Senior HR Business Partner

Fremont, CA •
Human Resources

Job Type Full-time

Description ABOUT USJoin a Global Photonics Leader Engineering Solutions from the Deep Ocean to Outer Space! G&H is a global leader in the design, engineering, and manufacture of advanced photonic technologies. As experts in the technology of light, we partner with customers to deliver optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications across aerospace and defense, life sciences, industrial, and other high-performance markets.

With operations across the United States and Europe, G&H brings together deep technical expertise, precision manufacturing, and more than 75 years of innovation. Our success is built on the capability of our people and our ability to translate complex customer requirements into high-quality, reliable solutions.

As we continue to grow and evolve, we are investing in the people, leadership, and organizational capabilities required to scale our operations and support our customers.

THE OPPORTUNITY The Senior HR Business Partner will serve as the dedicated HR partner to our Fremont, California operation during an important period of growth, organizational change, and capability expansion.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role for an experienced HR professional who can move comfortably between strategic business partnership and day-to-day execution. The Senior HR Business Partner will develop a strong understanding of the operation, translate business and production requirements into workforce priorities, coach and challenge leaders, navigate complex employee matters, and help ensure the site has the people, structure, leadership, and capabilities required to deliver against its business objectives.

Based onsite in Fremont, this role will work closely with site leadership and employees while operating as part of the broader U.S. HR organization. The successful candidate will bring strong business acumen, sound judgment, and the ability to support a manufacturing organization as it scales while ensuring consistent, compliant, and effective people practices.

Must be able to commute to our Fremont, CA site on a daily basis. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Business Partnership & Organizational Effectiveness Serve as a trusted HR partner to Fremont leadership, developing a strong understanding of business priorities, operational challenges, customer requirements, and workforce needs to provide practical, commercially grounded people solutions.

Coach, advise, and appropriately challenge leaders on organizational structure, leadership capability, workforce decisions, performance, employee engagement, retention, and other people matters, balancing immediate operational requirements with longer-term organizational health.

Use workforce data, business insights, and sound judgment to identify trends, challenge assumptions, anticipate people risks, and recommend actions that strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership accountability, workforce productivity, and continuous improvement.  Workforce Growth & Change Partner with leadership to translate business growth, production demand, capacity requirements, and operational priorities into workforce plans, including staffing levels, organizational structure, critical capabilities, role clarity, leadership needs, and succession considerations.

Support the effective scaling of the Fremont operation, including the introduction or transfer of new work, capabilities, technologies, teams, and organizational structures, ensuring people, leadership, communication, and change considerations are incorporated into implementation plans.

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