Global HR Director - Strategy/Talent & Culture - Industrial Technology & Manufacturing

Position Overview:

Our client is a leading global industrial technology and manufacturing organisation with a multi-site international presence. The Global HR Director will lead the people agenda across a complex, matrixed environment, partnering with senior leadership to strengthen organisational capability, culture and talent strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

- HR Strategy: Develop and execute a global people strategy aligned with business priorities and growth.

- Executive Partnership: Advise senior leaders on organisation design, workforce strategy, talent and performance.

- Talent & Succession: Lead succession planning, leadership development and high-potential talent programmes.

- Culture & Engagement: Build a high-performance, inclusive culture focused on accountability and continuous improvement.

- HR Operations: Drive HR effectiveness, standardisation, analytics and process optimisation across multiple sites.

- Employee & Labour Relations: Provide strategic oversight of complex employee and labour-relations matters.

- Compliance & Governance: Ensure effective HR governance, policies and employment-law compliance.

- Compensation & Benefits: Oversee competitive, equitable compensation and benefits programmes.

- Workforce Planning: Align workforce capability and critical talent requirements with business needs.

- HR Leadership: Lead, coach and develop a high-performing HR team across multiple locations.

Ideal Candidate:

- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, preferably in manufacturing, industrial, engineering or technology.

- Proven experience leading multi-site and/or global HR operations in a matrixed environment.

- Strong expertise in strategic HR, talent, succession, organisational development and transformation.

- Deep knowledge of employee/labour relations, compliance, compensation and benefits.

- Proven ability to influence C-suite and senior business leaders.

- Strong commercial acumen, executive presence and change-leadership capability.

- Excellent communication, stakeholder-management and people-leadership skills.

Education:

Bachelors degree in HR, Business, Industrial Relations or related discipline required; MBA or advanced HR qualification preferred.

Success Measures:

Impact will be measured through HR strategy execution, leadership pipeline, talent retention, employee engagement, organisational effectiveness, operational excellence and development of a high-performing HR function.