Director, HR Business Partner, Corporate Functions North America

Director, HR Business Partner – Corporate Functions North America

Aurora (IL), United States

As the strategic people advisor to enterprise functional leaders across Corporate Functions including Finance, IT, Legal, HR, Strategy, Communications, Marketing, and Customer Service, you partner closely with executive leadership to shape organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce planning, succession, and culture strategies that enable enterprise growth and transformation.

• Partner with Corporate Function leaders to translate enterprise strategy into workforce, capability, and organizational priorities
• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior executives on organizational health, leadership effectiveness, succession planning, and talent strategy
• Lead organization design initiatives, including structural evolution, spans and layers analysis, workforce optimization, and transformation planning
• Drive enterprise workforce planning and capability strategies, identifying future‑critical skills and aligning investments with business priorities
• Lead succession planning and leadership pipeline development across Corporate Functions while supporting enterprise talent mobility initiatives
• Partner cross‑functionally with Finance, Strategy, Legal, Compliance, and HR Centers of Excellence to ensure alignment between people strategy, governance, and operational execution
• Support and guide complex organizational change initiatives, restructuring efforts, and sensitive employee matters with strong executive judgment and discretion
• Monitor leadership, capability, and organizational risks while ensuring consistent application of enterprise governance standards
• Align regional HR execution with global functional priorities to ensure consistency across the North America region
• Lead and develop a team of HR Business Partners supporting Corporate Functions across North America

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related field required
• 12+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including strategic HR Business Partner support to senior executives and enterprise functional leaders
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, succession management, and organizational effectiveness
• Proven experience leading transformation, restructuring, and change management initiatives within complex organizations
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders while building trusted partnerships
• Experience operating within matrixed, global, and multi‑regional organizations
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align people strategies to enterprise performance priorities
• Exceptional judgment, resilience, and ability to navigate ambiguity, complexity, and sensitive organizational matters
• Experience partnering across HR Centers of Excellence and regional HR teams to drive enterprise‑wide outcomes
• Advanced proficiency with HRIS systems, workforce analytics, and data visualization tools such as Power BI preferred
• MBA, executive coaching certification, or change management certification preferred

A minimum of 200 Mb/sec download and 10 Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova.

This role's pay range is between: $165,000 – $238,000. This role is also bonus eligible.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage*
• Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts
• Tele Health options
• 401(k) plan with company match*
• Company paid life/add insurance
• Additional supplemental life/add coverage available
• Company paid Short/Long‑Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD)
• STD/LTD buy‑up options available
• Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Legal/ Assistance
• PTO, floating Diversity Day, and paid holidays*
• Paid parental bonding leave
• Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, counseling sessions, and more)
• Robust internal career growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Hearing aid discount for employees and family
• Internal social recognition platform

* Plan rules/offerings dependent upon group company/location.

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer. We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the marketplace. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate's ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.