Head of HR Business Partners, Technology Talent

Agilent is undergoing a significant enterprise transformation to become a more market-focused, customer-centric, digitally enabled, and agile company. As part of this evolution, this role will play a critical leadership part in shaping the people strategy for Agilent’s key enterprise priorities, including technology, digital, artificial intelligence, enterprise transformation, and product software.

Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer and serving as a key member of the HR Leadership Team, this leader will partner directly with Agilent’s senior technology and transformation leaders, including the Enterprise Transformation Office, Chief Technology Officer, Chief AI Officer, Chief Information Officer, and leaders responsible for Agilent’s product software initiatives. The role will advise C-suite leaders, contribute to enterprise and functional strategy, and translate Agilent’s technology, AI, digital, and transformation priorities into integrated workforce and talent strategies that enable business performance, innovation, scale, and long-term organizational capability.

This is a transformational role focused on shaping how Agilent builds the leadership, skills, organization structures, and ways of working required for the future. The leader will play a central role in the people dimensions of Agilent’s AI transformation, workforce planning, technology modernization, digital enablement, and product software evolution. The role requires a strategic HR leader who can operate at the intersection of business strategy, technology, talent, organizational design, and enterprise change.

Responsibilities

• Translate corporate, enterprise, technology, AI, digital, and transformation priorities into one- to three-year workforce and talent plans that balance near-term execution needs with Agilent’s longer-term strategy.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior technology and transformation executives, including leaders across the Enterprise Transformation Office, CTO organization, CAIO organization, CIO organization, and product software initiatives.
• Partner with senior leaders to understand strategic priorities, investment choices, technology roadmaps, operating model needs, and organizational implications; translate those insights into people strategies that enable innovation, scalability, productivity, and customer impact.
• Lead the workforce planning agenda for Agilent’s technology and AI transformation, including future skills, critical capabilities, talent gaps, location strategy, build/buy/borrow decisions, leadership pipelines, and organizational readiness.
• Shape the people strategy for Agilent’s AI transformation by partnering with the Chief AI Officer and enterprise leaders to prepare the workforce for AI adoption, workflow redesign, responsible use, and new capability requirements.
• Strengthen organizational and leadership capability through strategic workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, executive coaching, leadership development, and capability-building across technology, digital, AI, and transformation teams.
• Improve executive decision-making by surfacing workforce trends, organizational risks, capability gaps, leadership needs, and talent opportunities; engage senior leaders in candid, constructive dialogue focused on enterprise outcomes.
• Build and lead a high-performing HRBP team, including Senior HR Business Partners and HR Business Partners; set direction, manage resources and budgets to plan, raise the quality of strategic advisory support, and hold leaders and teams accountable for delivering on commitments.
• Lead the people dimensions of major, complex transformations, including AI adoption, enterprise technology modernization, ERP and platform evolution, operating-model changes, M&A integration, organizational redesign, and new ways of working.
• Partner across HR Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Legal, Finance, Communications, and business leaders to deliver integrated, scalable talent and organization solutions.
• 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, analytics, and scalable ways of working.
• Use workforce analytics, external labor market insights, technology talent trends, and business data to anticipate risks, inform strategic choices, and shape actionable recommendations for senior executives.
• Help build Agilent’s future-ready workforce by identifying emerging skills, leadership capabilities, organization models, and talent strategies required to compete in an increasingly digital, AI-enabled, and software-driven environment.
• Champion Agilent’s leadership expectations and culture by creating clarity, generating energy, delivering success, and demonstrating executive presence, integrity, enterprise thinking, and accountability for outcomes.

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.
• Demonstrated success directing complex plans and initiatives through subordinate leaders and teams, including accountability for team resources and budgets.
• Strong business and financial acumen, executive presence, and consulting and coaching capabilities.
• Ability to translate workforce data and external insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Fluency with AI-enabled HR capabilities and evolving workforce trends.
• Operate with uncompromising integrity and the highest standards of ethics and confidentiality.
• Build authentic relationships grounded in trust and respect, communicate with candor, listen closely, and create an environment where differing perspectives are welcome.
• Act as one team, prioritize the work that creates the greatest impact for Agilent, and take accountability for delivering on commitments.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent experience; MBA preferred.

Pay

The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $217,440.00 - $339,750.00 per year plus eligibility for bonus, stock, and benefits. Pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Schedule

This is a full-time position with occasional travel required (25% of the time).