Human Resources Director, Single-Use Technologies Division

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Nashville, TN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The HR Director, Single-Use Technologies Division (SUD), is a strategic business partner supporting SUD Operations and the Bioprocess Containment business. The role drives business success through effective people strategies, collaborating with global business leaders and executives to turn strategy into action, address talent gaps, and support hiring, engagement, development, and retention.

The position partners with leaders on workforce planning and talent strategies, uses business metrics and market insights to improve talent and business capabilities, and advises senior leaders and managers on complex people matters. It leads organizational design, development, culture, and change initiatives, coordinates HR support across countries, regions, and centers of expertise, and manages HR projects from planning through implementation while tracking outcomes and pursuing continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of comprehensive HR experience in a global environment, including business partnership and executive coaching.
• Demonstrated success leading talent initiatives, business transformation, organizational design, and change management.
• Experience with process-improvement approaches such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Practical Process Improvement.
• Strong business acumen and analytical judgment, connecting HR strategy and workforce data to business priorities and outcomes.
• Broad HR expertise across talent management, performance, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition, and total rewards.
• Strong knowledge of HR policies and U.S. labor and employment requirements, and ability to partner with local HR teams on employment practices across global markets.
• Exceptional collaboration, consulting, influencing, communication, and presentation skills; ability to build trusted relationships across levels, functions, and regions.
• Strong project and priority management skills, with ability to move strategy into execution and deliver through others.
• High degree of judgment, discretion, confidentiality, and emotional intelligence.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%, as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• PHR/SPHR or other professional HR certification desirable.
• Experience building and leading teams in a fast-paced, heavily matrixed, and diverse environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to shape talent and workforce plans aligned with business priorities.
• Lead succession, leadership development, performance, engagement, and talent acquisition strategies.
• Use business metrics and industry, market, and functional trends to develop talent strategies, track progress, and promote continuous improvement.
• Advise and coach senior leaders and people managers on talent, succession, performance, engagement, and employee relations matters.
• Lead organizational design, development, culture, and change initiatives that support transformation and growth.
• Demonstrate and encourage consistency with the company’s 4i values: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
• Collaborate with Country HR Leads, Regional HR, and Centers of Expertise to coordinate support across teams, sites, and regions.
• Build organizational relationships that promote a One HR Team approach and enterprise thinking.
• Lead HR initiatives from planning through implementation, coordinate resources, manage competing priorities, deliver measurable outcomes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results, in accordance with company policy.
• Choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
• At least 120 hours of paid time off (PTO) and 10 paid holidays annually.
• Paid parental leave, including 3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave.
• Accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability, in accordance with company policy.
• Competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), offering eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.

What This Job Offers

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