What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Business Partner - Global Operations position at Waters Corporation?
Overview
The HR Business Partner (HRBP) plays a meaningful role in enabling the transformation and sustained performance of Global Operations, supporting a complex, multi‑site, and globally distributed organization. This role partners with senior Operations leaders to identify, develop and deploy talent strategies in a dynamic manufacturing and supply chain environment. Talent is the biggest priority for this role.
The HRBP serves as a trusted advisor to executive leaders, translating business strategy into pragmatic, people‑centered solutions across talent, organization design, change management, and workforce planning. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, comfort operating in ambiguity, and the ability to influence leaders through periods of transformation, integration, and operational change.
Responsibilities
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
The HR Business Partner (HRBP) plays a meaningful role in enabling the transformation and sustained performance of Global Operations, supporting a complex, multi‑site, and globally distributed organization. This role partners with senior Operations leaders to identify, develop and deploy talent strategies in a dynamic manufacturing and supply chain environment. Talent is the biggest priority for this role.
The HRBP serves as a trusted advisor to executive leaders, translating business strategy into pragmatic, people‑centered solutions across talent, organization design, change management, and workforce planning. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, comfort operating in ambiguity, and the ability to influence leaders through periods of transformation, integration, and operational change.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Talent Partnering: Collaborate with senior leaders to align talent strategies with business goals, focusing on future capabilities required for an Operations operating model.
- Change Management Leadership: Lead change initiatives that support transformation, organizational agility, and cultural evolution. Act as a trusted advisor to leaders during periods of change.
- Workforce Planning & Development: Design and implement workforce strategies that ensure the right skills, capabilities, and leadership are in place to support agile software development and global SaaS delivery.
- Organizational Design & Effectiveness: Partner with leaders to evolve organizational structures, roles, and processes to support cross-functional collaboration and speed to market.
- Executive Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with executive leaders, provide strategic HR counsel and influence decision-making at the highest levels.
- Global HR Collaboration: Work across geographies and cultures to ensure consistent and effective implementation of HR strategies, leveraging global HR Centers of Expertise.
- Data-Driven HR Strategy: Use HR analytics and business metrics to inform decisions, measure impact, and continuously improve talent and organizational strategies.
- Culture & Engagement: Champion a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning aligned with the values of a modern software organization.
- Demonstrated HRBP experience supporting Global Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or Engineering‑led organizations.
- 8 years of progressive HR experience
- Excellent communication, coaching, and influencing skills, with credibility at all leadership levels.
- Experience partnering with senior and executive leaders on sensitive, high‑impact workforce decisions.
- Proven success leading change management initiatives in complex, matrixed, and global environments.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate operational strategy into effective people solutions.
- Comfort operating in environments characterized by ambiguity, pace, and transformation.
- Experience working across geographies with an understanding of cultural and regulatory differences.
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.