HR Director, North America

Qnity, Inc.•Wilmington, DE

About The Position

The HR Director, North America serves as the senior HR leader for the region, fostering a positive employee experience, strengthening organizational culture, ensuring compliance, building leadership capability, and executing key HR initiatives. Reporting to the VP, Global HR - Regions, the role partners with business leaders, Global HR Business Partners, HR Centers of Excellence, and HR Operations to translate enterprise people strategies into effective local execution. The HR Director acts as a trusted advisor to business leaders across North America, championing Qnity’s Values and Culture while supporting a compliant, engaged, and high-performing workplace. The position also drives regional HR governance and policy harmonization to promote consistent people practices, leadership standards, and employee experiences while balancing local business and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary HR advisor on employee relations matters across North America.
Provide guidance and oversight for employee concerns, investigations, conflict resolution, and workplace issues.
Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local employment laws and regulations.
Partner with Legal and business leaders to identify and mitigate people-related risks.
Lead employee listening, engagement, and culture initiatives, using workforce insights to strengthen employee experience, inclusion, well-being, and retention.
Monitor organizational health metrics and workforce trends, and drive actions to improve engagement, retention, organizational effectiveness, and business outcomes.
Partner with business leaders to build an environment where employees can perform and contribute to their full potential.
Champion Qnity’s Values and Culture, working with business and site leaders to embed desired behaviors, recognition, and leadership practices.
Advocate for Qnity’s leadership principles and foster a high-performing, inclusive, and engaged workplace culture.
Harmonize and standardize HR policies, practices, and people processes across North America while ensuring local compliance.
Drive consistency in policy interpretation, employee programs, and management practices to enhance fairness and employee experience.
Implement sustainable improvements that increase operational effectiveness, reduce complexity, and support business outcomes.
Establish governance mechanisms, best practices, and management standards that strengthen compliance, enhance productivity, and minimize employee relations issues across the region.
Partner with site leaders and management teams to strengthen leadership effectiveness, people-management capabilities, and organizational performance.
Coach leaders on employee engagement, communication, team effectiveness, and change leadership.
Support leadership development initiatives and manager capability programs across all leadership levels.
Build strategic relationships with senior business leaders, site leaders, Global HRBPs, HR COEs, and HR Operations to align enterprise people strategies with regional business needs.
Influence leaders across North America to make consistent, business-focused, and people-centered decisions that strengthen organizational performance and employee experience.
Lead and develop the North America HR team to deliver high-quality, business-focused HR support.
Build a strong, collaborative HR organization and foster partnerships across Global HRBPs, HR COEs, and HR Operations.
Provide coaching, development, and succession planning for HR team members.
Lead the people aspects of organizational changes, business transformations, integrations, and restructuring initiatives.
Partner with leaders to assess organizational impacts, navigate change, and drive adoption of business initiatives.
Drive continuous improvement and simplification of HR processes and employee experiences.