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Senior Director, Human Resources-March 2024
Mar 18, 2025
ABOUT EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader of patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring.
10,000+ employees
Healthcare, Engineering
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About Senior Director, Human Resources

  Making a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you'll deliver solutions to attract and retain talent. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives.

  The Sr. Director, Human Resources operates as a strategic value creator, partnering with people leaders to drive business outcomes by providing strategic advice, consultation, and talent strategy execution with a customer-centric lens. In this role, the Sr. Director, HR will connect supported teams to the appropriate HR Practices to achieve talent and business objectives. Sr. Director, HR will work alongside business/functional areas, driving and advising decision-making through analytics and insights that drive business performance and enhance employee experience. This role provides consulting and advisement to the VP, Plant General Manager, Singapore site, along with the leadership team. Sr. Director, HR serves as the Human Resources Business Lead for the site. This is an onsite position based at Edwards Lifesciences' in Singapore.

  Lead team and function as an expert on people and organizational issues, as well as a catalyst in delivering HR solutions in order to attract, develop, and retain talent and to support the specific needs of the business groups and overall business objectives.

  You will make an impact by...

  • Acting as a strategic thought partner for an individual site and/or significant BU/region or as the lead HR partner with a Executive Leadership Team member to develop and implement human resource strategy to achieve its current and future business objectives.

  • Developing and planning business unit, site, or EW Shared Service function human resources projects and activities with accountability for successful completion of all project deliverables.

  • Leading, directing, evaluating and developing a team of HR professionals to ensure the HR strategy is implemented effectively, within budgets, and complies with all regulations, laws and employment standards.

  • Developing a robust talent development and succession planning in alignment with functional growth strategies across HR.

  • Leading or partnering with COE's to deliver human resource programs for client groups to ensure the organization's current and future talent requirements are met.

  • Providing leadership in partnership with COE's to evaluate the organization's future workforce needs in order to recommend changes to the HR strategy and adapt existing HR programs to meet these needs.

  • Using highly effective consulting skills and principles to advise, influence and partner with leadership on talent strategies and actions to build organizational capabilities and an engaged and high-performing organization.

  • Aiding in the execution of the Talent and Organization (T&O) strategy by connecting supported teams to the appropriate HR services.

  • Providing broad HR consulting services to leaders and managers in areas such as talent development, assessment of skill needs and gaps; work with HR resources to address talent needs.

  • Proactively driving improvements to business performance by providing expertise on organization design and change.

  • Providing diagnostic services on a range of HR issues; analyze and define problems, and in collaboration with COE and HR Solutions colleagues, produce a range of solutions.

  • Anticipating business needs and communicate them to cross-functional HR colleagues.

  • Working closely with people leaders and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.

  • Leading key People initiatives to improve business performance.

  • Influencing colleagues, managers, and employees to adopt new HR processes and tools.

  What you'll need:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Management, Organization Development, or related field.

  • A minimum of 15 years of progressive HR experience, including experience providing HR Business Partner.

  • A minimum of 5 years of manufacturing experience.

  • Good Knowledge of local employment laws and experience handling local labor union in Singapore.

  • Experience working in an international environment building solid professional relation with stakeholders both within and outside of Singapore.

  • Demonstrated track record in people management Required.

  • Master's Degree or equivalent in in related field Preferred.

  What else we look for:

  • Proven successful project management skills

  • Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and human resources systems

  • Excellent facilitation and presentation skills

  • Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including influencing, consultative and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives

  • Recognized as an expert within sub-function(s) and/or area(s) and broader organization including broad-based expertise across area and related functions

  • Expert understanding of related aspects of human resources processes and/or systems

  • Expert knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance

  • Expert knowledge of local and federal employment laws within field and within organization

  • Ability to manage and navigate multiple ongoing issues and complex employee relations matters

  • Expert negotiation and conflict resolution skills

  • Excellent leadership skills and ability to influence change

  • Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization

  • Effective level of business literacy about the client group(s) business, financial position, its midrange plans, its culture and its competition

  • Strict attention to detail

  • Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels while establishing a positive reputation

  • Ability to navigate challenging forces in the fast-paced and dynamic operations network

  • Represents leadership on programs or org-specific strategic initiatives within multiple areas, interfacing with project managers, human resources team and leadership team

  • Consult in program setting within multiple human resources areas, deeper or more dedicated advisory role, interfacing with more senior management

  • Provides human resources leadership to outsourcing partners on a directive level, participates on medium scale RFP

  • Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

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