What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Business Partner, CVRM position at AstraZeneca?
Wilmington, DE
Human Resources
AstraZeneca has a bold ambition to be pioneers in science, lead in biopharmaceuticals, oncology, and rare diseases, and transform patient outcomes across the globe. In the US, AstraZeneca is on track to achieve our bold ambition of becoming the #1 biopharmaceutical company across all therapy areas. We have a team extraordinary people, attracting the best and brightest. We are committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging, amplifying employee voices through connection. We believe in lifelong learning, where our curiosity powers innovation. At AZ, you’ll be able to build your capabilities through world-class development and stretching projects.
The HR team creates conditions for our people to perform, grow, and engage, enabling the business to achieve its strategic ambition. Underlying our purpose is the belief that the success, health, safety and wellbeing of our people is critical for success. We achieve this through delivering our US BBU People Strategy. This is all underpinned by fostering an inclusive culture where diversity thrives, and we make choices that prioritize the employee experience.
As an HR Business Partner, you will provide strategic business partnering to the US BBU CVRM leadership team to deliver the talent and workforce priorities, leadership and functional capabilities, while accelerating career development, and the employee experience and engagement strategy.
What You'll Do
Strategic HR Planning and Execution
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Date Posted
02-Jun-2026
Closing Date
15-Jun-2026
Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
Human Resources
AstraZeneca has a bold ambition to be pioneers in science, lead in biopharmaceuticals, oncology, and rare diseases, and transform patient outcomes across the globe. In the US, AstraZeneca is on track to achieve our bold ambition of becoming the #1 biopharmaceutical company across all therapy areas. We have a team extraordinary people, attracting the best and brightest. We are committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging, amplifying employee voices through connection. We believe in lifelong learning, where our curiosity powers innovation. At AZ, you’ll be able to build your capabilities through world-class development and stretching projects.
The HR team creates conditions for our people to perform, grow, and engage, enabling the business to achieve its strategic ambition. Underlying our purpose is the belief that the success, health, safety and wellbeing of our people is critical for success. We achieve this through delivering our US BBU People Strategy. This is all underpinned by fostering an inclusive culture where diversity thrives, and we make choices that prioritize the employee experience.
As an HR Business Partner, you will provide strategic business partnering to the US BBU CVRM leadership team to deliver the talent and workforce priorities, leadership and functional capabilities, while accelerating career development, and the employee experience and engagement strategy.
What You'll Do
Strategic HR Planning and Execution
- Deliver the people strategy using commercial insights, financial acumen, and data analytics.
- Collaborate with HRBPs, Talent & Development and Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to develop and execute talent priorities.
- Create and implement strategies to retain critical talent and proactively address attrition risks.
- Partner with business leaders to understand objectives and provide strategic HR guidance.
- Act as a trusted advisor to management teams on people and culture.
- Stay informed on HR market trends and contribute innovative ideas to the organization.
- Lead the performance development cycle, including check-ins, development planning, and rewards.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and consult on effective recruiting, sourcing and onboarding strategies
- Partner with the Reward team to ensure competitive compensation, benefits and total rewards.
- Drive organizational and cultural changes to support company growth.
- Partner with the business to shape go to market models, brilliant launches, and realignment projects.
- Leverage HR dashboards & people analytics, to shape workforce strategy, enhance employee experience and drive organizational performance
- Support employee learning and development and promote a culture of continuous learning
- Advise and coach leaders on performance management best practices to drive high reward/high performance.
- Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion to develop a positive work environment.
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5 years of HR Partnering experience
- Successful coaching and influence with managers
- Cross functional collaboration and enterprise mind-set
- Ability to coach, challenge and advise business leaders to drive performance and achieve business goals.
- Demonstrated expertise in Talent Management and Succession Planning, Performance Management, and Organizational Change.
- Demonstrated experience in managing and supporting business change/optimizations effectively.
- Ability to manage complex HR projects through a complete life cycle, ensuring successful delivery.
- Proficiency in interpreting HR data and analytics to inform decision-making and strategy.
- High emotional intelligence with excellent listening, influencing, communication, and coaching abilities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, capable of conveying complex information clearly and concisely.
- Familiarity and literacy with AI and digital tools
- Demonstrate AZ Values in behaviors and everyday decisions
- Master's degree
- HR certification
- Experience in Reward, Employee Relations (ER), Learning & Development (L&D)
- Commercial/Health Services experience
- Commercial Financial and/or Scientific acumen
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Date Posted
02-Jun-2026
Closing Date
15-Jun-2026
Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.