About the role

  • HR Business Partner at Novo Nordisk driving HR strategy and operational excellence in a collaborative environment. Focus on enhancing culture, employee relations, and organizational performance.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with HR Director to align People strategy with local objectives, ensuring its effective implementation.
  • Drive enhancements in HR policies, processes, and systems by staying updated on market trends and best practices.
  • Support recruitment, onboarding, development initiatives, succession planning, and diversity initiatives to enhance business performance.
  • Provide guidance to people leaders on HR matters such as performance management, employee relations and organization design that ensure we create and sustain a healthy workplace.
  • Design and implement culture, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion activities rooted in the NN Way, coach leaders to strengthen team engagement, performance and organisational health.
  • Anticipate and address barriers during organizational changes, fostering a supportive environment for employees.
  • Provide operational P&O support including employee records management, payroll coordination with external providers, benefits administration, HR reporting, budget follow‑up and other administrative tasks.

Requirements

  • Hold a Degree or Master’s in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
  • Have previous experience as an HR Generalist, Assistant HR Business Partner or similar process‑driven environment - experience in an international business is an advantage.
  • Fluent in English and Portuguese.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of Portuguese employment law, payroll processes and employee relations.
  • Be highly organised with strong attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple administrative processes (onboarding, termination, payroll inputs, personnel files) accurately.
  • Show strong communication, stakeholder management and coaching skills to support managers and employees effectively.
  • Be proactive in problem‑solving, adaptability to respond to changing demands and situations and discreet in handling confidential information.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements

Job title

HR Business Partner

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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