Director, People Experience Partner Team

FormFactor Inc.•Livermore, CA

11d•$183,400 - $240,765

About The Position

FormFactor is seeking an enterprise-level HR leader to set a compelling, long-range people agenda that advances business strategy. The Director partners with senior executives, leads multi-region HR portfolios, and turns strategy into measurable outcomes across talent, organization design, and leader effectiveness. The role acts as a trusted advisor and supports a “One Global HR” way of working. The position leads strategic HR business partnering, organization design and change, talent and succession planning, people operations and employee experience, analytics, and inclusion, values, and culture. It sets long-term goals and communicates an aligned vision, translates strategy into cascading team and regional goals, oversees cross-functional portfolios, monitors KPIs, and supports efficiency and continuous improvement. The role aligns talent planning with business growth and influences enterprise decisions and change. The regular schedule is day shift. Global travel of up to 25% may be required as needed. The role in Livermore, California pays $183,400–$240,765 per year, depending on experience, skills, and background; pay may vary in other locations.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive global HR leadership experience, with substantial HRBP/PXP scope across regions and proven COE partnership in matrixed environments.
Depth in organization design and change, talent and succession, analytics, and executive advising.
Track record leading multi-country portfolios.
Credible executive communication skills and a “One HR” collaboration mindset.
Bachelor’s degree required; the experience and education section also lists 12+ years with a Bachelor’s degree, 10 years with a Master’s degree, 8 years with a PhD, or equivalent experience.
Global travel up to 25% as needed.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Mandarin Chinese is a plus.

Responsibilities

Convert enterprise and business strategies into a multi-year global people plan, influencing executive decisions with clear priorities, tradeoffs, and outcomes.
Lead portfolio execution across regions and ensure work is placed appropriately based on location, cost, and capability; drive collaboration with COEs/PXP and regional teams.
Design future-fit organizational structures, including spans, layers, and roles, and lead change management as the company transforms for growth.
Strengthen leader capability in goal-setting, feedback, coaching, and accountability, and support transparent calibration and pay-for-performance alignment.
Lead talent reviews, succession pipelines, and movement strategies to build critical capabilities where and when needed.
Partner with the People Operations COE to simplify end-to-end processes, automate where feasible, and balance employee moments that matter with scalable services.
Provide prescriptive and predictive analytics on engagement, attrition, succession, and productivity to inform executive decisions.
Embed inclusion, values, and refreshed behaviors into global talent lifecycle practices and leader routines.
Set long-term strategic goals and communicate an aligned vision that advances Company Goals & Key Results.
Translate strategy into concrete, cascading goals for teams and regions, balancing stretch and achievability and establishing urgency and execution discipline.
Oversee multiple groups and portfolios, orchestrate cross-functional alignment, monitor KPIs, drive efficiency, and champion First-Time-Right and continuous improvement.
Align talent planning with business growth and help position the organization for growth and scale.
Influence enterprise decisions and facilitate enterprise-level change through executive presence, change management, and communication.