HR Director, North America

Qnity Electronics•Wimington, DE

About The Position

The HR Director, North America serves as the senior HR leader for the region, responsible for fostering a positive employee experience, strengthening organizational culture, ensuring compliance, building leadership capability, and driving 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 advises business leaders across North America, champions Qnity's Values and Culture, and supports a compliant, engaged, high-performing workplace. The role also leads regional HR governance and policy harmonization to promote consistent people practices, leadership standards, and employee experiences while meeting local business and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary HR advisor on employee relations matters across North America, providing guidance on 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 support employees in performing and contributing at their full potential.
Champion Qnity's Values and Culture, embedding desired behaviors, recognition, and leadership practices with business and site leaders.
Lead harmonization and standardization of HR policies, practices, and people processes across North America while ensuring local compliance.
Promote consistent policy interpretation, employee programs, and management practices to support 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.
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 leadership levels.
Build trusted 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.
Lead and develop the North America HR team, providing high-quality, business-focused HR support.
Build a collaborative and capable HR organization and strong 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.