Director, HR Business Partner, Health & Biosciences

IFF • Madison, WI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Global HR Business Partner, Health & Biosciences Operations, Quality & Customer Service serves as the senior HR partner to the SVP, H&B Operations and the SVP, H&B Quality & Customer Service, supporting leadership teams accountable for approximately 2,000 employees globally. As a trusted partner to senior leaders, this role shapes and executes talent and organizational strategies that enable business performance, strengthen leadership capability, and build the workforce needed to support H&B's growth objectives. Partnering closely with business leaders and HR Centers of Excellence, the Director drives workforce planning, succession management, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and change initiatives. The role also plays a key part in fostering a culture that reflects IFF's values and leadership expectations, helping create competitive advantage through strong leadership, organizational capability, innovation, and employee engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in a global organization; biotech or operations-focused experience preferred.
• Expertise in talent management, succession planning, leadership development, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and change management.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, operations, quality, customer service, or similarly complex business environments.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and driving organizational change.
• Experience working across multiple geographies and cultures within a matrixed organization.
• Ability and willingness to travel globally and support a global workforce across multiple time zones.

Nice To Haves

• Biotech or operations-focused experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary strategic talent partner to the SVP, H&B Operations and the SVP, H&B Quality & Customer Service.
• Align talent priorities with business objectives through workforce planning, organization design, and succession strategies.
• Utilize workforce and talent insights to identify opportunities, risks, and future capability needs.
• Influence organizational culture and leadership effectiveness in alignment with IFF values and leadership expectations.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, leadership assessment, and development planning across supported functions.
• Build strong pipelines for critical leadership, technical, quality, customer service, and operations roles.
• Drive organizational effectiveness initiatives that improve business performance, agility, and scalability.
• Partner with leaders to identify, develop, and accelerate high-potential talent.
• Champion adoption of the IFF Leadership Capabilities through talent management, succession planning, and leadership development processes.
• Coach senior leaders on talent, leadership effectiveness, team performance, and organizational health.
• Lead the people aspects of significant organizational and business transformation initiatives.
• Develop change management and stakeholder engagement strategies that support successful execution of business priorities.
• Partner effectively across global regions, cultures, and functions.
• Build strong relationships with business leaders, HR partners, and Centers of Excellence.
• Participate in meetings across multiple time zones and travel internationally as business needs require.

Benefits

• We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status.
• We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director