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The Senior Director, Human Resources Business Partner - Corporate is responsible for providing strategic people solutions in a transformative time for a specific segment of the corporate organization. It will require the incumbent to lead and operationalize strategic client and/or company projects (which have enterprise-wide, global span) in the areas of organization design, talent and succession planning, leadership and associate development, performance management, diversity & inclusion, engagement, and retention. This role will be assigned to Corporate executive business partners and their respective Corporate organizations.
This position is part of the Corporate HR team reporting directly to the Vice President, Corporate HR and serves as the primary HR partner for enabling functions of Danaher Corporation. The role will be full-time and located in Washington DC, but well qualified remote candidates may be considered.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Serve as a trusted thought partner to senior leaders on talent and organizational design challenges, including supporting enterprise-wide transformation initiatives spanning across the enabling functions such as supporting the Pipeline Growth Process, succession planning for critical roles, and leading talent review sessions.
Partner with client groups and Talent Acquisition to acquire diverse and skilled talent for assigned client groups and effectively immerse new talent into the business.
Drive successful execution of the performance management process within assigned client groups including leading performance calibration sessions, coaching leaders on tough conversations, and creating performance improvement plans and development plans for senior-level clients ensuring adequate engagement for all parties involved.
Collaborate with clients on internal movement decisions; transfers, promotions, and job enhancements and ensure decisions are aligned with talent and skill gaps, development plans, and career pathing while ensuring movement aligns with company leveling guides and policy.
Report on assigned KPIs including headcount management and utilize PSP or other DBS tools as needed to identify and implement root cause countermeasures when not hitting targets.
The essential requirements of the job include:
Bachelor's in Human Resources, Organization Design, Organization Development or related field with 10+ years of HR Experience OR Master's with 7+ years of Human Resources Experience, including a minimum 5 years prior experience as an HR Business Partner supporting senior executives.
Experience supporting and influencing C-Suite leaders through solid HR best practices by evaluating functional efficiency and troubleshooting gaps and issues in RACI matrices across large organizations.
Demonstrated accomplishments leading highly visible teams and projects, receiving hard feedback, pivoting quickly and delivering results.
Reputation for being scrappy, thinking creatively and critically, and successful building structure in ambiguity.
Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional, global initiatives, processes, or projects particularly with global stakeholders with a strong understanding of risks across geographies to complete strategic tasks.
Sophisticated and demonstrated skills in strategic thinking, influencing, negotiating, coaching, consulting, business acumen, written and oral communication, project management and emotional intelligence.
Orientation to results, continuous improvement, and customer service with a high sense of urgency.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
Understanding both the implications and opportunities that exist within enabling functions of an evolving organization.
Experience leading large-scale organization design projects, including the execution of global transformation initiatives and navigation of consultation requirements where applicable.
Experience partnering closely with senior leader clients through Danaher's Pipeline Growth Process.
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Danaher offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
The annual salary range for this role is $170,000 - $233,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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