Talent & Organizational Development Manager, HR

About the role

AstraZeneca is hiring a Talent & Organizational Development Manager for its Korea HR unit. This is a senior individual contributor and enterprise program lead who shapes and delivers Korea's integrated agenda on talent, culture, engagement and organizational capability. Reporting to the HR Director, the role partners with the Country Leadership Team, business leaders, HRBPs and regional/global Talent and OD teams to turn business strategy into practical, measurable people and organization interventions.

Key responsibilities

• Culture and organizational effectiveness: co-create a culture agenda aligned with AstraZeneca values and business priorities, lead culture and behavior-change initiatives, and advise leaders on organization development and change.
• Employee engagement and experience: own the employee listening strategy (Pulse and engagement surveys, focus groups, analysis, action planning) and partner with leaders and HRBPs to improve the employee experience.
• Organizational capability building: run capability diagnostics and workforce capability planning, design multi-year capability roadmaps and deliver blended learning, cohorts, mentoring, coaching and communities of practice.
• Talent, succession and leadership development: lead the annual talent review and succession planning, assess succession strength and pipeline diversity, and design development plans for high-potential and succession talent.
• Learning strategy and portfolio governance: manage the Korea learning and development portfolio, including vendor management, budget, quality and compliance.
• Global development and mobility: support Korea's participation in regional and global leadership, talent and mobility programs and enable career growth through cross-functional assignments and internal mobility.
• People analytics, program leadership and stakeholder partnership: integrate listening, talent, succession, learning and workforce data, lead cross-functional projects, act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and manage external partners and vendors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Psychology, Business Administration, Education or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience across talent management, OD, L&D, leadership development, culture, engagement, change management or related HR disciplines.
• Proven ownership of enterprise-level talent, culture, engagement or capability agendas in a complex multinational and matrix organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, employee listening and organizational effectiveness interventions.
• Business fluency in English and Korean.
• Desired: life sciences, technology or other highly regulated, knowledge-intensive sector experience; professional certification or advanced training in OD, coaching, change management, talent assessment, psychometrics, learning or project management; experience partnering with regional/global centers of excellence; experience with digital learning, people analytics, workforce insights and AI-enabled HR solutions.

Required skills

• Strong consulting, facilitation, project and program management, stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Ability to use people and program data to diagnose issues, shape recommendations, prioritize investment and evaluate impact.
• Strategic OD, culture and behavior change, talent review and succession, leadership development, assessment and development planning, program and portfolio leadership, people analytics and impact measurement, and matrix stakeholder and vendor management.