Head of HR, Business Groups

About the role

The Associate Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner, Business Groups will play a critical leadership role in shaping the people strategy for Agilent’s three business units: Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets Group, Applied Markets Group, and Agilent CrossLab Group.

Responsibilities

• Translate corporate, enterprise, and business group priorities into one- to three-year workforce and talent plans that balance near-term business needs with Agilent’s longer-term strategy.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the three business group Presidents and their leadership teams, bringing enterprise perspective, business fluency, and candid counsel on organization, leadership, talent, and workforce implications.
• Persistently partner with senior P&L owners to understand business performance drivers, market dynamics, portfolio priorities, and operating model needs; translate those insights into people strategies that enable growth, productivity, innovation, and customer impact.
• Strengthen organizational and leadership capability through strategic workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, executive coaching, and leadership development; actively select, assess, and develop the next generation of enterprise leaders.
• Improve executive decision-making by surfacing workforce trends, organizational risks, leadership gaps, and talent opportunities; engage senior leaders in candid, constructive dialogue focused on shared outcomes.
• Lead the people dimensions of major, complex business transformations, including M&A, organization redesign, portfolio shifts, operating-model changes, and enterprise-wide ways-of-working changes.
• Partner across HR Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Legal, Finance, and business leaders to deliver integrated, scalable solutions that meet business needs while reinforcing Agilent’s enterprise priorities.
• Advance Agilent’s HR operating model by seeking better, simpler solutions; recommend and advocate for policy and program changes; and embed AI-enabled capabilities, tiered service delivery, digital tools, and scalable ways of working.
• Use workforce analytics, external insights, and business data to anticipate talent risks, inform choices, and shape actionable recommendations for senior executives.
• Champion Agilent’s leadership expectations and culture by creating clarity, generating energy, delivering success, and demonstrating executive presence, integrity, and enterprise-first decision-making.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including typically 10+ years of increasing managerial responsibility in complex, global organizations.
• Experience advising C-suite or senior executive leaders and translating business priorities into workforce and talent strategies.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic workforce planning, talent management, succession, organizational design, organizational effectiveness, and change leadership.
• Experience leading and developing senior HR professionals and raising the quality of strategic advisory support.
• Strong business and financial acumen, executive presence, and consulting and coaching capabilities.
• Ability to translate workforce data and external insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated success directing complex plans and initiatives through subordinate leaders and teams, including accountability for team resources and budgets.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI-enabled HR capabilities and evolving workforce trends.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent experience; MBA preferred.

Qualifications

• Qualifications 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including typically 10+ years of increasing managerial responsibility in complex, global organizations.
• Experience advising C-suite or senior executive leaders and translating business priorities into workforce and talent strategies.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic workforce planning, talent management, succession, organizational design, organizational effectiveness, and change leadership.
• Experience leading and developing senior HR professionals and raising the quality of strategic advisory support.
• Strong business and financial acumen, executive presence, and consulting and coaching capabilities.
• Ability to translate workforce data and external insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated success directing complex plans and initiatives through subordinate leaders and teams, including accountability for team resources and budgets.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI-enabled HR capabilities and evolving workforce trends.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent experience; MBA preferred.