Talent Partner

Fortive; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Fortive is seeking an Enterprise Talent Process Leader who partners with OpCos to execute enterprise talent processes, governance, and continuous improvement. You will facilitate talent reviews, succession planning, and capability assessments, using data-driven insights to drive action.

This role does not own OpCo strategy but enables outcomes through analytics, cross-functional collaboration, and Fortive Business System principles across the talent ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in talent management, workforce planning, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating talent reviews, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, or leadership discussions with senior stakeholders.
• Strong consulting, influencing, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to diagnose organizational issues, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong analytical capability with experience translating data into executive insights and recommendations.
• Experience operating effectively in a global, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of OTA, talent reviews, succession planning, capability reviews, and related enterprise talent processes across assigned OpCos.
• Create clear process plans, roles, timelines, tools, and decision requirements that enable high-quality preparation and discussion.
• Facilitate high-quality talent discussions that translate into accountable actions, clear ownership, measurable outcomes, and sustained follow-through.
• Partner with OpCo HR leaders to identify critical talent, leadership, succession, skill, and capability risks and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Guide leaders through capability and talent gap countermeasures (build, buy, borrow, bot, bounce).
• Leverage workforce, talent, succession, mobility, and business data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Drive data quality and governance across talent profiles, talent cards, development plans, succession plans, and related talent systems.
• Increase visibility of talent across Fortive by supporting talent mobility, talent sharing, succession pipelines, and enterprise talent discussions.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to identify enterprise hiring themes, emerging skill requirements, workforce risks, and pipeline opportunities.
• Partner with Talent Enablement to convert enterprise capability gaps and development priorities into scalable learning and leadership solutions.
• Identify common challenges and opportunities across OpCos and elevate enterprise recommendations to T-PAC and HR leadership.
• Apply Fortive Business System principles to simplify, standardize, measure, and continuously improve talent processes.

Skills

Consulting

Facilitation

Influencing

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Global/matrix environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Fortive Business System (FBS)

Job description

Enterprise talent process leader and trusted advisor to assigned operating companies.

The Talent Partner is Fortive’s enterprise talent representative to assigned operating companies (OpCos), ensuring talent decisions are supported by disciplined processes, high-quality data, enterprise insight, and practical solutions. The role combines enterprise process leadership with consultative support to help OpCo HR leaders identify talent and capability priorities, evaluate options, and translate decisions into sustained action.

The Talent Partner owns the execution, adoption, governance, and continuous improvement of enterprise talent processes. The role does not own the OpCo talent strategy or business decisions. It enables stronger outcomes through expert facilitation, analytics, problem solving, and connection across Fortive’s talent ecosystem, including Talent Acquisition partners and Talent Enablement partners.

OPERATING MODEL

• 1 ENTERPRISE PROCESS EXCELLENCE: Own the quality and execution of enterprise talent processes.
• 2 TALENT CONSULTING & CAPABILITY ADVISORY: Support OpCo HR leaders to diagnose priorities and evaluate solutions.
• 3 ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION & INSIGHT: Connect themes, talent, and solutions across OpCos and COEs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead end-to-end execution of OTA, talent reviews, succession planning, capability reviews, and related enterprise talent processes across assigned OpCos.
• Create clear process plans, roles, timelines, tools, and decision requirements that enable high-quality preparation and discussion.
• Facilitate high-quality talent discussions that translate into accountable actions, clear ownership, measurable outcomes, and sustained follow-through.
• Partner with OpCo HR leaders to identify critical talent, leadership, succession, skill, and capability risks and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Guide leaders through capability and talent gap countermeasures (build, buy, borrow, bot, bounce).
• Leverage workforce, talent, succession, mobility, and business data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Drive data quality and governance across talent profiles, talent cards, development plans, succession plans, and related talent systems.
• Increase visibility of talent across Fortive by supporting talent mobility, talent sharing, succession pipelines, and enterprise talent discussions.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to identify enterprise hiring themes, emerging skill requirements, workforce risks, and pipeline opportunities.
• Partner with Talent Enablement to convert enterprise capability gaps and development priorities into scalable learning and leadership solutions.
• Identify common challenges and opportunities across OpCos and elevate enterprise recommendations to T-PAC and HR leadership.
• Apply Fortive Business System principles to simplify, standardize, measure, and continuously improve talent processes.

SCOPE & DECISION RIGHTS

OWNS

• Enterprise talent process execution
• Process governance and continuous improvement
• Facilitation quality and action follow-through
• Talent data quality within supported processes

INFLUENCES

• Talent and capability priorities
• Talent risk mitigation options
• Succession and mobility decisions
• Cross-COE enterprise solutions

DOES NOT OWN

• OpCo talent or workforce strategy
• Business staffing or organization decisions
• Recruiting delivery
• Learning design or curriculum ownership
• Business leaders’ accountability for talent outcomes

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in talent management, workforce planning, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating talent reviews, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, or leadership discussions with senior stakeholders.
• Strong consulting, influencing, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to diagnose organizational issues, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong analytical capability with experience translating data into executive insights and recommendations.
• Experience operating effectively in a global, matrixed environment.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care. We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating. Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Bonus or Equity

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

Pay Range

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 116,600.00 - 216,900.00