Danaher Corporation is a leading science and technology company committed to continuous improvement and innovation. They are seeking a Senior Director, Human Resources Business Partner - Corporate to provide strategic people solutions and lead initiatives in organization design, talent planning, and performance management. This role serves as a primary HR partner for corporate executive business partners and includes responsibilities such as talent acquisition and performance management execution.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders on talent and organizational design challenges, including supporting enterprise-wide transformation initiatives spanning across the enabling functions such as supporting the Pipeline Growth Process, succession planning for critical roles, and leading talent review sessions
- Partner with client groups and Talent Acquisition to acquire diverse and skilled talent for assigned client groups and effectively immerse new talent into the business
- Drive successful execution of the performance management process within assigned client groups including leading performance calibration sessions, coaching leaders on tough conversations, and creating performance improvement plans and development plans for senior-level clients ensuring adequate engagement for all parties involved
- Collaborate with clients on internal movement decisions; transfers, promotions, and job enhancements and ensure decisions are aligned with talent and skill gaps, development plans, and career pathing while ensuring movement aligns with company leveling guides and policy
- Report on assigned KPIs including headcount management and utilize PSP or other DBS tools as needed to identify and implement root cause countermeasures when not hitting targets
Requirements:
- Bachelor's in Human Resources, Organization Design, Organization Development or related field with 10+ years of HR Experience OR Master's with 7+ years of Human Resources Experience, including a minimum 5 years prior experience as an HR Business Partner supporting senior executives
- Experience supporting and influencing C-Suite leaders through solid HR best practices by evaluating functional efficiency and troubleshooting gaps and issues in RACI matrices across large organizations
- Demonstrated accomplishments leading highly visible teams and projects, receiving hard feedback, pivoting quickly and delivering results
- Reputation for being scrappy, thinking creatively and critically, and successful building structure in ambiguity
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional, global initiatives, processes, or projects particularly with global stakeholders with a strong understanding of risks across geographies to complete strategic tasks
- Sophisticated and demonstrated skills in strategic thinking, influencing, negotiating, coaching, consulting, business acumen, written and oral communication, project management and emotional intelligence
- Orientation to results, continuous improvement, and customer service with a high sense of urgency
- Ability to travel – 20% domestically and internationally per business needs
- Understanding both the implications and opportunities that exist within enabling functions of an evolving organization
- Experience leading large-scale organization design projects, including the execution of global transformation initiatives and navigation of consultation requirements where applicable
- Experience partnering closely with senior leader clients through Danaher's Pipeline Growth Process