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OfficeJob Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
How you will make an impact:
The HR Director, SUD is a strategic business partner supporting SUD Operations and the Bioprocess Containment business to drive business success through effective people strategies. To achieve this, you will collaborate with global business leaders and executives to turn strategy into action, resolving talent gaps and seizing opportunities that support our goals of hiring, engaging, developing, and retaining outstanding talent.
What you will contribute:
Talent Approach
Partner with leaders to shape talent and workforce plans aligned with business priorities. Lead succession, leadership development, performance, engagement, and talent acquisition strategies that build the capabilities and leadership bench needed for growth.
Business Acumen and Data Insight
Draw upon business metrics to encourage the continuous improvement of talent and business capabilities and maintain a positive culture. Build a robust understanding of industry, market, and functional trends, crafting business-specific talent strategies driven by data insights and track progress.
Consultation
Act as a trusted mentor to senior leaders and people managers in navigating complex people matters. Coach leaders on talent, succession, performance, engagement, and employee relations with sound judgment and discretion.
Change Leadership
Lead organizational design, development, culture and change initiatives that support transformation and growth. Demonstrate and encourage consistency with our 4i values (Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement) in everything we do.
Organizational Adaptability and Resolve
Effectively collaborate with Country HR Leads, Regional HR, and CoEs to deliver coordinated support across teams, sites and regions. Establish a solid organizational network that promotes a "One HR Team" approach and enterprise thinking.
Project/Process Management
Move priorities from strategy to execution with Intensity. Lead HR initiatives from planning through implementation, coordinate resources, manage competing priorities, follow through on measurable outcomes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
How you will get here:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
- PHR/SPHR or other professional HR certifications desirable
Experience:
- 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 building and leading teams in a fast-paced, heavily matrixed, and diverse environment preferred
- Experience with Process Improvement approaches (i.e. Lean, Six Sigma, Practical Process Improvement, etc.).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong business acumen and analytical judgment, with the ability to connect 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, U.S. labor and employment requirements, with the ability to partner effectively with local HR teams on employment practices across global markets.
- Exceptional collaboration, consulting, influencing, communication, and presentation skills; able to build trusted relationships across levels, functions, and regions.
- Strong project and priority management skills, with the 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.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Tennessee is $149,600.00–$199,400.00.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. 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
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field
- Advanced degree
- PHR, SPHR, or another professional HR certification
- 8+ years of comprehensive HR experience in a global environment
- Experience with HR business partnership and executive coaching
- Demonstrated success leading talent initiatives, business transformation, organizational design, and change management
- Experience building and leading teams in a fast-paced, heavily matrixed, and diverse environment
- Experience with process improvement approaches such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Practical Process Improvement
- Knowledge of HR policies and U.S. labor and employment requirements
- Strong business acumen, analytical judgment, collaboration, consulting, influencing, communication, presentation, and project management skills
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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