Lead HR Business Partner

Hexagon AB; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence seeks a Lead HR Business Partner to partner with Production Software leaders across the Americas, translating business strategy into people initiatives and building the talent and culture needed to hit objectives.

The role balances strategic advisory with hands-on execution in a fast-moving, matrixed environment, requiring comfort challenging leaders and using data to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, business Admin, or related field.
• 10+ years progressive HR experience including HRBP with senior leaders.
• Strategic HR partner connecting people decisions to business objectives.
• Expertise in org design, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, leadership development.
• Extensive employee relations experience handling sensitive situations with judgment.
• Experience advising leaders in manufacturing, industrial, technology, or software environments.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR compliance.
• Ability to use HR data/analytics to identify trends and support decisions.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to challenge leaders constructively in a fast-paced, matrixed org.
• Experience with HRIS and workforce analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic HR partnership across Americas for Production Software leaders.
• Translate business strategy into effective people plans and structures.
• Partner with senior leaders to ensure talent, leadership, and culture alignment.

Skills

HRBP experience

Strategic partnership

Data analytics

Communication

Leadership

Field support experience

Manufacturing/tech experience

Growth transformation experience

Cross-border HR experience

HR certifications

Global matrix organization

HRIS/SuccessFactors

Workforce analytics tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

SuccessFactors

HR analytics tools

Job description

Hexagon is a global leader in measurement technologies. From microns to Mars, we measure what matters for the future. Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s Production Software Division delivers production and quality solutions that help manufacturers accelerate innovation, improve productivity, and confidently bring their ideas to life.

Our mission—to“deliver trusted software technology that gives manufacturers the confidence to make it, prove it, and repeat it”—is made possible by our talented and dedicated employees around the world. Together, we combine deep industry knowledge, innovative technology, and a shared commitment to helping our customers solve complex challenges and shape the future of manufacturing.

Why Join Us

• Make an impact. Your work will contribute to solutions used by manufacturers around the world to address real challenges, improve productivity, and drive innovation.
• Work globally and collaboratively. Join a diverse, international organization where teams across functions, products, and geographies work together to deliver meaningful customer outcomes.
• Grow your career. Build new skills, take on meaningful challenges, and explore career opportunities across Production Software and the broader Hexagon organization.
• Help shape what’s next. Be part of an organization evolving how manufacturers use software, data, automation, and emerging technologies to build the products of the future.

About the Role

The Lead HR Business Partner serves as a strategic HR partner to Production Software leaders across the Americas, providing trusted counsel on people, organizational, and business priorities. This role partners closely with senior leaders to translate business strategy into effective people strategies and helps ensure the organization has the talent, structure, leadership capability, and culture needed to achieve its objectives.

The role operates across a broad and geographically distributed organization and balances strategic partnership with hands‑on execution. The successful candidate will be comfortable challenging leaders, navigating complex employee and organizational issues, using data to inform decisions, and leading through change in a fast-moving, matrixed environment.

Job Responsibilities

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Qualifications

Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive HR experience, including significant HR Business Partner experience supporting senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a strategic HR partner, with the ability to connect people decisions to business objectives.
• Strong experience in organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Significant employee relations experience, including the ability to navigate complex and sensitive situations with sound judgment.
• Experience advising leaders in manufacturing, industrial, technology, software, or similarly complex environments.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to use HR data and analytics to identify trends, assess organizational needs, and support business decisions.
• Strong communication, facilitation, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge leaders constructively, build trust, and influence decisions without relying on formal authority.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Experience with SuccessFactors or other HR information systems and workforce analytics tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting field-based sales, engineering, product, or other distributed organizations.
• Experience in advanced manufacturing, metrology, industrial technology, or software environments.
• Experience supporting organizations through significant growth, transformation, restructuring, or M&A activity.
• Experience working across multiple U.S. states and/or supporting employees in Canada or other countries within the Americas.
• HR certification such as SPHR, SHRM-SCP, or equivalent.
• Experience working within a global, highly matrixed organization.

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence does not accept unsolicited candidates, CVs, or resumes from agencies or third parties. All candidate profiles must be submitted through our SuccessFactors system and approved in advance by the Global Talent Acquisition team. Any CVs/resumes sent outside this process will be considered the property of Hexagon, and no placement fees will be paid.

Hexagon posts all official job opportunities on eithercareers-manufacturing.hexagon.com or careers.hexagon.comand communicates only from email addresses ending [e-mail]. We never request payment or personal banking information during recruitment. No offers will ever be extended without a proper interview via Teams or in person, never done over email alone. If you suspect fraud, it probably is, and contact us [e-mail].

Information at a Glance Division: Production Software Job Title: Lead HR Business Partner Job Function: Human Resources Job Location (Short): North Kingstown, RI, USA, 02852
Workplace Type: Remote Workplace Details: Req ID: 3303

About Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. We put data to work to drive efficiency, productivity and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public safety and mobility applications. Our solutions enable customers to capture, analyze and leverage data from the physical world to create smarter, more connected and increasingly autonomous ecosystems that support a scalable and sustainable future. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence business area delivers solutions that leverage data from design and engineering through production and metrology to help manufacturers make smarter, data-driven decisions and improve performance across the product lifecycle.