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Global Director jobs in New York represent one of the most active and competitive markets in the country, concentrated in finance, professional services, consumer goods, media, and technology, with openings at every level from newly promoted director to seasoned C-suite-adjacent executive. The heaviest hiring is in New York City, with additional clusters in White Plains and Stamford-adjacent roles tied to Westchester County corporate campuses. Employers with a lasting presence in New York that consistently hire global directors include JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer, and NBCUniversal. The most in-demand specialties are global operations, international marketing, and cross-border supply chain leadership. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Date: Oct 2, 2026
Location: Corning, NY, US, 14831
Company: Corning
Requisition Number: 78657
The company built on breakthroughs.
Join us.
Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.
Come break through with us.
Our Solar business delivers industry leading, U.S.-made solar components. We manufacture hyper-pure polysilicon, high-quality solar wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, leveraging our leadership in advanced manufacturing to serve growing energy demand. You will be a part of advancing critical U.S. supply chains and delivering unmatched quality and reliability to customers.
Role Purpose
The HR Director, Global Manufacturing is the senior HR partner to global manufacturing leadership, responsible for aligning talent and organization strategies with business priorities across manufacturing operations and provides HR leadership for Global Manufacturing and Quality (GMQ).
This role partners closely with manufacturing leaders and HRMs to build leadership capability, strengthen succession plans, and ensure workforce readiness across plant locations. This role requires strong business partnership, sound judgment, and the ability to connect enterprise talent strategy with the needs of individual plants and leadership teams.
Through regular plant engagement, talent reviews, and participation in operational reviews, the HR Director maintains a strong understanding of organizational needs and serves as a talent broker across the manufacturing network—helping identify, assess, and move talent to meet current and future business needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with global manufacturing leadership to align talent and organization strategies with business priorities
- Coach leaders on talent decisions, succession strategy, leadership effectiveness, and organization capability.
- Work closely with plant leaders and HRMs to strengthen leadership capability and organizational effectiveness
- Support talent planning, succession planning, and workforce readiness across plant locations
- Maintain a strong pulse on plant organizations through regular site engagement and direct leadership interaction
- Participate in talent reviews and operational reviews to assess organizational capability and business needs
- Act as a talent broker across the manufacturing network, helping identify and move talent across sites and functions
- Serve as a mentor and trusted HR advisor to operations leaders across manufacturing, supporting career development, growth, and leadership progression
- Serve as the lead HR partner to the Manufacturing Effectiveness Council (MEC), Plant Manager Group (PMG), and Manufacturing Operations Group (MOG), supporting talent, leadership, and organizational priorities
- Provide HR leadership for Global Manufacturing and Quality (GMQ), including core talent and HR processes such as Voice to Action, Annual Salary Review, Performance and Development Review, and 9-Box. Lead and support key manufacturing talent pipeline and development programs—including Talent Assist (TA), Propel, SURGE, MEP, AME, and GMLE—through program design and oversight, talent planning, recruiting, assessments, and development support
- Partner closely with the engineering global HR Director to lead critical plant engineering manufacturing talent moves and support enterprise talent needs
- Serve as a trusted HR leader for strategic corporate programs impacting manufacturing, including frontline supervisor initiatives, GMLE (revamp) pay initiatives, PWE-related challenges, plant HRM coverage, and employee relations matters, including investigations
Experiences/Education - Required
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, or a related field
- 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including leadership support in manufacturing, operations and business
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and influence talent and organization decisions
- Strong experience in talent planning, succession management, leadership assessment, and organizational effectiveness
- Ability to operate effectively across a multi-site, matrixed environment
- Strong business acumen, communication skills, and judgment
- Strong leadership consulting, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to balance enterprise talent priorities with business needs
Experiences/Education - Desired
- Experience supporting global or multi-site manufacturing organizations
- Experience working closely with plant leadership and plant HRM teams
- Proven ability to identify, assess, and move talent across a complex organization
- Experience participating in business or operational review forums
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $172,964.00 - $237,826.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.
Nearest Major Market: Corning
Date: Oct 2, 2026
Location: Corning, NY, US, 14831
Company: Corning
Requisition Number: 78657
The company built on breakthroughs.
Join us.
Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.
Come break through with us.
Our Solar business delivers industry leading, U.S.-made solar components. We manufacture hyper-pure polysilicon, high-quality solar wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, leveraging our leadership in advanced manufacturing to serve growing energy demand. You will be a part of advancing critical U.S. supply chains and delivering unmatched quality and reliability to customers.
Role Purpose
The HR Director, Global Manufacturing is the senior HR partner to global manufacturing leadership, responsible for aligning talent and organization strategies with business priorities across manufacturing operations and provides HR leadership for Global Manufacturing and Quality (GMQ).
This role partners closely with manufacturing leaders and HRMs to build leadership capability, strengthen succession plans, and ensure workforce readiness across plant locations. This role requires strong business partnership, sound judgment, and the ability to connect enterprise talent strategy with the needs of individual plants and leadership teams.
