Vice President, Human Resources, Molecular Devices

Vice President, Human Resources

The Molecular Devices Vice President, Human Resources will be responsible for the strategic leadership of all aspects of HR management and serve as a thought leader and visionary in advancing organizational capabilities and effectiveness. S / he will provide direction and lead organization and talent development efforts to meet strategic and annual business objectives. This includes the coordination and implementation of processes, policies and programs regarding talent acquisition, organizational development, talent development, associate engagement, succession planning, retention, management training, associate compensation and wellbeing, and internal communications.

The VP, HR will serve as senior advisor, counsel, and confidant to the President, as well as an advisor to other executive management on all aspects of human resources. The VP, HR will assist in the planning and development of the appropriate organizational alignment and structures, architecture and support systems to enhance MolDev ongoing growth opportunities and objectives.

Additionally, the VP, HR will focus on developing a strong associate engagement program that facilitates open communication with leadership, advancement of the associate value proposition and educates associates on how they contribute to enterprise-wide goals. S / he will direct continuing development and deployment of associate performance management, as well as associate development objectives.

The VP, HR will focus on development and implementation of a long-term, integrated talent strategy ensuring that the business has the talent at all levels necessary to grow aggressively. S / he will be accountable for supporting the global people agenda, by acquiring, developing, engaging and retaining exceptional talent to drive long-term performance and results. Notably, the VP, HR will focus on embedding talent development and management as core business processes throughout the organization.

The VP, HR will continue to strengthen our HR related compliance processes, will lead by being a pro-active advocate for ethics and compliance within the company and will be responsible to drive education, process improvements, and audits and investigations where appropriate.

For successful leaders, this role has runway to more senior leadership opportunities across the Life Sciences Platform and Danaher.

This position will be located onsite in San Jose CA.

Key Responsibilities :

• Partner with business leaders to lead the Human Resources team's efforts to drive organization capability, performance and sustainable long-term organic and inorganic growth.
• Develop HR programs and identify key HR metrics to analyze and solve business problems that impact organizational effectiveness (improve productivity, reduce cost, increase retention / engagement and increase profitability).
• Champion Molecular Devices' values and culture; continue the company's ability to attract, engage, and retain a high-performance team that can lead growth.
• Lead the internal communications strategy for the company.
• Manage key HR KPIs / metrics (talent acquisition, engagement, development, retention, etc.).
• Lead the Engagement Survey process including actions to improve associate engagement.
• Advocate for associates when leaders are making business decisions that impact associates.
• Lead the organizational review process that evaluates structure, competency, knowledge and talent gaps and develop specific strategies to fill the gaps.
• Drive a talent acquisition and management strategy that integrates a succession-planning methodology for key contributor and management positions.
• Develop and manage a comprehensive total rewards strategy to ensure talent attraction and retention while managing costs.
• Develop and lead programs pertaining to associate development and leadership.
• Manage a global team of HR professionals providing day-to-day support and strategic guidance for the team.
• Partner with Marketing on company branding and further developing how the company is perceived as an employer internally and externally.

Qualifications :

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this associate. The incumbent is expected to perform other duties necessary for the effective operation of the department or unit. This job description may be changed at any time.

The salary range for this role is $275,000 - $300,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus / incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical / dental / vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.