What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director People & Culture Americas position at Amer Sports?
Hybrid, Ogden, Utah
What You Will Be Doing
The Americas HR Lead is a key strategic and operational HR role supporting Amer Sports Global Operations, specifically Distribution Centers across the Americas region. This position provides functional leadership to HR Business Partners and drives HR strategy execution across all operational sites. In addition, the role leads regional Talent Acquisition and Talent Development activities, ensuring robust hiring pipelines, strong leadership capability, and a high‑performance, people‑centric culture.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
Strategic HR Direction, Leadership & Business Partnership (50%)
Benefits & Compensation
At Amer Sports, we strive to make our hiring process seamless and engaging. Every CV is reviewed by real people, not AI, so your application receives the attention it deserves. Here’s what you can expect:
Please submit your application exclusively via the application form. CVs sent by email will not be considered or processed.
If you have any questions or need clarification at any stage of the application process or during your journey with us, please don't hesitate to reach out to talentacquisition@amersports.com (HR). We're here to provide you with the support and information you need to make your experience with Amer Sports as smooth and enjoyable as possible. Your success and satisfaction are our top priorities, and we're always here to assist you!
What You Will Be Doing
The Americas HR Lead is a key strategic and operational HR role supporting Amer Sports Global Operations, specifically Distribution Centers across the Americas region. This position provides functional leadership to HR Business Partners and drives HR strategy execution across all operational sites. In addition, the role leads regional Talent Acquisition and Talent Development activities, ensuring robust hiring pipelines, strong leadership capability, and a high‑performance, people‑centric culture.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
Strategic HR Direction, Leadership & Business Partnership (50%)
- Define and drive People & Culture action plans in consistency with the ASGO P&C strategy, with focus on organizational design, OPEX optimization and capability building.
- Act as a strategic partner to regional business leader, providing functional leadership, expert consultation, coaching and facilitation.
- Drive the implementation of global HR programs, policies, and processes in the Americas region.
- Lead local change management efforts for transformation, growth, and continuous improvement initiatives across the full employee lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, development, performance, retention and exit).
- Ensure compliance with regional labor laws, regulations, and company standards across all distribution center locations.
- Monitor organizational health, provide insights, and recommend solutions to strengthen engagement, retention, and leadership effectiveness.
- Act as a “Compensation Partner” for Americas scope by checking and consolidating data for merit and bonus reviews and other projects in collaboration with Global People & Culture Operations ASGO.
- Maintain strong collaborative relationships with the ASGO P&C team and People Managers on effective internal and external communication.
- Build and maintain professional relationships with candidates, consultants, and external partners.
- Drive Talent Development strategy for the Americas distribution centers, including leadership development, capability programs, and succession planning and support the rollout of global learning programs and ensure local adoption.
- Steer the performance management cycle and support meaningful talent reviews across sites.
- Act as Role‑model ASGO values and drive initiatives that reinforce a strong, values‑based culture.
- Ensure a clear Employee Value Proposition to support candidate attraction.
- Drive best‑practice and innovative recruitment, selection and onboarding processes.
- Partner with hiring managers on job analysis, candidate selection and contract offers.
- Guide HR BPs, leaders and employees on career paths, assignments, coaching and mentoring to support talent growth and development.
- Bachelor/ Masters degree in HR/Business Administration or equivalent
- 10 years of HR experience
- Background in organizational design, talent & performance management, leadership development, change management, recruiting and employee relation.
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical, dental and vision
- 401k with company match
- Life insurance
- Pre-tax transit discounts
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Smart casual dress
- Discounts on quality products: Benefit from compelling discounts on our own-brand products (including Arc'teryx, Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Peak Performance, and more).
- Active lifestyle: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with a wide range of sports opportunities and ski pass benefits.
At Amer Sports, we strive to make our hiring process seamless and engaging. Every CV is reviewed by real people, not AI, so your application receives the attention it deserves. Here’s what you can expect:
- CV Screening
- Phone Screening
- Interviews with a few members of our hiring team.
- Feedback & Decision
Please submit your application exclusively via the application form. CVs sent by email will not be considered or processed.
If you have any questions or need clarification at any stage of the application process or during your journey with us, please don't hesitate to reach out to talentacquisition@amersports.com (HR). We're here to provide you with the support and information you need to make your experience with Amer Sports as smooth and enjoyable as possible. Your success and satisfaction are our top priorities, and we're always here to assist you!