Director, Human Resources - Join a $45B Industry Leader!

The Opportunity

As HR Director, you'll be a trusted strategic partner to senior leadership, translating ambitious business priorities into people strategies that accelerate growth, strengthen organizational capability, and build an exceptional employee experience. This is an opportunity for an HR leader who wants a seat at the table—and knows how to use it. You'll work across a dynamic, global organization where your perspective will help shape critical decisions around talent, leadership, organizational design, culture, and change. Using business insight, HR expertise, and data-driven thinking, you'll identify what the organization needs today while helping prepare it for what comes next.

What You'll Do

You'll partner closely with senior leaders to:

• Shape and execute people strategies that directly support business priorities and long-term growth.
• Advise and coach senior leaders on complex organizational, talent, performance, and employee matters.
• Lead organizational transformation, including change management, organizational design, and capability-building initiatives.
• Build strong leadership pipelines through thoughtful talent planning, development, succession, and retention strategies.
• Use data and insights to drive decisions, identifying workforce trends and opportunities to strengthen business performance.
• Navigate a global matrixed environment, influencing across functions, geographies, and levels of leadership.
• Champion an inclusive, high-performance culture grounded in Thermo Fisher Scientific's 4i Values: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
• Connect the full power of HR across talent acquisition, total rewards, organizational development, employee relations, and other centers of expertise to deliver integrated solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive, comprehensive HR experience within large, multinational organizations, including demonstrated success as an HR business partner.
• Proven ability to translate business strategies into practical, high-impact people and organizational solutions.
• Experience building, developing, and leading teams within a global matrix environment.
• Strong expertise across HR disciplines, including talent acquisition, total rewards, organizational development, talent management, and employee relations.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational design, transformation, and change management initiatives.
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or PPI.
• Advanced analytical, project management, and data interpretation capabilities.
• Strong executive communication, influencing, and presentation skills.
• The ability to connect people strategies to measurable business outcomes.
• Expertise in contemporary HR practices and employment law.
• High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and the ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge, advise, influence, and coach senior leaders.
• PHR, SPHR, or other professional HR certification is desirable.
• Ability to travel internationally approximately 25–30%, as needed.

Pay

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $174,600.00–$232,800.00. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A 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 paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (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
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount