HR Business Partner - Enabling Functions

Danaher•Marlborough, MA

8d•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 across talent, culture, organization design, and change. It focuses on value creation, workforce strategy, and leadership effectiveness, while leveraging HR Shared Services for transactional delivery. The HRBP partners with People Partners, Centers of Expertise, and HR Shared Services to support scalable, compliant, and consistent execution while retaining strategic ownership of the people agenda. The position reports to the Vice President, Talent Management & Human Resources. It is based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, or Amersham, United Kingdom, and is onsite. The role requires travel of 25–30% for critical client meetings.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree.
10+ years of progressive leadership experience 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 supporting 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 Expertise, People Partners, and HR Operations on complex or sensitive people matters, supporting decision quality and consistent execution.
Lead and support complex change initiatives, surface risks and dependencies, and guide adoption to deliver intended outcomes.