Sr. Director Human Resources

IDEX Corporation; Cedar Falls (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEX Corporation, a global diversified manufacturing company, seeks an experienced Senior HR leader for Viking Pump. This role acts as a strategic partner to business leaders, guiding talent strategy, labor relations, organization design, and employee engagement across manufacturing operations.

You will shape workforce plans, drive leadership development, and ensure regulatory compliance while improving performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or related field required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior HR business partner to Viking Pump leadership, providing guidance on talent, organization effectiveness, workforce planning, employee relations, and performance management.
• Partner with business and corporate HR leaders to develop and execute talent management strategies, succession planning processes, leadership development initiatives, and workforce plans.
• Lead organizational design, change management, and culture initiatives that improve business performance and employee engagement.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and applicable federal, state, local, and international employment laws and regulations.
• Provide strategic leadership for labor relations, including contract administration, grievance management, arbitration preparation, and collective bargaining support.
• Lead or participate in collective bargaining negotiations and develop strategies that support business objectives while maintaining positive labor relations.
• Provide guidance and coaching to leaders regarding employee relations matters, performance management, disciplinary actions, investigations, and development opportunities.
• Direct talent acquisition activities, workforce planning efforts, onboarding processes, and retention initiatives.
• Lead compensation and workforce planning activities in partnership with corporate compensation teams to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity.
• Oversee employee benefits administration and wellness initiatives in partnership with corporate HR and benefits resources.
• Lead employee communication, engagement, and recognition programs.
• Develop HR metrics, dashboards, and workforce analytics to support data-driven business decisions.
• Ensure effective HR processes, systems, records management, training compliance, and reporting requirements.
• Develop and lead a team of HR professionals, fostering capability, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic partnership

Talent management

Labor relations

Organizational effectiveness

Change leadership

Employee relations

Executive presence

Data-driven decision making

Coaching & influencing

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

SPHR/SHRM-SCP preferred

10+ years HR experience

5+ years leadership experience

Manufacturing experience

Job description

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

Primary Function

Lead and direct the global Human Resources function for Viking Pump, a unit of IDEX Corporation, serving as a strategic business partner to business leaders and employees. Responsible for the development and execution of human resources programs, talent strategies, labor relations initiatives, organizational effectiveness efforts, compliance activities, and employee engagement programs that support business objectives. Partner with Corporate HR and business leadership to execute people strategies and build organizational capability.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior HR business partner to Viking Pump leadership, providing guidance on talent, organization effectiveness, workforce planning, employee relations, and performance management.
• Partner with business and corporate HR leaders to develop and execute talent management strategies, succession planning processes, leadership development initiatives, and workforce plans.
• Lead organizational design, change management, and culture initiatives that improve business performance and employee engagement.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and applicable federal, state, local, and international employment laws and regulations.
• Provide strategic leadership for labor relations, including contract administration, grievance management, arbitration preparation, and collective bargaining support.
• Lead or participate in collective bargaining negotiations and develop strategies that support business objectives while maintaining positive labor relations.
• Provide guidance and coaching to leaders regarding employee relations matters, performance management, disciplinary actions, investigations, and development opportunities.
• Direct talent acquisition activities, workforce planning efforts, onboarding processes, and retention initiatives.
• Lead compensation and workforce planning activities in partnership with corporate compensation teams to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity.
• Oversee employee benefits administration and wellness initiatives in partnership with corporate HR and benefits resources.
• Lead employee communication, engagement, and recognition programs.
• Develop HR metrics, dashboards, and workforce analytics to support data-driven business decisions.
• Ensure effective HR processes, systems, records management, training compliance, and reporting requirements.
• Develop and lead a team of HR professionals, fostering capability, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or related field required.
• SPHR, SHRM-SCP preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing HR teams.
• Significant experience in manufacturing and labor relations environments.
• Demonstrated experience supporting organizational transformation, leadership development, and talent management initiatives.
• Experience negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements preferred.

Key Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Business Partnership
• Talent Management & Succession Planning
• Labor Relations
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Change Leadership
• Employee Relations
• Executive Presence
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Coaching & Influencing
• Team Leadership

Work Environment Requirements

• Regularly required to talk, hear, use hands to handle or feel and sit for extended periods of time.
• Must have good vision, color vision and the ability to focus.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms.
• Certain positions with IDEX Corporation and its business units require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. Persons,” as defined in these regulations. Generally, a “U.S. Person” is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been granted refugee or asylum status.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer

IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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