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The Company
It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Join our top-notch team of more than 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.
The Role
The Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Functions provides strategic senior leadership and direction for Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate functions and consults with the senior leadership team on a broad array of issues across Finance, IT, Legal, Strategy and other enterprise-wide support areas. The VP HR, Corporate Functions supports the mission and strategic plan of the company, ensures compliance with all applicable human resources laws, regulations, and policies, establishes best practices, and creates a human resources organization that provides excellent consultative, strategic, and operational services.
Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the company, the Vice President of HR, Corporate Functions will lead a team of HR professionals who interface directly with our employees and business leaders to meet the business's current and future operational needs. This person will leverage our global HR operating model to accomplish key business objectives, implement culture change, develop the business model and ensure the business has the resource capability and leadership bench strength to achieve our growth strategies.
This position will be a part of Stanley Black & Decker’s HR Leadership Team (HRLT) and can be based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Towson, Maryland or New Britain, Connecticut.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate as a strategic partner to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, General Counsel, Chief Information Officer and their global leadership teams to align people strategies with business objectives across global markets.
- Provide HR leadership and guidance for corporate functions, establishing overall goals, objectives, and team vision while providing training and development opportunities for direct reports supporting their continuous growth and learning.
- Drive global effectiveness and lead people change management initiatives, ensuring stakeholder engagement and connectivity within a highly matrixed environment.
- Ensure alignment with HR partners across the business units, corporate functions and Centers of Excellence (COEs) with cross-functional activities and priorities.
- Drive adoption of new global HR operating model and standardized processes within Corporate HR.
- Partner with COEs to develop and implement “best in class” human resources processes in assessment, selection, leadership and employee development, employee engagement, labor relations, reward and recognition, communication and organizational effectiveness.
- Develop and execute an HR plan aligned with business objectives, to include organizational design, succession planning, talent management, goal alignment, and internal communications.
- Develop critical metrics to measure the performance/health of the business, ensuring functional success, as well as ensuring achievement of business commitments to customers.
- Champion Stanley Black & Decker’s evolving business strategy and culture change transformation. Lead transformation efforts required to build organizational capability to achieve business results.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will have demonstrated success leading a company through significant transformation in a global public company. This individual will have exceptional leadership skills in organizational strategy, effective program and process execution, identifying and developing organizational capability, and change management.
- 15+ years of experience with progressive responsibility in human resources roles, ideally in a combination of plant, commercial, and corporate environments for a global public company.
- Deep understanding of business needs with global scope is essential; the successful candidate must be able to gain confidence from the business leadership team and HR partners around the globe. Exceptional interpersonal, influencing and communication skills in a matrixed environment are a must.
- Significant experience in strategy, organizational capability, change management, business partnering and labor relations; Exposure to manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Strong influencing, negotiation and relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders and proven track record of enterprise-wide impact.
- Strong academic background supported by a bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, I/O Psychology, Labor Relations or related field required; an MBA or master’s degree is preferred.
- Proven ability to gain confidence from the business leadership team and HR partners. Demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership.
- Understanding of global labor relations and experience with both union and non-union sites around the world. Experience with European Works councils is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze business, financial and people related data and determine appropriate actions.
You will receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:
- Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
We want our company to be a place you will want to be – and stay:
- Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
- Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
- Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
You will get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We are visionaries and innovators. As successful as we have been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in.
Salary Range
The Salary range for this position is $315,000.00 - $405,000.00
- This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker.
- The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.
- The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.
- Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.
What You’ll Also Get
Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Benefits & Perks
You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products as well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.
Learning & Development
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
Diverse & Inclusive Culture
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
Purpose-Driven Company
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
EEO Statement
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete an application or access our website, please contact us at (860) 827-3923 or at accommodations@sbdinc.com. Due to volume, we cannot respond to unrelated inquiries about the status of a completed application or resetting an account password.
Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Functions
The Company
It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Join our top-notch team of more than 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.
The Role
The Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Functions provides strategic senior leadership and direction for Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate functions and consults with the senior leadership team on a broad array of issues across Finance, IT, Legal, Strategy and other enterprise-wide support areas. The VP HR, Corporate Functions supports the mission and strategic plan of the company, ensures compliance with all applicable human resources laws, regulations, and policies, establishes best practices, and creates a human resources organization that provides excellent consultative, strategic, and operational services.
Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the company, the Vice President of HR, Corporate Functions will lead a team of HR professionals who interface directly with our employees and business leaders to meet the business's current and future operational needs. This person will leverage our global HR operating model to accomplish key business objectives, implement culture change, develop the business model and ensure the business has the resource capability and leadership bench strength to achieve our growth strategies.
This position will be a part of Stanley Black & Decker’s HR Leadership Team (HRLT) and can be based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Towson, Maryland or New Britain, Connecticut.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate as a strategic partner to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, General Counsel, Chief Information Officer and their global leadership teams to align people strategies with business objectives across global markets.
- Provide HR leadership and guidance for corporate functions, establishing overall goals, objectives, and team vision while providing training and development opportunities for direct reports supporting their continuous growth and learning.
- Drive global effectiveness and lead people change management initiatives, ensuring stakeholder engagement and connectivity within a highly matrixed environment.
- Ensure alignment with HR partners across the business units, corporate functions and Centers of Excellence (COEs) with cross-functional activities and priorities.
- Drive adoption of new global HR operating model and standardized processes within Corporate HR.
