Senior Director, Human Resources Business Partner, Diabetes
Careers that Change Lives
The Senior Human Resources Director serves as a member of the Diabetes HR Team, reporting directly to the VP, HR for the Diabetes Operating Unit (OU) and is a key business partner and trusted advisor to the Product Innovation and Operations Leadership team. In this role you will provide HR leadership and consultation to the business to achieve short and long term strategic and organizational priorities. You are accountable for organizational development and effectiveness, organizational change management, leadership coaching, workforce planning and talent management. Additionally, you will collaborate with other HR Business Partners, HR Centers of Expertise (COE) and Shared Services resources to ensure the effective execution of HR Programs and initiatives, providing a significant impact to business results and the overall employee experience.
About Medtronic Diabetes
The Diabetes OU focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions are designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.
This role is based in California (preference is Northridge, CA) and is in the office a minimum of 2-3 days per week.
A Day in The Life
Organizational Development and Design
- Assesses critical business issues, designs organization development tools, and evaluates both long/short-term strategic plans to enhance company performance.
- Designs and implements programs and processes including organizational design, process improvement, and training to enhance the effectiveness of managers, teams and organizations to increase productivity and customer satisfaction.
- Assesses critical business issues and designs organization development and strategic plans to enhance company performance.
- Facilitates change management through design and implementation of reengineering and/or reorganization efforts.
- Advises on team design and performance.
Driving Change Management
- Identify the need for changing mindsets and behaviors in order to deliver our Mission and business strategy; offer thought partnership to develop change management plan to deliver the required outcomes.
- Partner with assigned leader(s) to leverage change acceleration techniques, create team effectiveness plans, enable culture development plans, bring employee engagement plans to life, and drive inclusion and diversity initiatives.
Connecting Business and People/Talent Strategy
- Provide strategic direction to build upon our high-performance culture
- Actively participates with business leadership in strategy development and operational planning
- Establish strong partnering relationships across Medtronic business operating units, regions, and functions to enable business outcomes
- Maintain an “outside-in” perspective to leverage current industry and Medtronic best practices and insights in support of business and talent strategies
Enabling Leadership Effectiveness - Influence business outcomes through credible and authentic relationships with leaders and colleagues
- Counsel leaders in alignment with Medtronic policies/practices, legal considerations, and company priorities—advocating both company and employee concerns
- Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders in the OU, giving effective feedback, performance coaching, and development advice in support of their leadership effectiveness
Creating an Aligned and Cohesive HR Experience
Key integrated partnerships include:
- Organizational Development/Effectiveness – Partner to consult, assess and drive organizational effectiveness strategies
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity - Drive progress toward GIDE aspirations and ensure diversity of talent.
- Talent Management - Partner to implement regular talent and organizational reviews, career development planning, performance management, workforce planning, and organizational health assessments/surveys.
- Talent Acquisition – Partner to identify key functional and leadership talent to strengthen the talent pipeline and increase organizational diversity.
- Total Rewards - Partner to effectively implement and communicate Medtronic compensation and benefits programs to successfully attract, motivate and retain employees. Ensure clear differentiation of performance in rewards and recognition.
- Employee Relations - Partner to anticipate, identify and facilitate resolution of employee relations issues.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 15 years of progressive experience in HR or Master’s degree and at least 13 years of progressive experience in HR, with exposure to high performing organizations, including HR best practices
Nice to Have
- MBA with HR specification or Master’s degree in HR
- In-depth knowledge of business management concepts and practical applications gained through cross-functional business experience
- Strong analytical, project management and execution skills
- Business acumen: Good business sense and judgement reflected in key decisions made
- Problem solving: Well-honed analytical and problem-solving skills. Creative, risk-taking and results oriented mindset
- Influencing: Communicates with impact. Uses tailored communication and creates authentic and trusting relationships to influence clients, especially related to organizational planning & design. Confidence in own ideas as demonstrated by external conference speaking engagements, published articles, participation in panel discussions, industry association work, or teaching
- Consulting: Strong coaching, consulting and facilitation skills
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to accomplish work through others, including leading project teams. Demonstrated experience in initiating and leading change, including modeling the importance, motivating others, managing the key drivers of change, and overcoming obstacles
- Self-Management: Self-directed work style, able to work autonomously with minimal direction and deliver results with customer service skills, action-oriented, operates with sense of urgency. Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Flexible: Demonstrated career flexibility and adaptation skills (e.g., successful industry or company changes with minimal learning curve; cross-cultural experience and flexibility if dictated by scope of organization)
- Collaborative: Reaches across boundaries internally and externally to develop and extensive network of partnerships. Experience in a global, matrix management structure, and working with a virtual workforce. Ability to manage a complex set of stakeholders
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.
Executive Level Roles: Base pay is based on numerous factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Learn more about our benefits here.
MIP Eligible: This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here.
LTI Eligible: This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) here.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
EEO STATEMENT
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position.
