Sr HR Director, Latin America

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

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We are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced HR leader to step into a senior role within our Latin America (LATAM) region. As a key member of the LATAM Regional Leadership Team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the HR strategy that drives organizational growth, fosters a high-performance culture, and boosts employee engagement across the region.

This position reports functionally to the VP of HR for Commercial Transformation, LATAM and Canada RLMS, while also working closely with the LATAM VP and President. Your role will focus on aligning HR initiatives with business objectives and addressing the unique needs of our diverse workforce.

Your leadership will be critical in advancing our HR practices, creating a thriving workplace, and ensuring our people are engaged and empowered. If you’re passionate about using your HR expertise to deliver strategic initiatives and are ready for new challenges, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

A Day in the Life

In this role, you will be responsible for leading and driving the HR strategy in alignment with the LATAM business objectives being the one point of contact for the HR function. This is a significant regional market, with an employee population of approximately 2,200 across 30+ countries. In this role you will be leading a team of HRBPs and supported by CoE Leads, Ask HR and HR Operations as the one point of contact for the HR function for the LATAM President and the leadership team l. An ability to travel up to 50% of the time is required.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Act as the one point of contact for HR Function for LATAM and a key C-suite figure navigating the competitive global and regional talent markets, economic and social uncertainty, and technological advancements

• Identify and develop the organization, its capabilities for growth for economic volatility, political upheavals, labor changing in LATAM

• Strategic HR Planning: Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives that align with the regional overall business goals and objectives.

• Actively participate in strategic planning, business planning, business development and reviews for the LATAM region, subregions and Operating Units (OUs)

• Organizational Development: Partner with senior leaders at Director and VP levels to drive organizational change, support business transformation initiatives, and implementation of organization to enable new Go-To-Market models.

• Communication and Influence: Develop long term strategic relationships and alliances with key internal and external stakeholders at C-level, VPs and above. Develop, present and communicate with and to the company executive committee in matters related to HR function

• Proactively shape the future by architecting robust LATAM organizational culture and embracing digital transformation

• Diversity and Inclusion: Promote and integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies across organization.

• Innovation and Complexity: Drive innovation across organization, encourage best practice and knowledge sharing.

• Branding and Employer Value Proposition: In collaboration with the Talent Acquisition CoE, empower and drive the company's employer branding activities by developing and implementing strategies that highlight the organization’s strengths and enhance its reputation as an Employer of Choice.

• Leadership and Development: Accountability for mentoring, developing and coaching HR Partners’ Team in LATAM. Assure, together with the talent development team, the LATAM strategy for talent development and succession planning

• Talent Mastery: Oversee recruitment, development, and retention strategies to ensure the acquisition and growth of top talent within the organization.

• Employee Engagement: Design and implement programs to enhance employee engagement and satisfaction. Maintain current, best in class OHS scores across all dimensions.

• Data-Driven Decisions: Utilize HR metrics and data analytics to drive decision-making and measure the effectiveness of HR programs and initiatives.

• Budget monitoring: Manage expenses to achieve fiscal year HR cost center/program budget. Identify areas of continuous budget improvement to drive efficiency and engage work force

• Work together with communications, ESG, Diversity and inclusion to better position MDT within LATAM Markets and the employees

Must Have: Minimum Requirements:

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 15 years of HR experience with 10+ years of managerial experience, with some portion at a director level or above, or advanced degree with a minimum of 13 years prior HR experience, a minimum of 10 years of managerial experience.

• Experience in the LATAM region; Native Spanish and /or Portuguese , fluent in English , Portuguese or Spanish will be preferred.

Nice to Have

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams, along with a strong talent for building future growth

• Strong business acumen with the ability to align HR strategies with overall business objectives and navigate complex organizational dynamics

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders at C-level

• Excellent communicator with different levels across the organization as well as in  public settings with outside stakeholders

• Proven experience in diverse areas of the HR function including t operational and strategic roles as well as multi-countries responsibilities

• Ability to connect with the organization at the diverse layers while reading the climate to adjust courses or actions

• Experience in managing organizational change and transformations as well as  implementing effective change management strategies.

• Proven commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

• Capacity to introduce and implement innovative HR solutions and practices. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to address complex HR challenges; and

• Solid experience managing budgets.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here