35 hours/week
Type: Hybrid
Required start date: June 2026
Contract: 3 months

Why Novartis: 
Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Accommodation: 
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Magnit at [email protected].