Director, HR Transformation & Enablement (Americas)

Novanta Corporation; Apex (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Novanta Inc. is hiring for a Director of HR Enablement to lead the Americas HR Enablement team and drive enterprise HR strategies regionally.

You will partner with Talent Partners, COE, and HR Operations to ensure high-quality employee experiences and scalable HR programs across multiple sites. You will spearhead organizational effectiveness, manager capability, and process excellence while advancing AI-enabled HR solutions and automation to improve efficiency and scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
• Experience leading HR teams across multiple sites or business units.
• Proven success leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Strength in workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, talent management, and employee experience.
• Experience driving adoption of HR technology and process improvement initiatives.
• Experience building and scaling HR processes.
• Strong technology, digital HR, AI, and automation experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to interpret workforce data.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership to a team of HR Enablement professionals supporting multiple business units and locations.
• Drives consistency in HR delivery, manager effectiveness, and employee experience while balancing enterprise standards with local needs.
• Leads regional HR transformation initiatives using enterprise-wide HR programs and tools.
• Partners with Legal, Centers of Excellence, and business leaders to ensure risk mitigation and compliant solutions.

Skills

HR leadership

change management

HR technology

data analytics

workforce planning

employee experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Job description

Novanta Inc. is hiring for a Director of HR Enablement to lead the Americas HR Enablement team and drive enterprise HR strategies regionally.

You will partner with Talent Partners, COE, and HR Operations to ensure high-quality employee experiences and scalable HR programs across multiple sites. You will spearhead organizational effectiveness, manager capability, and process excellence while advancing AI-enabled HR solutions and automation to improve efficiency and scale.