Director, HR - Join a $45B Industry Leader!

ThermoFisher Scientific; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

Healthcare

401k

Employee benefits

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Director of Human Resources for the Materials and Structural Analysis (MSD) business to provide strategic HR leadership to Global Service and Finance, partnering with senior leaders to translate priorities into people and organizational strategies.

This role shapes talent, design, and change initiatives across a global, matrixed organization, using analytics to drive impact and uphold our 4i values—Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience.
• A degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Strategic HR partner to senior and executive leaders in a global, matrixed organization.
• Business and financial acumen to translate priorities into practical people strategies.
• Experience leading organizational transformation and change management.
• Track record in talent management, succession, leadership development, engagement and retention.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence across functions and geographies.
• Coaching leaders and building organizational capability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical, data-driven decision making with HR analytics.
• Experience with HR technology and process improvement.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Partner strategically with senior leaders, translating priorities into people strategies.
• Lead organizational design, workforce planning, succession, and change management.
• Build talent and leadership through development, engagement, and retention initiatives.
• Use people analytics to anticipate needs and shape practical solutions.
• Collaborate with global HR colleagues and Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated solutions.

Skills

HR strategy

Executive partnering

Org design

People analytics

Change management

Leadership development

Stakeholder management

HR technology

Data-driven decisions

Global experience

Travel coordination

Education

Bachelor's in HR/Business/Psychology

Master's degree preferred

Tools

HRIS

Workday

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Help shape the people strategy behind a global business. As Director of Human Resources for our Materials and Structural Analysis business (MSD), you’ll provide strategic HR leadership to the Global Service and Finance organizations, partnering with senior leaders to turn business priorities into people and organizational strategies that deliver results.

This role offers the chance to influence organizational direction, strengthen leadership capabilities, and shape the talent, structure, and skills needed for strong performance and future growth. You’ll lead across talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, engagement, leadership development, and change management in a complex, global, matrixed environment.

Combining strategic perspective with a hands‑on approach, you’ll use business insight and people analytics to anticipate needs, address complex challenges, and make a meaningful impact. You’ll also help bring our 4i Values—Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement—to life across the organization.

What you’ll do

• Partner strategically: Advise senior leaders across MSD Global Service and Finance, translating business priorities into people strategies that support growth, operational performance, and organizational effectiveness.
• Shape the organization and workforce: Lead organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and change management to help ensure the business has the right structures, capabilities, and leadership for current and future needs.
• Build talent and leadership: Set talent strategies across leadership development, performance, engagement, succession, and retention. Coach leaders to strengthen their effectiveness, build high‑performing teams, and develop critical talent.
• Use insight to drive impact: Apply people analytics and business insight to anticipate organizational needs and shape practical solutions. Champion an inclusive, high‑performing culture grounded in our 4i Values.
• Work across HR: Collaborate with global HR colleagues and Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated talent and organizational solutions and an exceptional colleague experience.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience.
• A degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
• Success as a strategic HR partner to senior and executive leaders, ideally in a global, matrixed organization.
• Business and financial acumen, with the ability to turn business priorities into practical, high‑impact people strategies.
• Experience leading organizational transformation, change management, organizational design, and strategic workforce planning.
• A record of developing and delivering strategies for talent management, succession, leadership development, engagement, performance, and retention.
• Executive presence and the ability to influence, challenge, coach, and build trusted relationships across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.
• Skill in coaching and developing leaders, strengthening team effectiveness, and building organizational capability.
• Strong communication, presentation, consultation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical skills and a data‑driven approach to decision‑making, with the ability to turn insights into action.
• Experience using HR technology, analytics, and process improvement to improve organizational effectiveness and the colleague experience.
• The ability to navigate ambiguity, balance priorities, and work effectively in a fast‑paced global environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience supporting global Service, Finance, commercial, or operational organizations within a complex multinational company.
• Experience with process improvement methods such as Lean or Six Sigma.

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company 401k, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.