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Human Resources Director, Single-Use Technologies Division

ThermoFisher Scientific

Waltham, MAJob$150–199K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$150–199K/yr
Location
Waltham, MA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The HR Director, SUD partners with SUD Operations and the Bioprocess Containment business to advance business goals through people strategies. The role collaborates with global leaders on workforce planning, talent development, organizational change, and employee relations, using business metrics and data insights to guide priorities. It also coordinates with HR teams across regions and leads initiatives from planning through implementation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Workforce PlanningSuccession PlanningLeadership DevelopmentPerformance ManagementEmployee EngagementTalent AcquisitionBusiness AcumenAnalytical JudgmentWorkforce Data AnalysisTalent ManagementEmployee RelationsOrganizational EffectivenessTotal RewardsHR Policy KnowledgeUS Employment LawGlobal Employment PracticesCollaborationConsultingInfluencingCommunicationPresentationProject ManagementPriority ManagementJudgmentDiscretionConfidentialityEmotional IntelligenceExecutive CoachingBusiness PartnershipBusiness TransformationOrganizational DesignChange ManagementTeam LeadershipProcess ImprovementLeanSix SigmaPractical Process Improvement

Qualifications

Bachelor's in HR, Business, Psychology or RelatedAdvanced DegreePHR/SPHR or Other HR Certification8+ Years HR ExperienceGlobal Environment ExperienceExperience Building and Leading Teams

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

How you will make an impact:

The HR Director, SUD is a strategic business partner supporting SUD Operations and the Bioprocess Containment business to drive business success through effective people strategies. To achieve this, you will collaborate with global business leaders and executives to turn strategy into action, resolving talent gaps and seizing opportunities that support our goals of hiring, engaging, developing, and retaining outstanding talent.

What you will contribute:

Talent Approach

Partner with leaders to shape talent and workforce plans aligned with business priorities. Lead succession, leadership development, performance, engagement, and talent acquisition strategies that build the capabilities and leadership bench needed for growth.

Business Acumen and Data Insight

Draw upon business metrics to encourage the continuous improvement of talent and business capabilities and maintain a positive culture. Build a robust understanding of industry, market, and functional trends, crafting business-specific talent strategies driven by data insights and track progress.

Consultation

Act as a trusted mentor to senior leaders and people managers in navigating complex people matters. Coach leaders on talent, succession, performance, engagement, and employee relations with sound judgment and discretion.

Change Leadership

Lead organizational design, development, culture and change initiatives that support transformation and growth. Demonstrate and encourage consistency with our 4i values (Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement) in everything we do.

Organizational Adaptability and Resolve

Effectively collaborate with Country HR Leads, Regional HR, and CoEs to deliver coordinated support across teams, sites and regions. Establish a solid organizational network that promotes a "One HR Team" approach and enterprise thinking.

Project/Process Management

Move priorities from strategy to execution with Intensity. Lead HR initiatives from planning through implementation, coordinate resources, manage competing priorities, follow through on measurable outcomes, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

How you will get here:

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.

  • PHR/SPHR or other professional HR certifications desirable

Experience:

  • 8+ years of comprehensive HR experience in a global environment, including business partnership and executive coaching.

  • Demonstrated success leading talent initiatives, business transformation, organizational design, and change management.

  • Experience building and leading teams in a fast-paced, heavily matrixed, and diverse environment preferred

  • Experience with Process Improvement approaches (i.e. Lean, Six Sigma, Practical Process Improvement, etc.).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Strong business acumen and analytical judgment, with the ability to connect HR strategy and workforce data to business priorities and outcomes.

  • Broad HR expertise across talent management, performance, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition, and total rewards.

  • Strong knowledge of HR policies, U.S. labor and employment requirements, with the ability to partner effectively with local HR teams on employment practices across global markets.

  • Exceptional collaboration, consulting, influencing, communication, and presentation skills; able to build trusted relationships across levels, functions, and regions.

  • Strong project and priority management skills, with the ability to move strategy into execution and deliver through others.

  • High degree of judgment, discretion, confidentiality, and emotional intelligence.

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%, as needed.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Tennessee is $149,600.00–$199,400.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

  • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,679 open Human Resources jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150–199K/yr
  • Massachusetts median$100–142K/yr113 salary ranges
  • US median$97–141K/yr2,685 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $175K, is 36% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($128K) — in the top quarter of Human Resources salary ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 181 open Human Resources jobs in Massachusetts and 5,679 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Human Resources postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,004 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,443 of the 5,679 open Human Resources jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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