Director, HR Business Partner, Health & Biosciences

Job Summary

The Global HR Business Partner, Health & Biosciences Operations, Quality & Customer Service serves as the senior HR partner to the SVP, H&B Operations and the SVP, H&B Quality & Customer Service, supporting leadership teams accountable for approximately 2,000 employees globally.

As a trusted partner to senior leaders, this role shapes and executes talent and organizational strategies that enable business performance, strengthen leadership capability, and build the workforce needed to support H&B’s growth objectives. Partnering closely with business leaders and HR Centers of Excellence, the Director drives workforce planning, succession management, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and change initiatives.

The role also plays a key part in fostering a culture that reflects IFF's values and leadership expectations, helping create competitive advantage through strong leadership, organizational capability, innovation, and employee engagement.

• Serve as the primary strategic talent partner to the SVP, H&B Operations and the SVP, H&B Quality & Customer Service.
• Align talent priorities with business objectives through workforce planning, organization design, and succession strategies.
• Utilize workforce and talent insights to identify opportunities, risks, and future capability needs.
• Influence organizational culture and leadership effectiveness in alignment with IFF values and leadership expectations.

• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, leadership assessment, and development planning across supported functions.
• Build strong pipelines for critical leadership, technical, quality, customer service, and operations roles.
• Drive organizational effectiveness initiatives that improve business performance, agility, and scalability.
• Partner with leaders to identify, develop, and accelerate high-potential talent.
• Champion adoption of the IFF Leadership Capabilities through talent management, succession planning, and leadership development processes.

• Coach senior leaders on talent, leadership effectiveness, team performance, and organizational health.
• Lead the people aspects of significant organizational and business transformation initiatives.
• Develop change management and stakeholder engagement strategies that support successful execution of business priorities.

• Partner effectively across global regions, cultures, and functions.
• Build strong relationships with business leaders, HR partners, and Centers of Excellence.
• Participate in meetings across multiple time zones and travel internationally as business needs require.

• Strong succession health and diverse leadership pipelines across supported functions.
• Increased internal mobility and promotion rates for key leadership and technical roles.
• Improved leadership capability and adoption of IFF Leadership Capabilities.
• Successful execution of workforce planning, organization design, and transformation initiatives.
• Positive trends in organizational health, employee engagement, and retention.
• Trusted advisor status with senior leaders and measurable impact on business performance.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in a global organization; biotech or operations-focused experience preferred.
• Expertise in talent management, succession planning, leadership development, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and change management.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, operations, quality, customer service, or similarly complex business environments.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and…