Director, HR Enablement & Transformation - Americas

Novanta Inc.

13h

About The Position

The Director, HR Enablement & Transformation is responsible for leading the HR Enablement team and executing strategy across the Americas, ensuring HR solutions, programs, and services align with business priorities and provide a consistent, high-quality employee and manager experience. The role leads HR Enablement professionals and serves as a strategic partner to business leaders, Talent Partners, Centers of Excellence, and HR Operations. The Director drives organizational effectiveness, manager capability, process excellence, workforce insights, technology adoption, and HR transformation initiatives across the region. This senior HR leader translates enterprise HR strategies into regional execution, identifies opportunities to simplify and scale services, and influences change across a complex, growing organization.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
Experience leading HR teams across multiple sites or business units.
Proven success leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.
Experience partnering with senior business leaders and executive stakeholders.
Strong background in workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, talent management, and employee experience.
Experience driving adoption of HR technology and process improvement initiatives.
Experience building and scaling HR processes.
Strong technology, digital HR, AI, and automation experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to interpret workforce data and identify trends.
Continuous improvement mindset with experience supporting organizational change and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership to an HR Enablement team supporting multiple business units, manufacturing sites, and corporate functions across the Americas.
Drive consistency in HR delivery, manager effectiveness, organizational capability, and employee experience while balancing enterprise standards with local business requirements.
Serve as the senior escalation point and subject matter expert for complex people, organizational, and workforce matters, partnering with Talent Partners, Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, Legal, and business leadership on resolution and risk mitigation.
Lead and develop the HR Enablement team, fostering high performance, collaboration, and continuous growth; partner with business and site leaders to build capability and support career development.
Ensure consistent execution and adoption of enterprise-wide HR programs, processes, policies, and tools across locations and business units.
Provide leadership and oversight on regional employment compliance, partnering with Legal and Centers of Excellence to assess risk, interpret regulatory requirements, and implement compliant solutions.
Lead regional HR transformation and continuous improvement initiatives using Novanta Growth System methodologies, change management principles, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
Identify trends and opportunities across sites, businesses, and geographies and partner globally to drive enterprise-wide improvements.
Develop and execute regional HR Enablement resource strategies, optimizing deployment across business units, locations, and priorities.
Evaluate service delivery models, organizational needs, and workforce demands to optimize support.
Use workforce analytics, engagement data, retention trends, organizational health metrics, and business insights to identify opportunities and risks, and translate data into actionable [text incomplete in posting].