Director, Human Resources

REF
272C

Job Title:

Director, Human Resources

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Department:
Human Resources

Reports to:

VP Human Resources

The role is responsible for designing, leading, and executing strategies that drive organizational effectiveness, talent management, and culture s role oversees the Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and North America HRBP teams, serving as a key architect of programs that attract, develop, and retain top talent. Partners closely with executive leadership to align people initiatives with business objectives, foster a high-performing culture, and lead change management and employee relations efforts across the organization.

• Lead the Learning & Development team, including creation of leadership development programming, learning governance, training effectiveness, and alignment of learning priorities to current and future business capability needs.
• Lead the North America HRBP group, ensuring HR Business Partners are a strategic consultant leveraged to deliver consistent, proactive, and business-aligned support in areas such as organizational design, employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, manager coaching, and change management.
• Lead the Recruiting/Talent Acquisition team, focusing on recruiting strategy, employment branding, candidate experience, selection processes, hiring effectiveness, and partnership with business leaders to meet talent needs.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and change leader to executives and people managers, designing and facilitating interventions that improve team effectiveness, organizational structure, leadership capability, and cultural transformation.
• Leverage data and talent analytics to assess organizational needs, monitor recruiting, learning, workforce, and engagement trends, measure program effectiveness, and deliver actionable insights for continuous improvement.
• Partner with executives and talent leaders to identify organizational capability needs and leadership/talent priorities.
• Support organization wide workforce planning efforts
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators throughout the organization to ensure teams are aligned, scalable, and responsive to business needs.
• Be a key leader in the HR organization – partnering closely with the Total Rewards Director and global HR Directors to align and build common practices and approaches where possible
• Manage budgets, resources, vendor relationships, tools, and external partnerships for OD, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and HRBP functions.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in OD HR, BA, Psych, or a related field

• Minimum of 10 yrs of experience in OD, talent management, or related HR leadership roles
• Direct experience leading teams in Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and/or HRBP functions
• Proven track record designing and implementing large-scale OD initiatives, including leadership development, succession planning, and culture transformation
• Experience in a complex, matrixed, multi-location environment

• Experienced in OD, talent management, and adult learning.
• Strong grasp of employment laws (FMLA, FLSA, ADA, EEO) with legal collaboration experience.
• Skilled in facilitation, coaching, and consulting.
• Effective communicator and relationship-builder across all levels.
• Data-informed decision maker with a track record of leading teams, driving change, and fostering inclusive, emotionally intelligent workplaces.

• Master’s degree in OD, Industrial/Organizational Psych, HR, or related field
• Certification in OD, Coaching, Change Management (e.g., Prosci, SHRM-SCP, Hogan, Korn Ferry)
• Demonstrated experience in union negotiations, labor relations, or collective bargaining
• Background in the manufacturing, rail, or industrial sector
• Experience supporting international operations
• Familiarity with HR technology platforms, talent analytics, learning management systems, and survey/assessment tools (e.g., Cornerstone, Dayforce, Culture Amp, Success Factors)

This position requires successful completion of:

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