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The Director, Human Resources Business Partner - Global Commercial HQ for Leica Biosystems, a part of Danaher Diagnostics, is a senior individual contributor and strategic partner to business and functional leaders, accountable for translating business priorities into practical people strategies that enable growth, productivity, organizational effectiveness, and sustainable performance. This role supports Global Customer Care and North America Field Service teams, partnering with leaders to address talent, culture, workforce planning, organizational design, and change priorities. The HRBP maintains ownership of the people agenda for the supported client group while partnering closely with People Partners, COEs, and HR Shared Services to ensure scalable, compliant, and consistent execution.

This position reports to the Sr. Director, HRBP Commercial and is part of the Diagnostics Human Resources Leica Biosystems team located in Deer Park, IL, and will be an on-site role in Deer Park, IL.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Strategic Partnership

• Translate business strategy into an integrated people strategy aligned to growth, productivity, organizational priorities, and enterprise guardrails.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to business and functional leaders on talent, organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and change.
• Leverage technology and apply people data, business metrics, and external insights to inform decision‑making and demonstrate HR’s impact on business outcomes.
• Reinforce enterprise values and expected leadership behaviors across the organization.

Talent & Leadership

• Partner with leaders to support organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and critical capability development for the supported client group.
• Coach leaders to build a strong leadership bench, inclusive behaviors, and sustained performance.
• Drive accountability for leadership effectiveness, engagement, and culture outcomes.

Workforce & Org Effectiveness

• Support organization design, workforce planning, and structural changes aligned to business and functional priorities.
• Identify and address capability gaps, critical roles, and future skills requirements.
• Balance enterprise consistency with local business needs to enable scalable, fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and COEs on complex, sensitive, or high‑risk people matters—owning decision quality, not case management.

Change & Execution Oversight

• Lead and support change initiatives for the supported client group, including reorganizations, workforce transitions, and business transformations.
• Sponsor and guide change adoption while ensuring execution through People Partners, COEs, and HR Operations aligns with intended outcomes.
• Proactively surface risks, dependencies, and decision points, escalating as needed.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Undergraduate degree with 12+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness, and leadership advisory experience; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Progressive experience in HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness, and change leadership, with demonstrated ability to advise leaders and translate business needs into practical people solutions.
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading talent and leadership development approaches (e.g., succession planning, bench assessment, capability building) in partnership with leaders.

• Demonstrated data fluency and experience leveraging digital, analytics, or AI enabled tools to inform recommendations, influence decisions, and measure outcomes.
• Strong business and financial acumen; ability to assess tradeoffs and prioritize investments that support sustainable performance.
• Continuous improvement mindset; familiarity with lean principles and structured problem solving applied to HR processes and outcomes.
• Proven ability to operate as a senior individual contributor HRBP for a defined Diagnostics function, site, country, or business segment with moderate complexity, influencing leaders, aligning stakeholders, and driving execution through a matrixed HR delivery model.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role

• Travel is estimated at 10-15% based on business needs.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Supporting mergers, acquisitions, or large‑scale business transformations.
• Previous experience providing high level HR Support within a Commercial organization.
• Providing direct and actionable feedback, support others in facing difficult situations/decisions while willing to do the same, and champion potentially unpopular ideas based on strong judgement.
• Experience operating in a complex, matrixed, and global organization.
• Experience in regulated environments, managing HR governance with high confidentiality and integrity.

Danaher offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $165,000 - $190,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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