About the Role
The People Experience team is dedicated to creating an inclusive and amazing workplace by attracting top talent, supporting colleagues, and partnering with business leaders. This role is key to delivering and improving HR processes and programs through continuous improvement, technology, and coaching, ultimately fostering a culture of innovation and doing better for patients and healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Set People Experience business partnership objectives for, and manage, multiple partnership projects in support of Pfizer groups in Japan
- Work closely with leaders across People Experience teams, business, and other supporting functions to develop and execute the Human Resources strategy
- Create and drive labor relations strategy as well as tactical plans to foster a harmonious and productive employee relations environment
- Provide support with Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Restructurings
- Deploy Corporate-wide initiatives and Strategic site initiatives
- Ensure high standards of compliance to norms, policies, and procedures
- Drive execution of annual and daily processes and provide timely, effective coaching to managers on HR processes and programs
- Coach business leaders to build high-performing teams to ensure effectiveness and delivery of business objectives
- Provide leaders coaching on HR systems and processes, emphasizing manager self-sufficiency
- Play an advisory role in supporting leaders to anchor key initiatives in culture building, career and talent architecture, and capability transformation
- Cultivate a motivated, committed, and engaged business team that fosters innovation and professional development
- Stay current with innovative HR practices and best-in-class people and organization management
Requirements
- 5+ years of proven track record in HR practice with increasing responsibilities
- Experience leading organizations through significant change
- Experience creating and implementing standard HR processes
- Experience in Labor Relations and Talent Budget management
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in Japanese and English
- Advanced Microsoft Office suite skills and strong competence with common HR systems & tools, e.g. Workday, ADP, SAP etc.
- Strong stakeholder management and influence
- Proactively integrates generative AI tools such as Copilot, Claude into daily work to raise both speed and quality of output
- Applies structured prompt design to collaborate effectively with AI in elevating HR processes
- Completes company-designated AI certification programs, such as the AI Fluency Program
- Understands the ethics, data governance, and confidentiality considerations of AI use, and exercises sound risk-based judgment
- Demonstrates leadership by coaching teams and managers to raise organization-wide AI literacy
- Shows strong agility and a continuous learning mindset toward new AI tools and methods
Skills
- AI Capability
- Consultative capabilities
- Facilitation capabilities
- Engagement capabilities
- People management experience
- Know-how for HR platforms and technology
- Agility to learn HR platforms and technology
Location
- Japan
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Master's degree
About the Company
- Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
Equal Opportunity
- Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
