Director HR, RACA
Cepheid

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world's most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Danaher Diagnostics companies. Together, we're working at the pace of change on diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges, driven by knowing that behind every test there is a patient waiting.

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The Director HR, Regulatory and Clinical Affairs (RACA) will be accountable for end-to-end HR leadership for the Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Affairs organization within the overarching R&D organization and serve as the primary strategic business partner to the SVP, RACA. The Dir HR will join the RACA and R&D leadership team(s) where applicable and be responsible for driving the HR planning and execution aligned to global and regional business and HR priorities, with emphasis on talent management, leadership coaching, organizational design, DE&I, employee engagement and creating a world-class associate experience. Although this role does not have direct reports, it will serve as an HR leadership partner to the VP HR R&D and work closely with the Sr HRBP roles that also report into that VP, inclusive of getting work done through others on the team where necessary and coaching / mentoring these roles. The Director HR will need to closely work with members of other Centers of Excellence. As such, the leader will interface effectively with relevant business and HR leaders to maximize both global, regional, and local opportunities and create a high-performance working culture to enable the business to achieve its ambitious performance and people objectives.

This position is part of the R&D HR team and will be located in Sunnyvale, California. At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide the primary support as lead HR partner for the SVP RACA joining as a member of their senior leadership team to provide the strategic direction in organizational design, talent management and other key people initiatives; serve as subject matter expert to align people programs globally.
• Partner with business leaders, COEs, and HRBPs to ensure that organizational planning, workforce planning, diversity initiatives, talent management, and compensation planning are aligned with the company's values and culture.
• Serve as a representative of HR leadership globally, creating opportunities for coaching and collaboration across the HR organization.
• Lead cross-functional, cross-enterprise HR projects or projects related to supporting the achievement of key critical objectives in the R&D organization to achieve desired outcomes and participate on project teams as assigned.
• Serve as an integrated part of the business, working with and influencing business leaders to make data-based decisions to further talent progression in pursuit of overall business strategic goals.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Experience monitoring results of talent initiatives to ensure effectiveness through access and interpretation of employee data including but not limited to employee turnover, hiring, change management, performance, and engagement.
• Experience leading the development and execution of transformation initiatives, managing change across multiple departments and functions to achieve strategic goals.
• Demonstrated ability in creating environments of continuous improvement through actively engaging with process owners to explore opportunities to optimize or problem solve utilizing the Danaher Business System (DBS) and championing change management.
• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience OR Master's with 8+ years of experience

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Strong data-driven analysis and decision making with the knowledge and ability to interpret and develop key insights from available data to drive strategy.
• Demonstrating strong executive presence with ability to command respect and gain credibility through exercise of sound business judgment, clear decision-making, and excellent communication.
• Managing significant change/project initiatives, including change management experience.

Other requirements/abilities:

• Up to 20% travel may be required, mainly domestic travel.
• Able to work flexible schedules to accommodate global work teams.
• Must be able to work at the Sunnyvale, CA headquarters site 3 days/week and available for travel up to 15% of the time.

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com.

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

The salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $180,000 - $250,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

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

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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