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HR Manager

Solstice Advanced Materials

Buffalo, NYFull-time$113–142K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$113–142K/yr
Location
Buffalo, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The HR Manager serves as the primary HR partner for Solstice Advanced Materials’ Buffalo R&D site and supports leaders across the broader R&D organization. The role partners with leadership on people and organizational strategies, advises on employee and labor matters, and supports talent, performance, workforce planning, and organizational change. It also uses workforce data to inform leadership decisions and supports the union-represented workforce in partnership with Labor Relations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

HR Business PartneringLeadership CoachingTalent ManagementOrganizational ManagementPerformance ManagementEmployee RelationsUnion Workforce SupportWorkforce PlanningOrganizational EffectivenessCommunicationInfluencingProblem SolvingRelationship BuildingMatrixed Organization OperationsR&D Organization SupportEngineering Organization SupportScientific Organization SupportTechnical Organization SupportUnionized EnvironmentOrganizational DesignSuccession PlanningChange ManagementBusiness AcumenData-Driven Decision Making

Qualifications

6+ Years HR ExperienceBachelor's in HR, Business Administration, Labor Relations, or Related Field

Benefits

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

Full job description

As an HR Manager supporting R&D, you will serve as the primary HR partner for the Buffalo R&D site while also partnering with leaders and teams across the broader R&D organization.

You will partner with R&D leadership to translate business priorities into effective people, talent, and organizational strategies. This role will also support the Buffalo union-represented workforce in partnership with Labor Relations and provide leadership across employee relations, talent, performance, and organizational matters.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the HR Business Partner for the Buffalo R&D site and designated R&D leaders and teams beyond Buffalo.

  • Partner with R&D leadership on talent, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and people strategies aligned with business priorities.

  • Coach and advise leaders on employee relations, performance management, talent development, employee engagement, and organizational matters.

  • Support the Buffalo union-represented workforce, partnering closely with Labor Relations and site leadership on employee and labor matters.

  • Lead and support talent reviews, succession planning, organizational design, workforce planning, and capability development.

  • Support organizational change and partner across HR functions to deliver effective solutions for the business.

  • Leverage workforce data and insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and support leadership decision-making.

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

  • 6+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or comparable experience.

  • Demonstrated experience partnering with and coaching business leaders on talent, organizational, performance, and employee matters.

  • Experience supporting employee relations and union-represented populations, in partnership with Labor Relations or other subject matter experts.

  • Experience across key HR disciplines, including talent management, performance management, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness.

  • Strong communication, influencing, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to navigate complex situations.

  • Ability to operate effectively across site and broader functional responsibilities within a matrixed organization.

WE VALUE

  • Experience supporting R&D, engineering, scientific, or technical organizations.

  • Experience working in a unionized environment.

  • Experience with organizational design, succession planning, workforce planning, and change management.

  • Strong business acumen and a data-driven approach to HR decision-making.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Labor Relations, or related field

PAY RANGE

The annual base salary range for this position is $113,491 - 142,119. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.

Solstice Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

About Us

About Solstice Advanced Materials

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials (https://advancedmaterials.honeywell.com/us/en) .

Job Identification 108111

Job Category Human Resources

Job Schedule Full time

Locations 20 Peabody St, Buffalo, NY, 14210, US

Hire Eligibility Internal and External

Relocation Package US & CAN Domestic Tier 2

Pay Transparency NY: $113,491 - 142,119

Job Location City Buffalo

Job Location State NY

Job Location Country USA

Job Location Postal Code 14210

How this job compares

Set against the 714 open Human Resources Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$113–142K/yr
  • New York median$99–128K/yr40 salary ranges
  • US median$95–126K/yr362 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $128K, is 10% above the New York median midpoint ($116K) — in the top quarter of Human Resources Manager salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 51 open Human Resources Manager jobs in New York and 714 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Human Resources Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (559 postings).
Education
219 of the 714 open Human Resources Manager jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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