Director, HRBP - Discovery & Medical

Danaher Corporation; Little Chalfont; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Danaher Corporation in the United Kingdom seeks a Director, HRBP for Discovery & Medical to drive strategic people initiatives and organizational effectiveness across global sites. You will partner with senior leaders to shape workforce strategy, lead change transformations and develop leadership capabilities, leveraging HR Shared Services for scalable delivery.

The role requires an undergraduate degree with 10+ years in HR leadership, strong business acumen, and 30% travel across EMEA and

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness and change leadership.
• Ability to advise senior leaders and translate business needs into practical people solutions.
• Proven success in talent and leadership development and succession planning.
• Strong business and financial acumen with data fluency and analytics experience.
• Continuous improvement mindset with lean principles and structured problem solving.
• Travel up to 30% within EMEA and globally as required.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver a people strategy aligned with business growth and priorities.
• Lead organization design and workforce planning addressing critical roles and skills gaps.
• Drive talent development, succession planning and leadership capability.
• Lead organizational change and business transformation with HR partners.
• Use data, metrics and external insights to inform decisions and demonstrate impact.
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance and HR teams on complex people matters.

Skills

Strategic HR business partnering

Organizational effectiveness

Change leadership

Advising senior leaders

Talent development

Succession planning

Data fluency/analytics

Lean principles

Financial acumen

Travel readiness (EMEA)

Education

Undergraduate degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Director, HRBP - Discovery & Medical

Little Chalfont, GBR

Danaher Corporation

2026-10-22T06:45:07.522Z

Bring more to life.

At Danaher, our work saves lives. And each of us plays a part. Fueled by our culture of continuous improvement, we turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

Our 63,000+ associates work across the globe at more than 15 unique businesses within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference? At Danaher, you can build an incredible career at a leading science and technology company, where we're committed to hiring and developing from within. You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter.

Learn about the Danaher Business System (https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/danaher-business-system) which makes everything possible.

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) is a strategic advisor and collaborator to senior business leaders, accountable for aligning people strategy with business priorities. They will drive performance, organizational effectiveness, and sustainable growth, while navigating complexity across talent, culture, organization design, and change. The role focuses on value creation, workforce strategy, and leadership effectiveness—leveraging HR Shared Services for transactional delivery. The HRBP partners closely with People Partners, COEs, and HR Shared Services to ensure scalable, compliant, and consistent execution while maintaining strategic ownership of the people agenda.

This temporary position reports to the VP Human Resources - Discovery and Medical & Genomic Medicine Operating Companies at Cytiva, part of the Human Resources department. This position is an on-site role and can be located at one of the Discovery and Medical sites in EMEA or at Marlborough in USA.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Shape and deliver a people strategy aligned with business growth, productivity and enterprise priorities; advise and coach senior leaders on people and organizational decisions.
• Lead organization design and workforce planning, addressing critical roles, capability gaps and future skills needs.
• Drive talent development, succession planning and leadership capability, strengthening engagement, inclusive behaviors and accountability for performance.
• Lead organizational change and business transformation, guiding adoption and delivery through HR partners while proactively managing risks and dependencies.
• Use technology, people data, business metrics and external insights to inform decisions and demonstrate business impact.
• Partner with Legal, Finance and HR teams on complex people matters, maintaining strategic decision ownership while leveraging specialist teams for case management and transactional delivery.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Undergraduate degree and 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience; MBA preferred.
• Experience in strategic HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness and change leadership, with the ability to advise senior leaders and translate business needs into practical people solutions.
• Demonstrated success in talent and leadership development, succession planning and capability building.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with data fluency and experience using digital, analytics or AI-enabled tools to guide decisions and measure outcomes.
• Continuous improvement mindset, with familiarity with lean principles and structured problem solving.
• Ability to travel 30% within EMEA region and across other relevant global sites as per business requirements.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

• Undergraduate degree and 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience; MBA preferred.
• Experience in strategic HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness and change leadership, with the ability to advise senior leaders and translate business needs into practical people solutions.
• Demonstrated success in talent and leadership development, succession planning and capability building.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with data fluency and experience using digital, analytics or AI-enabled tools to guide decisions and measure outcomes.
• Continuous improvement mindset, with familiarity with lean principles and structured problem solving.
• Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role
• Ability to travel 30% within EMEA region and across other relevant global sites as per business requirements.
• Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
  At Danaher, our work saves lives. And each of us plays a part. Fueled by our culture of continuous improvement, we turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life. Our 63,000+ associates work across the globe at more than 15 unique businesses within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference? At Danaher, you can build an incredible career at a leading science and technology company, where we're committed to hiring and developing from within. You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. Learn about the Danaher Business System (https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/danaher-business-system) which makes everything possible. The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) is a strategic advisor and collaborator to senior business leaders, accountable for aligning people strategy with business priorities. They will drive performance, organizational effectiveness, and sustainable growth, while navigating complexity across talent, culture, organization design, and change. The role focuses on value creation, workforce strategy, and leadership effectiveness-leveraging HR Shared Services for transactional delivery. The HRBP partners closely with People Partners, COEs, and HR Shared Services to ensure scalable, compliant, and consistent execution while maintaining strategic ownership of the people agenda. This temporary position reports to the VP Human Resources -Discovery and Medical & Genomic Medicine Operating Companies at Cytiva, part of the Human Resources department. This position is an on-site role and can be located at one of the Discovery and Medical sites in EMEA or at Marlborough in USA.
• In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
  • Shape and deliver a people strategy aligned with business growth, productivity and enterprise priorities; advise and coach senior leaders on people and organizational decisions.
  • Lead organization design and workforce planning, addressing critical roles, capability gaps and future skills needs.
  • Drive talent development, succession planning and leadership capability, strengthening engagement, inclusive behaviors and accountability for performance.
  • Lead organizational change and business transformation, guiding adoption and delivery through HR partners while proactively managing risks and dependencies.
  • Use technology, people data, business metrics and external insights to inform decisions and demonstrate business impact.
  • Partner with Legal, Finance and HR teams on complex people matters, maintaining strategic decision ownership while leveraging specialist teams for case management and transactional delivery.