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HR Director, Commercial

For over 25 years, Abcam has been providing tools the scientific community needs to enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders.

We believe that to continue making progress, we need to work together, each bringing our own unique perspectives to make an impact on the world. This community needs people like you: dedicated, agile and above all audacious so we can truly drive science forward.

The HR Director, Commercial is a strategic partner to the senior leadership team within the commercial function and will be crucial in driving business growth and fostering a high-performing organizational culture. This role involves developing, implementing, and leading innovative talent strategies and culture initiatives to attract, grow, and retain a diverse, top-talent leadership pipeline.

As part of the HR Leadership Team, and reporting to the Vice President of Human Resources, you will collaborate with Abcam leaders to advance talent strategies and cultural excellence. Located in Waltham Boston USA or Cambridge UK. You will also lead OpCo-wide initiatives designed to transform our organization to enhance performance

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide Strategic HR leadership: Utilising data and key insights, support development and execution of the HR Strategy that supports the company's growth and operational goals, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations.

• Champion talent management & development: Develop and implement effective talent acquisition strategies to attract and retain top talent.

• Drive engagement and retention: Foster a positive and inclusive work environment by managing employee relations, addressing employee concerns, and resolving conflicts. Implement policies and procedures to promote employee engagement and connection between their work and Abcam’s objectives and strategy.

• Improve Leadership effectiveness and Performance: Enhance the skills, abilities, and behaviours of leaders within the commercial organisation. Create development plans and succession strategies to ensure a robust leadership pipeline within the commercial team.

• Be culture building: Champion initiatives that promote a positive, inclusive, and high-performance culture, ensuring alignment with company values within the commercial teams.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• You hold a relevant degree in relevant field within Human Resources, Psychology or Business Management, additional HR accreditation from CIPD or SHRM is preferred.

• You have 8-10+ years of experience as a HR Business Partner and already have a solid expertise within all aspects of the employee life cycle, performance management, organisational development, change management and leadership coaching and development.

• Ability to synthesize business data and develop innovative and holistic HR solutions that are forward-thinking and innovative.

• Strong business comprehension and ability to apply human resource implications.

• Demonstrated ability to promote an inclusive work environment and support workforce diversity.

• Solid team skills, the ability to build and sustain relationships, and be able to work efficiently and effectively with associates at all levels of the organisation.

• Strong understanding and application of organisational design, change and process excellence principles.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 25% of time (international)

Key Relationships

• Reports directly to: Global VP, HR

• Team: 1 direct reports, 1 indirect

• Works collaboratively with abcam HR team and well as with Danaher and other OpCo HR team members

• Works collaboratively with Functional Managers

At Abcam we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home as well as onsite at abcam offices. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Abcam can provide.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com .

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