HR Manager

Solstice Advanced Materials • Buffalo, NY

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About The Position

As an HR Manager supporting R&D, you will serve as the primary HR partner for the Buffalo R&D site while also partnering with leaders and teams across the broader R&D organization. You will work with R&D leadership to translate business priorities into effective people, talent, and organizational strategies. The role also supports the Buffalo union-represented workforce in partnership with Labor Relations and provides leadership across employee relations, talent, performance, and organizational matters.

Requirements

• 6+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or comparable experience.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with and coaching business leaders on talent, organizational, performance, and employee matters.
• Experience supporting employee relations and union-represented populations, in partnership with Labor Relations or other subject matter experts.
• Experience across key HR disciplines, including talent management, performance management, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness.
• Strong communication, influencing, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to navigate complex situations.
• Ability to operate effectively across site and broader functional responsibilities within a matrixed organization.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting R&D, engineering, scientific, or technical organizations.
• Experience working in a unionized environment.
• Experience with organizational design, succession planning, workforce planning, and change management.
• Strong business acumen and a data-driven approach to HR decision-making.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Labor Relations, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the HR Business Partner for the Buffalo R&D site and designated R&D leaders and teams beyond Buffalo.
• Partner with R&D leadership on talent, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and people strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Coach and advise leaders on employee relations, performance management, talent development, employee engagement, and organizational matters.
• Support the Buffalo union-represented workforce, partnering closely with Labor Relations and site leadership on employee and labor matters.
• Lead and support talent reviews, succession planning, organizational design, workforce planning, and capability development.
• Support organizational change and partner across HR functions to deliver effective solutions for the business.
• Leverage workforce data and insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and support leadership decision-making.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Educational Assistance.
• Parental Leave.
• Paid Time Off for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Incentive plan eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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