Director, Global HR & Americas

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community. The Role As part of Emerson and within the Aspen Technology (AspenTech) business Unit, the Director Global HR and Americas will lead global HR initiatives across the function and the People Experience Partnership team for the Americas. This role is based in AspenTech’s global headquarters in Bedford, MA and will drive high impact HR processes and programs for the AspenTech business unit globally while also directly leading a team of HR professionals across the Americas to ensure alignment of HR practices with organizational goals. The Director Global HR and Americas is ambitious, exercises sound judgement while bringing clarity to complex situations and comfortably leads teams both directly and indirectly. This role will create outsized impact through collaborative leadership that builds trust and influence across all levels of the organization in a dynamic environment where business acumen is valued. Your Impact Americas People Experience Lead, manage, engage, and develop the Americas People Experience Partners team responsible for delivering employee relations, people manager enablement, critical employee lifecycle moments that matter, and ethics / compliance. Act as the point of escalation and decision-making on complex employee relations matters, investigations, and ethics complaints for the Americas (in partnership with Legal when needed). Lead regional people manager development, engagement, and enablement programs, initiatives and processes such as performance management, talent reviews, and organizational planning. Drive process improvements region-wide ensuring leadership alignment and effective communications. Ensure consistent application of HR policies and procedures across all sites. Global Human Resources Lead strategically important HR initiatives, processes, and programs that require significant collaboration and coordination across the Global Business Partners, World Areas, Centers of Excellence (COEs) and People Services. Lead Aspen Technology’s global safety program in collaboration with the Control Systems and Software business group and Emerson’s global safety COE. Lead critical aspects of Aspen Technology’s onboarding and integration with Emerson. Execute organizational change initiatives that require significant cross-functional collaboration and coordination. Coordinate Aspen Technology’s global Site Leader team and related initiatives. Identify and implement improvements to HR processes to increase efficiency. What You'll Need Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field. Minimum of 8 years of progressive HR experience in employee relations and enablement, including leadership or managerial responsibilities. Strong communication, coaching, and conflict resolution skills. Experience working within a matrix environment. Prior experience in a high-growth, fast-paced software environment preferred. Experience in managing employee relations and HR compliance preferred. Fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese would be beneficial preferred. Work Authorization AspenTech will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire. #LI-KF1 The salary range for this role is $178,500.00 - $218,100.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate. AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Reasonable Accommodation: We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process. If you wish to request an accommodation, please contact us at recruiting@aspentech.com. GDPR Privacy Notice: AspenTech collects a range of personal information during the recruitment process. This may include the following personal or special categories of personal data: recruitment information such as your application form and resume, references, qualifications and membership of any professional bodies and details of any pre-employment assessments; your contact details and date of birth; your gender; your marital status and family details; your identification documents including passport and driver's license and information in relation to your immigration status and right to work with us; information about your contract of employment (or services) including start and end dates of employment, role and location, working hours, details of promotion, salary (including details of previous remuneration), pension, benefits, and holiday entitlement; your racial or ethnic origin; any criminal convictions and offences. AspenTech Security and Privacy Policy Plan Participants Enrolled in the AspenTech US Medical Plans: The Transparency in Coverage Final Rules require certain group health plans to disclose on a public website information regarding in-network provider rates and historical out-of-network allowed amounts and billed charges for covered items and services in two separate machine-readable files (MRF’s). The MRF’s for the benefit package options under AspenTech’s US Employee Benefit Plan are linked below: Transparency in Coverage Rule - Machine Readable Files Transparency In Coverage Rule And Consolidated Appropriations Act Overview and FAQS

Salary : $178,500 - $218,100