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Vice President

Hillenbrand


Job Location:

Karlsruhe - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 23 August 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 20 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Vice President Human Resources is a strategic business leader responsible for developing and executing human resources strategies that support organizational goals workforce effectiveness and business growth. This role partners closely with Business Unit leadership to drive talent management organizational design employee engagement leadership development workforce planning compensation strategies and HR operational excellence on a global scale.

The individual serves as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders ensuring alignment between business objectives and people strategies while navigating diverse cultural legal and employment environments globally.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement global HR strategies aligned with organizational objectives and business priorities.

  • Partner with executive leaders to drive organizational effectiveness workforce planning and change management initiatives.

  • Provide strategic counsel on talent culture succession planning and organizational development.

  • Design and execute talent acquisition retention succession planning and leadership development strategies.

  • Oversee performance management processes that drive accountability engagement and results.

  • Partner with leaders to identify workforce capabilities needed for future business growth.

  • Foster a positive inclusive and high-performance workplace culture.

  • Lead employee relations strategies and resolution of complex workplace issues.

  • Provide strategic guidance on compensation planning incentive programs and rewards strategies. Lead or support compensation governance incentive plan design market competitiveness reviews retention proposals pay equity considerations and business cases for pay-related decisions.

  • Oversee recruiting process effectiveness and hiring governance including requisition prioritization HRBP readiness hiring-manager guidance vendor coordination and alignment with workforce cost controls.

  • Ensure compliance with federal state and local employment laws and regulations. Ensure global workforce actions are planned and executed in line with local employment laws consultation requirements severance practices documentation standards and regional HR/legal guidance.

  • Monitor HR metrics and key performance indicators to evaluate organizational effectiveness. Provide governance over headcount hiring activity and workforce cost commitments to ensure staffing decisions align with business priorities approved savings targets and long-term organizational plans.

  • Lead organizational restructuring mergers acquisitions and transformation initiatives as needed. Lead the HR workstream for major business transformation and operating model changes including leadership placement organization design employee mapping role clarity communication planning and transition support.

  • Facilitate change management efforts that support adoption of new strategies structures and processes.

  • Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Education:

  • Bachelors degree (B.S./B.A.) or equivalent from a college or university in Human Resources Business Administration Organizational Development or related field required

  • Masters degree (MBA MA/MS MHRM or equivalent) preferred.

Experience:

  • 10 years of progressive Human Resources experience including significant leadership responsibilities

  • Experience leading HR strategies for global organizations across multiple regions and countries

  • Demonstrated success partnering with senior leadership teams

  • Strong experience in talent management organizational development workforce planning and change management

  • Experience managing geographically dispersed HR teams preferred

  • Experience supporting mergers acquisitions and large-scale organizational transformations is highly desirable

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Who we are:
Hillenbrand () is a global industrial company that provides highly engineered mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large attractive end markets including durable plastics food and recycling. Guided by our Purpose Shape What Matters For Tomorrow we pursue excellence collaboration and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates customers communities and other stakeholders.

EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individuals age race color sex religion national origin disability sexual orientation gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment email us @ . In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand everyone is welcome to apply and Shape What Matters for Tomorrow.


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