Sr Director, HR - Division Business Partner Lead

When youre part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific youll do important work like helping customers in finding cures for cancer protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact and youll be supported in achieving your career goals. Our staff members are committed to making a difference in our organization for our client partners and the patients we serve. We seek individuals with proven competencies and strong character to help lead our organization now and into the future.

PPD our Clinical Research portfolio is a leading global contract research organization (CRO). We provide comprehensive integrated drug development laboratory and lifecycle management services. Our customers include pharmaceutical biotechnology medical device academic and government organizations.

How you will make an impact:

Reporting to the VP Human Resources we are seeking a Sr. Director HR for divisional oversight of our Patient Advisory Services Division (PASD).

In this role you will provide forward-thinking strategic partnership to the PASD executives translating business priorities into an impactful people strategy to drives business growth. To achieve this you will collaborate with global business leaders to turn strategy into action building organizational capabilities providing innovative HR solutions and advancing our goals of hiring developing and retaining outstanding talent.

This HR Leader will have a team of business partners who support other leaders; developing and mentoring the HR business partners will be a critical part of the role.

This role will be an office-based position in Raleigh North Carolina or Waltham Massachusetts.

What you will contribute:

Talent Mindset

Collaborate to develop effective HR strategy and talent management plans that align with business goals and advance culture change to attract retain develop and engage diverse hardworking talent.

Business Acumen and Data Insight

Draw upon HR analytics to encourage the continuous improvement of talent and business capabilities and influence positive culture change. Build a robust understanding of industry market and functional trends crafting business-specific talent strategies driven by data insights.

Consultation

Facilitates organizational diagnosis and metrics to drive organizational effectiveness through talent and organizational capabilities and culture. Acts as a catalyst for change; guides and directs organizational design development and change management solutions.

Change Leadership

Motivate change by leading organizational design development and culture initiatives built upon our 4i values (Integrity Intensity Innovation and Involvement). Support the Clinical Research business and HR integration activities.

Organizational Adaptability and Resolve

Establish a solid organizational network that promotes a One HR Team approach in which activities are core common and consistent.

Project/Process Management

Coordinate HR resources and priorities and successfully implement initiatives. Assess work requests from across the organization and balance priorities.

How you will get here:

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Psychology or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Previous HR experience in a global environment that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10 years experience).
• Minimum 2 years experience as a Senior HR Business Partner supporting executives.
• Demonstrated success in implementing organizational design initiatives business and change programs and processes that yield positive results.
• Experience building and leading teams in a fast-paced heavily matrixed and diverse environment.
• In some cases an equivalency consisting of appropriate education training and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Knowledge of contemporary practices in the administration of HR policies.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills with in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Project management communication and presentation skills.
• Consultation skills with the ability to influence leaders at all levels.
• The ability to maintain strict confidentiality and act with emotional intelligence.
• Skilled in developing professional relationships with leadership direct reports and peers and ability to influence effectively.
• Ability to travel up to 20-30% of time