Director, HR Transformation & Enablement

Novanta Corporation; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Novanta Corporation seeks a Director of HR Enablement to lead a high-impact team delivering enterprise HR programs across the Americas. The role partners with Talent Partners, centers of excellence, and HR Operations to drive organizational effectiveness and an outstanding employee experience.

You will shape strategy, governance, and scalable processes for a global manufacturing and corporate footprint. The ideal candidate brings extensive HR leadership, strong stakeholder management, a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
• Experience leading HR teams across multiple sites or business units.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Strong background in workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, talent management, and employee experience.
• Experience driving adoption of HR technology and process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to a team of HR Enablement professionals supporting multiple business units, manufacturing sites, and corporate functions across the Americas.
• Drives consistency in HR delivery, manager effectiveness, organizational capability, and employee experience while balancing enterprise standards with local business requirements.
• Leads and develops the HR Enablement team, creating an environment of high performance, collaboration, and continuous growth.
• Ensures consistent execution and adoption of enterprise-wide HR programs, processes, policies, and tools across multiple locations and business units.
• Provides leadership and oversight on employment compliance matters across the region, ensuring HR practices, policies, and programs comply with applicable labour and employment laws.
• Leads regional HR transformation and continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging Novanta Growth System (NGS) methodologies, change management principles, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to improve efficiency, scalability, and user experience.

Skills

HR leadership

Organizational change

Executive partnership

Workforce planning

Analytics

Technology adoption

Job description

Novanta Corporation seeks a Director of HR Enablement to lead a high-impact team delivering enterprise HR programs across the Americas. The role partners with Talent Partners, centers of excellence, and HR Operations to drive organizational effectiveness and an outstanding employee experience.

You will shape strategy, governance, and scalable processes for a global manufacturing and corporate footprint. The ideal candidate brings extensive HR leadership, strong stakeholder management, a