Senior Director People Partner, EMEA

Danaher Corporation; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, seeks a Senior Director People Partner to lead HR across EMEA from Buckinghamshire. You will guide workforce planning, organizational health, and people strategy while coaching senior leaders and aligning global programs with regional needs.

In this senior role you will build capability within the HR team, drive change, and strengthen governance to improve associate experience and business impact across the region.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree.
• Long standing experience of progressive leadership roles in HR.
• Coaching and influencing People Leaders and leading HR projects/change.
• Continuous improvement and lean principles.
• Familiar with digital analytics or AI enabled tools to enhance HR decision making.
• Travel: 40% travel within EMEA.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing HR team across EMEA and drive HR Evolution.
• Advise business and functional leadership on people strategy, workforce planning, and organizational health.
• Coach People Leaders on complex topics and support HR Business Partners and COEs.
• Collaborate with COEs to translate global talent strategies into effective programs.
• Assess ER/LR risk and strengthen preventative practices.
• Activate global programs across EMEA and enable cross-business collaboration.
• Strengthen governance and use metrics to improve associate experience and business impact.

Skills

People leadership

Coaching

Change management

Lean thinking

HR analytics / AI in HR

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Senior Director People Partner, EMEA

2026-09-20T00:00:00

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

GB

HP21 7SX

Full Time

2026-12-20T03:01:43.163

This job is with Danaher, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork - the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

Introduction

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

What You Will Do

• Operate in a matrix, global organisation, you will lead and develop a high-performing HR team across EMEA, building HR organisational capability and driving HR Evolution through the sustainable adoption of new ways of working.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to business and functional leadership, with a large presence in EMEA, on people strategy, workforce planning, organizational health, and workforce risk ensuring consistent delivery of people priorities, change initiatives, and business outcomes across the region.
• Enable People Leaders through coaching and guidance on complex people topics (e.g., organizational change, policy interpretation, leader effectiveness), leveraging the support from People Partners, HR Business Partners and HR Generalists as necessary.
• Partner with HRBPs and COEs (Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards) to influence, shape and translate global workforce/talent strategies into effective programs that improve attraction and retention across EMEA.
• Partner with the LER COE and leaders to assess ER/LR risk, govern escalations, and strengthen preventative practices.
• Activate global and COE programs across EMEA, leading or sponsoring key change initiatives and enabling cross-business collaboration.
• Strengthen the regional people partner governance and performance culture by increasing the use of AI, transparent metrics, bowler reviews and project-based execution and leading with DBS while building team's capability, helping them develop and grow while improving associate experience and business impact.

Who You Are

• Undergraduate degree
• Long standing experience of progressive leadership roles in HR
• Track record in coaching and influencing People Leaders and leading HR projects/change with moderate-to-high complexity and delivering measurable improvements to the associate experience.
• Continuous improvement and process oriented - has familiarity with lean principles, problem solving and how to apply them to Human Resources in a measurable and sustainable way
• Leveraging digital, analytics, or AI enabled tools to enhance HR decision making and execution.
• TravelAbility to travel - 40 % travel, overnight, within EMEA

Additional Information

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

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Join Us

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 our website.

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