Through regular plant engagement, talent reviews, and participation in operational reviews, the HR Director maintains a strong understanding of organizational needs and serves as a talent broker across the manufacturing network—helping identify, assess, and move talent to meet current and future business needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with global manufacturing leadership to align talent and organization strategies with business priorities
- Coach leaders on talent decisions, succession strategy, leadership effectiveness, and organization capability.
- Work closely with plant leaders and HRMs to strengthen leadership capability and organizational effectiveness
- Support talent planning, succession planning, and workforce readiness across plant locations
- Maintain a strong pulse on plant organizations through regular site engagement and direct leadership interaction
- Participate in talent reviews and operational reviews to assess organizational capability and business needs
- Act as a talent broker across the manufacturing network, helping identify and move talent across sites and functions
- Serve as a mentor and trusted HR advisor to operations leaders across manufacturing, supporting career development, growth, and leadership progression
- Serve as the lead HR partner to the Manufacturing Effectiveness Council (MEC), Plant Manager Group (PMG), and Manufacturing Operations Group (MOG), supporting talent, leadership, and organizational priorities
- Provide HR leadership for Global Manufacturing and Quality (GMQ), including core talent and HR processes such as Voice to Action, Annual Salary Review, Performance and Development Review, and 9-Box. Lead and support key manufacturing talent pipeline and development programs—including Talent Assist (TA), Propel, SURGE, MEP, AME, and GMLE—through program design and oversight, talent planning, recruiting, assessments, and development support
- Partner closely with the engineering global HR Director to lead critical plant engineering manufacturing talent moves and support enterprise talent needs
- Serve as a trusted HR leader for strategic corporate programs impacting manufacturing, including frontline supervisor initiatives, GMLE (revamp) pay initiatives, PWE-related challenges, plant HRM coverage, and employee relations matters, including investigations
Experiences/Education - Required
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, or a related field
- 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including leadership support in manufacturing, operations and business
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and influence talent and organization decisions
- Strong experience in talent planning, succession management, leadership assessment, and organizational effectiveness
- Ability to operate effectively across a multi-site, matrixed environment
- Strong business acumen, communication skills, and judgment
- Strong leadership consulting, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to balance enterprise talent priorities with business needs
Experiences/Education - Desired
- Experience supporting global or multi-site manufacturing organizations
- Experience working closely with plant leadership and plant HRM teams
- Proven ability to identify, assess, and move talent across a complex organization
- Experience participating in business or operational review forums
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $172,964.00 - $237,826.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.
Nearest Major Market: Corning
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Global Director Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- The Estée Lauder Companies10
- JPMorganChase9
- TD3
- CBRE2
- Citi2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Manufacturing
- Sports & Recreation
- Accounting & Auditing
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in global director jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in international business, management, or a related field required
- Ten or more years of progressive leadership experience in a global or multinational environment
- Demonstrated experience managing teams and operations across multiple international markets
- Strong command of cross-functional stakeholder management and executive-level communication
- Experience building and executing global strategies aligned with P&L accountability
- Proficiency with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, SAP, or equivalent global systems
Global Director Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a global director in New York?
Global director roles in New York do not require a state-issued license or registration. The typical path combines a bachelor's degree in international business, finance, or a related field, often followed by an MBA from a program with a strong New York presence such as Columbia Business School or NYU Stern. Employers expect a career progression through regional or functional management before a director appointment, with demonstrated exposure to international markets a firm requirement at most New York headquarters.
How much do global directors make in New York?
Global directors in New York earn a median of about $130,860 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $62,340 for the lowest 10% to over $336,070 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire global directors in New York?
Employers hiring global directors in New York right now include The Estée Lauder Companies, JPMorganChase, and TD, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. New York's concentration of multinational headquarters in finance, media, pharmaceuticals, and consumer brands means demand for global directors is distributed across a broad range of industries rather than dominated by a single sector.
Which New York cities have the most global director jobs?
The cities with the most global director openings in New York are New York, Brooklyn, and Melville. New York City dominates the distribution given its density of multinational corporate headquarters across finance, media, and professional services, while any suburban or upstate listings typically reflect the satellite offices and regional campuses of those same large employers.
Are there remote global director jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than many senior leadership roles, since global director work centers on strategy, communication, and cross-border coordination rather than physical presence. About 84% of global director openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting the desk-based nature of the role. The responsibilities most commonly performed remotely include international stakeholder alignment, global reporting, and cross-functional planning calls.
How can I get hired as a global director in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a senior manager or associate director role with explicit international scope, then building toward a global director title. Large New York employers such as Pfizer, Colgate-Palmolive, and Citigroup regularly post roles in global program management, international strategy, and regional operations that serve as direct feeders to director appointments. A completed MBA from a New York-area program and any demonstrated experience managing cross-border projects, even in a prior individual-contributor role, strengthens a candidacy considerably.
Where can I find and apply to global director jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to global director jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current New York openings updated regularly. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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