Global Director, HR Strategy & Talent

Abbott Laboratories; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 344,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Tuition reimbursement

High employer retirement contribution

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a strategic Business HR Director to partner with R&D, Product Development, Clinical/Regulatory/Medical Affairs, and Finance. The role sits onsite at Sylmar, CA, not a hybrid, and focuses on attracting, developing, and retaining talent to transform healthcare delivery.

The position requires 8–10 years of client-facing HR experience, strong leadership, and global perspective across multiple locations and cultures. Abbott offers comprehensive health & retirement benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with background in HR/IR, OD/IP, STEM, or business.
• Advanced HR/IP degree or HR certification preferred.
• 8-10 years’ experience in client-facing HR Business Partner roles.
• Experience developing relationships and leading processes with remote business partners and HR colleagues.
• Ability to influence very senior business leaders using business acumen.
• Ability to align leadership around organization direction, design, and governance/decision rights.
• Track record of developing and implementing a talent strategy to achieve differentiated business outcomes.
• Experience deploying priorities across multiple locations (across multiple countries and cultures is highly desirable).
• Matrix management skill, ability to define resource requirements and pull from support functions, and deliver results.
• Ability to conduct business fluently in English.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with business leaders to define and implement programs for high performance and ethics.
• Establishes tone for performance and continuous improvement at the leadership level.
• Coaches senior leaders to engage, develop, and retain talent.
• Supports leaders in deploying performance management and rewards processes.

Skills

Client-facing HR

Remote partnerships

Senior leadership influence

Organization design

Talent strategy

Multi-location deployment

Organizational effectiveness

Matrix management

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced HR degree

HR certification

Job description

Abbott is seeking a strategic Business HR Director to partner with R&D, Product Development, Clinical/Regulatory/Medical Affairs, and Finance. The role sits onsite at Sylmar, CA, not a hybrid, and focuses on attracting, developing, and retaining talent to transform healthcare delivery.

The position requires 8–10 years of client-facing HR experience, strong leadership, and global perspective across multiple locations and cultures. Abbott offers comprehensive health & retirement benefits.