HR Business Partner - Enabling Functions

Danaher Corporation

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Human Resources Business Partner – Enabling Functions is a strategic advisor and collaborator to senior business leaders in Legal, Finance, and IT. The role aligns people strategy with business priorities and drives performance, organizational effectiveness, and sustainable growth while navigating talent, culture, organization design, and change. It focuses on value creation, workforce strategy, and leadership effectiveness, leveraging HR Shared Services for transactional delivery. The HRBP partners with People Partners, Centers of Excellence, and HR Shared Services to support scalable, compliant, and consistent execution while maintaining strategic ownership of the people agenda.

The position is on-site in Amersham or Portsmouth, UK, or Marlborough, Massachusetts, and reports to the Vice President, Talent Management & Human Resources. Travel of 25–30% is required for critical client meetings.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree.
• Progressive leadership roles in HR.
• Progressive experience in strategic HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness, and change leadership, including advising senior leaders and translating business needs into practical people solutions.
• Experience designing and leading talent and leadership development approaches, such as succession planning, bench assessment, and capability building, in partnership with leaders.
• Data fluency and experience using digital, analytics, or AI-enabled tools to inform recommendations, influence decisions, and measure outcomes.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including the ability to assess tradeoffs and prioritize investments that support sustainable performance.
• Continuous improvement mindset and familiarity with lean principles and structured problem solving applied to HR processes and outcomes.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, matrixed, and global environments, influence without authority, and align diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to travel 25–30% for critical client meetings.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or large-scale business transformations.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into an integrated people strategy that supports growth, productivity, organizational priorities, and enterprise standards.
• Advise and coach senior leaders on talent, organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, culture, and change.
• Use people data, business metrics, technology, and external insights to inform decisions and demonstrate HR’s impact on business outcomes.
• Partner with leaders on organization design, workforce strategy, succession planning, capability development, and leadership bench strength.
• Lead workforce planning and organizational effectiveness efforts addressing capability gaps, critical roles, future skills, and scalable business needs.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Centers of Excellence, People Partners, and HR Operations on complex or sensitive people matters, supporting decision quality and consistent execution.
• Lead and support complex change initiatives, identify risks and dependencies, and guide adoption to achieve intended outcomes.

What This Job Offers

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