Director, HR Business Partner

Overview

The HR Business Partner working with senior leaders and their large organizations is responsible for partnering with the organization to identify, develop and deploy talent strategies to drive regional, divisional, team or functional strategies for growth. Talent is the biggest priority for this role.

This role will be responsible for developing and executing human capital strategies and activities that enable commercial growth, innovation and overall organizational effectiveness. Additionally, the HR Business Partner will be responsible for driving corporate led initiatives with the team and communicating how these programs fit within the overall business and HR strategy. This HRBP must be able to communicate with senior leaders, collaborate across boundaries and geographies and collaborate and influence colleagues across the business and the broad HR team. This role will regularly need to align and collaborate with global organizations, the regional HR teams and other internal HR Centers of Expertise including talent acquisition, talent management and Total Rewards.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Deeply understands current and future talent within assigned business area or function. Spends time with top talent and ensures top players are deployed and low performers are addressed.
• Proactively consults with VP or Sr Director HR and assigned leaders in areas of organization design and succession/development to advance future capabilities and growth and development of leaders and key talent.
• Regularly develops, monitors and updates workforce plan in partnership with assigned business leaders, talent management and talent acquisition ensure robust talent pipelines of both internal and external candidates.
• Collaborates with HR domains outside of HRBP to effectively deliver solutions for assigned areas.
• Facilitates organization and leadership development efforts, working with leaders and talent management to identify and act on gaps in capability or team effectiveness.
• Anticipates changing market trends and leverages best practice and broader HRBP team or COEs insights and experience to influence the HR agenda.
• May lead or support the implementation of business specific projects and initiatives to deliver on specific business requirements and outcomes
• Viewed as a business partner, change agent, and member of the line leadership staff
• Provides counsel and coaching to leadership and manages overall business relationship on behalf of HR

This is a hybrid position, requiring on-site presence three days per week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Qualifications

Qualification:

• Undergraduate degree and 8+ years of relevant experience
• Experience working with Product Development & Commercial organizations.
• Proven ability to proactively translate changing business objectives to effective HR strategies; specific experience needed in Organization Design, Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion and Change Management

Key Competencies and Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to develop, monitor and respond to HR and financial metrics. Able to utilize HR metrics and analytics to partner with business leaders
• Strong business acumen with demonstrated ability to understand business goals and objectives
• Demonstrated ability to drive broad complex projects to successful completion
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving approaches

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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