People Leader Partner (Cambridge, MA)

Job Title

People Leader Partner (Cambridge, MA)

Job Description

The People Leader Partner (PLP) helps carry out the Global People Strategy for a specific business, region, or function in a fast-changing environment. This role is part of a global team that coaches People Leaders and their teams.

The PLP oversees several People Leaders in different locations and works closely with their People Business Partner (PBP) to make sure the People Leaders effectively implement the workforce strategy. They also connect with local People Partners (PP) to address any legal issues or local labor laws. The PLP supports People Leaders in understanding how to work within the People Function Operating Model and serves as a role model.

Ideally, this PLP will have prior experience supporting Integrated Supply Chain, specifically with Direct and Indirect Procurement.

Your role:

• Partners with People Leaders to attract, develop, and retain top talent by conducting exit interviews for critical roles and using insights to inform leadership and team priorities. Provide coaching and support to build leadership capability, enabling PL to navigate change and lead organizational transformation effectively. Guide performance and development practices by helping leaders set clear goals, hold regular feedback discussions, and align with global frameworks and local HR requirements. Ensure smooth collaboration with local PP to maintain compliance and cultural alignment across regions.

• Lead engagement and be a culture partner, role model and foster our culture of impact with care, manage team engagement and act on feedback (e.g. through Employee Engagement Survey), to ensure our PL facilitate efficient and impactful onboarding of new team members leveraging available global resources. Also support, workforce planning and operations, by partnering with PL to ensure organizational structures are aligned with business needs and operational workforce plans and position management is secured optimizing cost.

• Provide business transformation support, by acting as a strategic partner for business transformation initiatives designing impact assessment and strategies ensuring leadership buy-in and smooth planning for activation with local People Partners.   If necessary, represent the business context in conversations with unions or workers councils to ensure local compliance at all times.  Ensure appropriate handoffs to local PP in cases where local legal advice is needed, such as, PIPs, reorganizations, etc. Could manage high complexity in terms of the number and diverse set business/function and/or countries served in combination with capability required to manage stakeholders; Executes strategic initiatives, mostly applying independent judgement

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired 5+ years of experience in People Partnering or similar roles, preferably in a regional or global environment. Prior experience with Direct and Indirect Procurement, ideal. 

• Your skills include a proven ability to coach, develop, and influence People Leaders, while fostering a culture of high performance and leadership excellence. You have experience leading organizational change, business transformation, and People Initiatives that deliver measurable impact.

• You have a Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, People Management, Change Management, HR Processes or equivalent. 

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.  

• You're an excellent communicator with strong strategic influencing skills, able to challenge and guide People Leaders. You have extensive experience managing complex stakeholder relationships across various geographies, cultures, and businesses. You navigate ambiguity and high-complex situations, providing clear guidance and solutions. You operate with a high degree of autonomy, shaping and executing strategies while aligning with the People Business Partner.

How we work together 

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. 

This is an Office role.   

About Philips 

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