Senior Manager, HR, Optical Solutions

Degree Level: Bachelor’s Degree

• Primary
  
  Duties & Responsibilities:
  
  Strategic HR Support

• Maintain an effective level of business literacy about the business unit’s financial position, plans, culture, and competition to ensure HR strategies are aligned with overall business objectives. This includes workforce planning and calibration aligned with the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the business.
• Serve as the primary strategic partner to the Optical Solutions business, collaborating closely with the VP of Optical Solutions and senior leadership across regions to design and deliver both strategic and tactical HR solutions that enable business success.
• Collaborate with leadership teams at various sites to streamline leadership expectations, optimize segment-specific HR strategies, and align budgeting and people engagement initiatives across the Optical Solutions BU.
• Align business objectives with employee and management needs in the designated business unit to foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
• Partner with Functional and Site HRBPs and HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) to build and implement strategic HR programs and enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen workforce capability and engagement.
• Lead strategic workforce planning efforts, identifying current and future talent gaps, succession risks, and capability needs to ensure the organization has the right talent in place for long-term success.
• Drive organizational design and development, recommending structure and role enhancements that improve agility, scalability, and collaboration across functions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, providing insight and guidance on people strategy, leadership effectiveness, and culture transformation.
• Champion change management, partnering with senior leadership to plan, communicate, and embed major business changes that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Leverage HR analytics and workforce metrics to deliver data-driven insights that influence business decisions and measure the impact of HR initiatives.
• Shape and sustain a high-performance culture aligned with company values, fostering employee engagement, inclusion and leadership accountability for people outcomes.

• Consult and support all levels of management to build high-performing, diverse, and inclusive teams that align with business goals.
• Support and execute talent strategies to attract, develop, reward, and retain key talent.
• Partner with senior business leaders to design and implement succession and development strategies for critical roles.
• Participate in and support the employee succession planning process to ensure leadership continuity and readiness.
• Provide leadership coaching to enhance management capability and employee experience.

• Utilize workforce data and analytics to identify talent trends, opportunities, and risks, and recommend strategic interventions.
• Collaborate with HR teams to analyze trends and metrics, designing data-informed programs, policies, and solutions that drive organizational performance.
• Monitor key HR KPIs (turnover, engagement, DEI, performance) and present actionable insights to leadership.

• Partner with management and employees to enhance work relationships, morale, productivity, and retention.
• Act as a liaison for employees seeking assistance with leave management, HRIS systems, or workplace concerns.
• Collaborate with Site HR Partners to manage and resolve employee relations issues effectively and equitably.
• Lead efforts to improve employee engagement and organizational culture, ensuring alignment with company values and business objectives.

• Support full-cycle talent acquisition processes including recruitment, interviewing, selection, and hiring to ensure alignment with talent strategy.
• Coordinate and enhance new hire orientation and onboarding programs to strengthen engagement and retention.
• Partner with Shared Services to manage new hire data, job changes, and personnel records accurately and efficiently.