Job Description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Human Resources

Job Sub Function:

HR Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Milano, Italy, Pomezia, Roma, Italy

We are looking for a new colleague to join our HR team and play a key role in supporting our EP/NV commercial organization across Italy.

The Italy HR Leader EP/NV is responsible for a number of EP/NV commercial across Italy, and will provide BUHR support to our Regional Office teams, in addition to project management for the entire team.

The HR Leader plays a pivotal role in translating regional people strategies into impactful local execution, aligned with business priorities. Acting as a trusted advisor to leadership teams, the role drives business outcomes through expert support in coaching, talent management, organizational design, change management, and strategic workforce planning. This position requires strong business partnering skills, a deep understanding of team dynamics, and the ability to influence and enable leadership to deliver results through people.

The role reports into the EP/NV HR Leader EMEA.

Primary Responsibilities:

60% BUHR for Italy

20% BUHR support to the BUHR Leader for Regional Office

20% Project Management across EP/NV HR

• Lead the development and execution of strategic HR initiatives that support both short- and long-term business objectives across the EP organization, including alignment with the broader EP/NV strategy.

• Provide comprehensive HR support to Business Units, encompassing workforce planning, organisational and job design, change management, coaching, succession planning, and talent development—with a strong emphasis on fostering innovation, collaboration, and capability building.

• Support the HR Lead for the Regional Office with these teams as required

• Partner closely with business leaders to cultivate diverse leadership pipelines and strengthen organisational capabilities across all levels.

• Deliver targeted coaching—both one-on-one and in group settings—to managers and employees, supporting leadership growth, effective decision-making, performance management, and people development.

• Identify and develop talent for critical roles and future leadership positions, championing an inclusive environment where diversity of thought and background drives high performance.

• Collaborate with senior leaders to embed a culture of excellence, customer centricity, growth, employee engagement, and accountability.

• Implement tailored HR solutions that are aligned with business strategy and responsive to evolving organisational needs. Partner with COE’s to bring in specialised support where needed.

• Act as a strategic advisor on employee communication and engagement initiatives, ensuring clarity, consistency, and impact across client groups.

• Lead and support change management efforts, including the successful integration of acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring activities—designing strategies that enable the organization to adapt and thrive through transformation.

• Drive the Talent Rhythm process and succession planning, with a focus on identifying, developing, and retaining diverse talent, while enhancing manager capability and readiness for future challenges.

Project management scope:

• Own and drive the EP/NV HR priority initiatives, ensuring clarity of scope, milestones, interdependencies, risks and delivery working with the entire HR team

• Shape meeting agendas, ensure the right topics and decisions are brought forward, and drive closure on actions post‑meeting.

• Take on ad‑hoc strategic projects, from early problem framing through to execution and delivery.

• Act as a connector across initiatives, ensuring work is not duplicated and insights are shared.

Qualifications:

• This position is based in Italy and will require travel between offices within Italy with limited travel to the other Countries

• Years of experience: 5+ years' professional experience required; minimum of 3 years of HR or HR related experience preferred

• Leadership Imperatives

  • Credo & Our Purpose demonstrate and role model Credo behaviors

  • Connect collaborate extensively with diverse teams to integrate HR solutions, balancing voice of local customer, external trends, short- and long term needs to achieve business goals

  • Shape identify creative and innovative ideas; challenge the status quo

  • Grow effectively lead, develop, and accelerate others; role model exceptional people leadership

• HR competencies

  • Strategy leader Create, shape, and apply meaningful strategies that meet long- and short-term goals

  • Talent mindset develop high performing, diverse, sustainable talent pools; expertise in talent management

  • Business mindset integrate internal and external business drivers and financial insights to drive talent outcomes for the business

  • Trusted partner effectively coach, influence, and advise

  • Integrator look across groups and needs to identify/build end-to-end, holistic solutions; role model enterprise mindset

  • Change advocate drive strategic change to proactively meet evolving business needs and explore new business models

  • Operational excellence Continuously drive enhanced effectiveness and efficiency of HR solutions

  • Analytics mindset identify and use data to inform decision making

  • Digital champion identify, use, and role model the use of technology to meet needs, and GenAI

Success Profile:

• A hands‑on executor and thinker, not just a coordinator.

• Comfortable moving between big‑picture strategy and operational detail

• Highly organised, resilient and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to produce clear, concise outputs

Required Skills:

Digital Solutions, Employee Relations, HR Business Partnership, Project Management, Talent Management

Preferred Skills:

Coaching, Consulting, Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, HR Strategic Management, Human Resources Consulting, Human Resources Law, Change Management, Interpersonal Influence, Organizational Change Management, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Technical Credibility

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

€56 100,00 - €96 945,00

Benefits:

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.