Human Resources Director

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At Nexteer, our strength lies in the diversity of our team—each member contributing unique backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations. We believe this diversity fuels our innovation, broadens our perspectives, and propels our collective growth.

For over a century, we’ve been innovators in the automotive industry. Our vision is clear - we are a global leading motion control technology company accelerating mobility to be safe, green and exciting. Our unwavering commitment to Quality, Collaboration, Integrity, and Accountability guides us as we solve motion control challenges for our global customers. If you’re ready to join a dynamic team that drives change and makes a difference, Nexteer welcomes you!

The Corporate & Global Engineering Director of Human Resources is a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing human resources across both Global Engineering —where the focus is on leading engineering HR strategies and partnering closely with division HR directors—and Corporate. This blended position aligns people strategies with business objectives on a worldwide scale, driving talent management, organizational development, and human resources activities for highly technical engineering environments as well as corporate functions such as finance, legal, information technology, purchasing and sales.

This role reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer and also has a matrix reporting line to the VP of Global Engineering.

Direct & Matrix Reports for this role include; HR Business Partners for Global Engineering and Corporate and leaders from US Compensation, US Talent Management, and US L&D

As the Human Resources Director
, you will be responsible to:

• Strategic HR Leadership:
  Develop and execute HR strategies that support the business goals of global engineering (by leading engineering HR strategies and collaborating with Division HR directors) and corporate staff organizations. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership teams across both domains.
• Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:
  Oversee recruitment, retention, and workforce planning globally for engineering talent (in partnership with division HR directors and focused on global engineering strategy) and for corporate professionals, ensuring the organization attracts and retains top-tier talent in both areas.
• Organizational Development:
  Lead initiatives to foster a high-performance culture, drive employee engagement, and champion diversity and inclusion across engineering and corporate functions.
• Employee Relations & Compliance:
  Ensure consistent application of HR policies, compliance with international labor laws, local labor laws and effective resolution of employee relations issues in diverse regulatory environments.
• Compensation:
  Work with Global Compensation and lead U.S. efforts to develop and implement pay structures, market analyses, and salary frameworks for technical and corporate roles.
• Leadership & Succession Planning:
  Implement leadership development and succession planning programs to build a strong pipeline of leaders for engineering and corporate teams.
• Change Management:
  Guide the organization through ongoing change initiatives—including the formation of new internal teams, launching new business ventures, and implementing new organizational structures—while remaining responsive to the evolving needs of the organization. Support the organization in adapting to continuous transformation in internal organizational design, ensuring successful transitions and alignment with strategic objectives.
• HR Operations & Technology:
  Support the ongoing enhancement of HR by partnering with HR directors and relevant teams. While not directly overseeing this area, contribute to expanding capabilities in HR analytics, reporting, systems integration and AI.
• Finance Partnership:
  Collaborate closely with finance teams to align people-related costs, develop accurate workforce forecasts, and manage people-related budgets for both engineering and corporate divisions.
• Global HR Project Leadership:
  Lead or contribute to global projects as needed, ensuring…