CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women's healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. CooperSurgical is at the forefront of delivering innovative assisted reproductive technology and genomic solutions that enhance the work of ART professionals to the benefit of families. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to women's healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options.
CooperSurgical is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO). CooperSurgical, headquartered in Trumbull, CT, produces and markets a wide array of products and services for use by women's health care clinicians. More information can be found at www.coopersurgical.com .
Reporting to the Global Vice President, Human Resources, with a dotted line to the Executive Vice President (EVP) Science & Innovation, the Director, Human Resources will provide senior Human Resources leadership to the Life Sciences Operations and Innovation, the Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Research & Development (R&D) organizations and their leadership teams at CooperSurgical. Functions as a member of Global Science & Innovation leadership team and partners with the business leaders to continue to build an effective leadership team and overall organization to support the current and future needs of the business. Serve as a member of the CooperSurgical HR Leadership team and contribute to the HR Strategy in support of Talent Management & Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Culture and Employee Engagement. Be a true senior level partner to provide efficient HR support to an inclusive, diverse, and multicultural global workforce. Support the Global VP, HR and the HR Leadership Team in the development and establishment of both HR practices and frameworks, and work with senior HR colleagues who represent important core HR functions (HRBPs, TABPs, HR Strategy & Operations, CSI HR Shared Support Services and Global Center of Expertise members). Directly manage the HR Business Partner team supporting the life sciences, QA & RA organizations. This position also serves as a contributing member to the OneCooper Human Resources Leadership Team. This position can be based in Trumbull, CT or Livingston, NJ.
Director, Human Resources Science & Innovation, CSI will be responsible for building and executing a Human Resources Strategy in support of their client group. This role manages a team in support of 600+ colleagues across the globe.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Understand business dynamics and organizational design.
- Experience building a comprehensive HR strategy in a multi-location operation to meet our needs.
- Ability to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity.
- Demonstrated success within a multinational organization.
- Strong leadership and people management skills to include building a strong team.
- Cross cultural awareness.
- Experience in strategic planning and execution.
- Ability to interpret and advise employment law codes from different countries.
- Ability to assess and analyze learning and development requirements.
- High level of interpersonal and communication (mainly verbal) skills, Influence, Persuasion, Listening, Empathy.
Work Environment:
Office based environment with a reasonable level of travel both nationally and internationally.
10%-15% Travel expected – some international travel involved.
This position requires the selected candidate to be onsite 5 days per week
Experience:
- 10 years of HR Experience including multiple years management experience in a medical devices, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical organization. Experience supporting QA/RA/R&D helpful.
- Strong business acumen to understand business dynamics and organizational design and impact.
- Experience of building a comprehensive HR strategy in a multi-location operation to successfully meet global business needs.
Education:
Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
As an employee of CooperSurgical, you'll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. As we believe your compensation goes beyond your paycheck, we offer a great compensation package, medical coverage, 401(k), parental leave, fertility benefits, paid time off for vacation, personal, sick and holidays, and multiple other perks and benefits. Please visit us at www.coopersurgical.com to learn more about CooperSurgical and the benefits of becoming a member of our team.
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of CooperSurgical about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at CooperSurgical via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of CooperSurgical, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by CooperSurgical for this position and a valid agreement with CooperSurgical is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the CooperSurgical agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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- Develop a cohesive and achievable HR strategy to support global and functional priorities, and our long-term strategy.
- Support the Science & Innovation business in the achievement of HR strategic goals.
- Work with the leadership teams to provide sound, professional contribution to long-term planning as it relates to functional & Human Resources activities.
Talent Development & Management
- Develop comprehensive talent strategy for respective client groups.
- Develop robust succession planning approach for key/critical roles.
- Understand the development needs of important talent within the organization, including backgrounds, cultural differences, strengths, and opportunities.
- Build a pipeline of talent to ensure a diverse organization.
Culture, Engagement & Inclusion
- Contribute to the development of a collegiate and collaborative culture that ensures geographic and functional boundaries are not barriers to operational excellence and supports the Cooper Values.
- Sustain performance management processes and ensure the right indicators are in place to measure performance.
- Communicate organizational change plans and support the roll out of continuous improvement efforts.
- Embrace and champion a culture of inclusion and diversity.
- Lead by example by demonstrating our values in all actions.
Core HR
- Implement HR related programs in collaboration with other HR leaders. Often lead HR related projects with cross-functional scope.
- Serve as contact for the Science & Innovation Leadership Team concerning HR activities; draw upon subject matter experts from within the HR department or from outside, to ensure HR interventions and to maintain business continuity.
- Develop a team of HR professionals to deliver creative solutions that add value.
- Mitigate organizational risk by ensuring compliance with all applicable employment laws, inclusive of managing complex employee relations issues.
- Develop meaningful people analytics to guide and shape our decisions.
