Sr Director, BUHR IT and GBS

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Job Function:

Human Resources

Job Sub Function:

HR Business Partners

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

The Senior Director, Human Resources Business Partner (BUHR) will serve as the primary strategic HR leader for DePuy Synthes' Global Business Services (GBS) and Global Information Technology (IT) organizations. This individual will partner closely with executive leaders to develop and execute workforce, talent, organizational, and culture strategies that enable business transformation and enterprise growth.

In addition to leading all traditional HR Business Partner responsibilities, this role will also be accountable for the people strategy and HR execution required to establish and scale three critical enterprise capabilities:

• New Global Capability Hub – Manila, Philippines

• New Global Capability Hub – Bogotá, Colombia

• New Global Capability Center (GCC) – Bangalore, India

This is a highly visible role requiring a leader who can operate strategically while driving complex execution. The successful candidate will bring demonstrated experience building or scaling shared services, global capability centers, or business services organizations and will have successfully supported large-scale talent acquisition and organizational growth in compressed timeframes.

This role represents a unique opportunity to shape the future of DePuy Synthes by helping build the foundational people, talent, and organizational capabilities that will support our transformation into a standalone global orthopedics leader. The individual selected will have direct impact on the success of our Global Business Services model, our digital transformation agenda, and the establishment of critical global capability centers that will become strategic engines of growth for the company.

This role sits at the center of business transformation, talent strategy, and organizational scale-up—making it one of the most consequential HR leadership positions in the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic HR Partnership

• Serve as the trusted HR advisor to senior leaders across Global Business Services and Global IT.

• Shape and execute talent, workforce, organizational effectiveness, and culture strategies aligned with enterprise priorities.

• Translate business strategy into pragmatic people plans that enable operational excellence, digital transformation, and business growth.

• Coach executives and leadership teams to enhance effectiveness, decision-making, collaboration, and organizational health.

• Lead organization design, workforce planning, succession planning, and capability-building initiatives.

Global Capability Center & Hub Build-Out

• Lead all HR-related activities associated with establishing and scaling the organization's capability hubs in Manila and Bogotá and the GCC in Bangalore.

• Design and implement talent acquisition, onboarding, organizational design, leadership, culture, and employee experience strategies to support rapid ramp-up.

• Partner with business leaders to define workforce requirements and build scalable people infrastructure.

• Ensure consistency of culture, values, and employee experience across global locations while recognizing local market dynamics.

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