Regional Director, Human Resources, Americas

Barnes Aerospace is seeking a results-oriented Regional HR Director, Americas, to join its team. As a trusted & strategic partner to business leadership, you will help drive initiatives that align people/HR strategies with long-term business objectives for achieving profitable sustainable growth. As Regional HR Director, you will be a key advisor in building organizational capability & effectiveness, developing future leaders, and ensuring the company’s HR practices support growth and enable operational execution across the sites. The right candidate must also ensure compliance with operating procedures and policies, while creating a positive and performance driven culture.  Based in Connecticut, if you thrive in a fast-paced environment, can navigate complex issues, and be the key advisor and partner with business leadership and HQ HR, please submit your name for further consideration.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic HR Partnership

• Serve as strategic advisor to regional and site leadership, aligning people strategies with business objectives/operational priorities.
• Translate business plans into workforce, talent, and organizational strategies that enable business execution and growth.
• Partner with Compensation, Benefits, Talent Management & Acquisition, Learning and Organizational Effectiveness to ensure enterprise initiatives are effectively deployed and aligned with regional needs in alignment with Talent Management System.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Lead standardization/CI of HR processes across the sites, leveraging data & analytics to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance workforce productivity, engagement, and compliance.
• Apply lean and operational excellence principles to HR service delivery and organizational design.
• Implement and maintain clear metrics and dashboards to measure HR impact on the business to reinforce accountability.

Talent Management & Organizational Development

• Execute regional talent review and succession planning processes to build bench strength and leadership capability.
• Drive workforce planning aligned to capacity, growth, and operational demands.
• Partner with leaders to strengthen performance management, coaching, development, and employee engagement.
• Champion talent acquisition strategies to attract, select, and retain high-performing and developable talent.

Change Leadership & Culture

• Be a change agent, guiding leaders and teams through organizational transformations, key initiatives and improvements.
• Provide coaching and guidance to leaders on employee relations, organizational and complex people matters.

Employee Relations & Compliance

• Proactively manage employee relations matters with sound judgment, discretion, and a solutions-oriented approach. Ensure consistent, fair, and compliant application of policies and practices across all sites.

Qualifications

• 10 years of progressive HR leadership experience, including multi-site responsibility within a manufacturing environment. Experience in aerospace or other regulated manufacturing industries preferred.
• Demonstrated success as a strategic HR business partner supporting operational leaders.
• Strong background in talent management, organizational development, workforce planning, and HR analytics.
• Experience driving cultural transformation and CI initiatives and ability to lead change in fast-paced, complex environments.
• Solid understanding of employment law, compliance, and best practices. M&A and integration experience a plus.
• Based in Connecticut, periodic travel to regional sites is required.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related discipline required. Master’s degree or HR certification (SPHR, SHRM-SCP) preferred.

Instructions:

To be considered for the above position, please visit our website www.barnesaero.com, click on careers, search for the job posting in which you are interested and submit your resume online.

At Barnes Aerospace, career development is a shared responsibility in which all employees are encouraged to develop, improve, and enhance their skills and professional growth to support our business objectives.

This job position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. If an applicant does not meet the definition of a “U.S. Person” (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status), the Company may be required to obtain an export control license. If the position for which you applied involves access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws, then any offer is also contingent on verification of appropriate documentation for the Company to assess whether an export license will be required to employ you in that role, and if it is determined that an export license is required, the offer is also contingent on the Company’s determination, in its sole discretion, whether a license application and ongoing administration is prudent under the project’s contract parameters and whether an export license can be successfully obtained before you can start in that role. Export license applications may take several weeks to be processed.