Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Element is seeking a seasoned Sr. HR Business Partner to join our Life Sciences testing division in the Americas. You will work closely with business leadership to develop and deploy people strategies that support organizational performance, drive business health, and empower our teams. You will collaborate across recruitment, reward, talent management, and learning functions to influence and deliver HR initiatives that align with business goals.

In this role, you'll ensure HR policies and procedures are thoughtfully communicated and consistently implemented throughout the employee lifecycle. You will help maintain the high standards of our Life Sciences organization, which delivers global-scale, personalized testing solutions from R&D through manufacturing, supports regulatory compliance, and operates accredited, state-of-the-art laboratories.

The ideal candidate will be based in either our Eagan, MN or Ann Arbor, MI lab. This is a hybrid position and includes travel.

1. Act as a strategic business partner to the General Managers and their management team, to consult on all people related activities in the pursuit of higher performance, development, engagement and coaching of our teams
2. Identify and design progressive programs related to the engagement and development of our talent
3. Proactively develop, attract and retain talent, ensuring we have the best leaders in place, and strong succession plans.
4. Partner with your client group on the annual performance/salary management processes as well as our regular talent review cycle
5. Insure data integrity
6. Serve as Change Management consultant/Change agent, planning and deploying effective change management strategies, communications and training in support of major organization change
7. Resolve employee relations issues

• 5+ years experience in a HRBP role
• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business, Organization Effectiveness or related field helpful
• Strategic thinker comfortable giving consultative advice and challenging senior leaders
• Talent Management and Development experience, with a proven record of improving business performance through effective Talent Management and Decision
• Excellent organization, analytical, interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills
• Strong leadership, communication, influencing, and proven management skills
• Self-motivated individual capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience developing and executing human resource strategies
• Ability to work collaboratively across many teams to achieve a common goal
• Proven ability to develop, engage and retain a high performing team
• Position is onsite based in the Eagan MN or Ann Arbor MI area and ability to travel up to 25%

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming 'the world's most trusted testing partner'.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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