Site HR Lead
About the role
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.
As Site HR Lead, You will lead HR for our site in Hungary, partnering with local and regional leaders to create a people-focused workplace. You will deliver practical HR solutions across employee relations, talent, workforce planning and site-level change. We value clear thinking, good judgement and the ability to build strong, trusted relationships. This role offers visible impact, day-to-day problem solving, career growth and alignment with GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Further responsibilities:
- Act as the primary HR partner for the site, advising site leaders on people priorities, workforce planning and site performance.
- Lead employee relations work at site level, including case management, investigations and fair resolution aligned with local law and GSK policy.
- Design and deliver local talent activities such as succession planning, leadership development and retention actions.
- Partner with centres of expertise to implement reward, benefits, recruitment and onboarding solutions that meet local needs.
- Lead or support site change initiatives and organisational design work to improve effectiveness and capability.
- Use people data and insights to inform decisions, measure impact and propose practical improvements.
Scope and impact
- You will support colleagues across the site, working closely with site leadership, operations, and regional HR teams.
- Your work will shape employee experience, site capability and the local culture of inclusion.
- You will influence decisions that support safe, productive and engaged teams at the site.
Why You?
Working pattern: This role requires regular presence on site in Hungary and offers a hybrid arrangement, usually 1 day of HO per week in line with local agreements.
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Law or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of HR experience, including hands-on employee relations and HR business partnering.
- Practical experience in workforce planning, organisational design or site-level change.
- Good knowledge of Hungarian employment law and local HR practice.
- Strong stakeholder management and coaching skills with leaders and teams.
- Fluent English and Hungarian, spoken and written.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus
- Experience working in manufacturing, regulated environments or multi-site operations.
- Prior experience with unions, works councils or collective bargaining in Hungary.
- Experience using HR data analytics and digital HR tools to drive actions.
- Project management skills and experience delivering multi-stakeholder initiatives.
- Experience partnering with reward or talent COEs to design local solutions.
- Familiarity with global matrix organisations and working with regional or remote HR colleagues.
What we offer
- Annual bonus and annual salary review
- Group life and accident insurance package
- Voluntary pension fund contribution
- Health and wellbeing services
- Inclusive, diverse, and supportive company culture
- Company car
- Cafeteria package
- Permanent employment contract
- Paid parental leave and caregiver leave
What we value:
We seek people who are empathetic, direct and practical. You should communicate clearly, act with integrity and focus on fair outcomes. We welcome diverse perspectives and foster an environment where everyone can contribute. If you care about building positive employee experiences and making a real impact at site level, we would like to hear from you.
Skills
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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