- Partner with COEs to develop and implement “best in class” human resources processes in assessment, selection, leadership and employee development, employee engagement, labor relations, reward and recognition, communication and organizational effectiveness.
- Develop and execute an HR plan aligned with business objectives, to include organizational design, succession planning, talent management, goal alignment, and internal communications.
- Develop critical metrics to measure the performance/health of the business, ensuring functional success, as well as ensuring achievement of business commitments to customers.
- Champion Stanley Black & Decker’s evolving business strategy and culture change transformation. Lead transformation efforts required to build organizational capability to achieve business results.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will have demonstrated success leading a company through significant transformation in a global public company. This individual will have exceptional leadership skills in organizational strategy, effective program and process execution, identifying and developing organizational capability, and change management.
- 15+ years of experience with progressive responsibility in human resources roles, ideally in a combination of plant, commercial, and corporate environments for a global public company.
- Deep understanding of business needs with global scope is essential; the successful candidate must be able to gain confidence from the business leadership team and HR partners around the globe. Exceptional interpersonal, influencing and communication skills in a matrixed environment are a must.
- Significant experience in strategy, organizational capability, change management, business partnering and labor relations; Exposure to manufacturing environment is preferred.
- Strong influencing, negotiation and relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders and proven track record of enterprise-wide impact.
- Strong academic background supported by a bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, I/O Psychology, Labor Relations or related field required; an MBA or master’s degree is preferred.
- Proven ability to gain confidence from the business leadership team and HR partners. Demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership.
- Understanding of global labor relations and experience with both union and non-union sites around the world. Experience with European Works councils is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze business, financial and people related data and determine appropriate actions.
You will receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:
- Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
We want our company to be a place you will want to be – and stay:
- Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
- Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
- Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
You will get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We are visionaries and innovators. As successful as we have been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in.
Salary Range
The Salary range for this position is $315,000.00 - $405,000.00
- This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker.
- The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.
- The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.
- Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.
What You’ll Also Get
Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
Benefits & Perks
You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products as well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.
Learning & Development
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
Diverse & Inclusive Culture
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
Purpose-Driven Company
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
EEO Statement
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete an application or access our website, please contact us at (860) 827-3923 or at accommodations@sbdinc.com. Due to volume, we cannot respond to unrelated inquiries about the status of a completed application or resetting an account password.
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Translate your HR credentials for USCIS
Your degree must directly relate to HR management for USCIS to approve the specialty occupation classification. If your degree is in a adjacent field like business administration, gather evidence linking your coursework to the VP HR role requirements.
Use OFLC Wage Search before negotiating
Look up the prevailing wage for your target metro area under the HR managers SOC code before entering salary discussions. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above that level, so knowing it protects you from underpayment from day one.
Target employers with HR-specific LCA histories
Use Migrate Mate to filter employers by verified H-1B LCA filings for HR leadership roles. Companies with a track record of sponsoring HR executives have established internal processes that make your filing faster and less likely to trigger an RFE.
Prioritize cap-exempt or large established employers
Nonprofit organizations and universities can sponsor H-1B petitions outside the annual cap, which matters if you're changing status mid-year. For-profit companies with global HR structures often have in-house immigration teams equipped to handle senior-level petitions efficiently.
Request premium processing before your start date
VP-level offers frequently include a target start date tied to a business cycle. Ask your employer to file with USCIS premium processing to get a decision within a few business days, reducing the risk of starting late and disrupting the transition plan.
Clarify who owns the I-129 filing process
At the VP level, employers sometimes assume you'll coordinate the immigration filing. Confirm in writing during the offer stage whether their legal team or an outside immigration firm is handling the I-129 petition, and set clear milestones so the LCA certification doesn't delay your start.
H-1B Visa Vice President Of Human Resources: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Vice President of Human Resources role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. VP of Human Resources roles qualify under the H-1B specialty occupation standard because the position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in human resources, business, organizational psychology, or a directly related field. USCIS evaluates both the job duties and the employer's actual degree requirements, so your offer letter and job description should explicitly state the degree requirement.
Which employers are most likely to sponsor an H-1B for this role?
Multinational corporations, large technology companies, healthcare systems, and financial institutions are among the most active H-1B sponsors for senior HR roles because they have dedicated immigration counsel and established filing workflows. Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for employers with verified LCA filings for HR leadership positions, so you can focus your applications on companies with a real sponsorship track record.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect a VP of Human Resources offer?
Your employer must file a Labor Condition Application with DOL certifying that your compensation meets the prevailing wage for the HR managers occupational category in your work location. USCIS will scrutinize the LCA wage level, and if the certified wage is below the DOL threshold, your petition can be denied. Use the OFLC Wage Search tool to verify the applicable wage tier before accepting an offer.
Can I negotiate my H-1B transfer to a new VP of HR role without losing status?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer once they file your transfer petition, without waiting for approval, as long as your current H-1B has been approved for at least 180 days. For VP-level transitions, your new employer typically files a new I-129 with an updated LCA reflecting the new title, location, and compensation structure.
What documentation strengthens an H-1B petition for a VP of Human Resources position?
USCIS looks for evidence that a bachelor's degree in a specific HR-related discipline is a standard industry requirement for this level of role. Useful supporting documents include a detailed job description citing degree requirements, the O*NET occupation profile for HR managers, your own academic transcripts, and any advanced certifications such as SHRM-SCP. If your employer has sponsored this title before, prior approval notices also strengthen the petition.