Director, HR Business Partner

Laborie Medical Technologies Corp; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical, Dental, Vision

Pension Plan

Parental Leave

Health and Wellness Programs

Job summary

Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. seeks a Director, Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to act as a strategic advisor to the COO and executive leadership, overseeing enterprise HR initiatives for manufacturing operations.

The role combines talent, culture, and workforce strategy with strong operational execution in a global healthcare environment. Experience with executive leadership, organizational design, and change management is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field.
• 10–15 years of progressive HR experience with executives.
• 5+ years supporting C‑suite or senior operational leaders.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic HR leadership to COO and operations leaders.
• Shape talent, culture, workforce, and organizational design initiatives.
• Coach senior leaders on performance, change, and accountability.
• Drive enterprise HR programs and governance across sites.
• Leverage analytics to guide risk mitigation and continuous improvement.

Skills

HRBP experience

Executive partnership

Healthcare industry

Organizational design

Change management

HR analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Who We’re Looking For:

We're seeking a Director, Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership, with primary partnership to the Chief Operating Officer (COO).

About the Role:

This role will be based on‑site at Laborie’s Plymouth, MN manufacturing location and will support all Laborie manufacturing operations across the organization, providing enterprise‑level HR leadership in a complex, global, and highly regulated healthcare environment.

The Director HRBP shapes organizational strategy through proactive talent, culture, and workforce initiatives, ensuring HR enables business outcomes across manufacturing, operations, and functional teams. This leader balances long‑term strategic thinking with strong operational execution, thriving in a dynamic, matrixed environment.

The role partners closely with executive and functional leaders to translate business priorities into scalable people strategies, influence organizational design, and foster a culture of high performance, accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and compliance.

Executive & Strategic Partnership

• Serve as the strategic HR partner to the COO and senior operations leaders, aligning talent, workforce, and organizational strategies with enterprise business priorities across all Laborie locations.
• Influence executive decision‑making through data, insight, and sound judgment in a complex, highly regulated environment.

Organizational Effectiveness & Talent Strategy

• Lead organizational design, workforce planning, and succession strategies to ensure the right capabilities, structures, and leadership bench are in place to support current and future operations.
• Coach senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, performance management, accountability, and change leadership.

Culture, Engagement & Change Leadership

• Champion a cohesive, high‑performance culture grounded in inclusion, collaboration, and accountability across a distributed and global workforce.
• Lead enterprise‑level change initiatives by advising on communication, readiness, leadership alignment, and employee adoption.
• Leverage engagement and listening data to drive targeted action plans and measurable improvement.

Employee Relations, Risk & Governance

• Provide executive‑level guidance on complex employee relations matters, ensuring consistency, fairness, and risk‑mitigated outcomes.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Quality, and EHS to ensure HR practices align with healthcare and medical device regulatory requirements.
• Influence HR policy governance and enterprise standards to balance compliance with a positive employee experience.

Enterprise HR Program Execution & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with Global HR COEs to deploy and operationalize core HR programs (performance management, compensation, leadership development, engagement) across operations.
• Translate global strategies into practical, manager‑ready execution at the site and enterprise level.
• Utilize HR analytics and metrics to identify trends, anticipate risks, and drive continuous improvement in talent outcomes and workforce health.

What you Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred (Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field).
• 10–15 years of progressive HR experience, with 5+ years supporting executive or senior operational leaders in an HRBP capacity.
• Demonstrated success influencing at the executive level, including partnership with C‑suite leaders.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, medical device, manufacturing and/or other highly regulated industries strongly preferred.
• Proven expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, and complex change initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of HR fundamentals, employment law, compliance, and risk mitigation in a global environment.
• Experience operating within matrixed, fast‑paced, and multi‑site organizations.
• HR certifications (SHRM‑SCP, SPHR) highly beneficial.

Why Laborie:

Our Mission every day is to operate as a world‑class specialist medical company making and advancing technologies that preserve and restore human dignity. We do that today by helping people with pelvic and gastrointestinal conditions live normal lives, and by helping mothers and babies have safe deliveries.

• Paid time off and paid volunteer time
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Pension Plan
• Parental Leave and Adoption Services
• Health and Wellness Programs and Events

Laborie provides equal employment opportunities and non‑discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexualorientation,or any characteristic protected underapplicable law. Laborie is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in our services, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities.