Site HR Director - Join a $45B Industry Leader
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Summary
Help shape the people strategy behind pharmaceutical manufacturing that makes a difference. As Site HR Director, you’ll join the Cincinnati site leadership team and turn business priorities into practical HR strategies that build capability, strengthen engagement, and support long-term success.
Job description
You’ll lead HR for our Cincinnati site, part of the Drug Products Division within the Pharma Services Group, which manufactures oral solid dose pharmaceuticals. You’ll also provide HR leadership to the teams supporting our Indianapolis and Manatí sites.
This is an opportunity to lead and develop an HR team, strengthen operational excellence, and partner with leaders across a complex, regulated business. You’ll bring business insight, sound judgment, and a commitment to helping people and teams do their best work.
What you’ll do:
- Set HR strategy and develop solutions and workforce plans that align with business needs.
- Put core HR processes into practice across a matrix organization, including talent reviews, succession planning, performance management, and development.
- Partner with site leaders to attract, retain, develop, and engage talent in critical roles.
- Lead, mentor, and develop HR professionals delivering site HR services, with clear expectations for performance and results.
- Build a culture of engagement that supports strong business performance and operational efficiency.
- Guide communications, training, and change management to support new or expanded HR services and processes, and reinforce consistent leadership practices.
- Coach employees and managers through employee relations matters, including performance concerns, complaints, disciplinary action, and terminations, in line with company policies and legal requirements.
- Champion a One Team HR approach by working with Talent, Compensation, Benefits, and HR Business Partners to improve the colleague experience and strengthen our employee value proposition.
- Advise senior leaders and cross-functional partners, using business context and data to inform decisions—even when information is limited and outcomes are uncertain.
What you’ll bring
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- Master’s degree preferred
Experience
- 10+ or more years of progressively responsible HR experience
- Experience leading an HR team preferred, with 3 or more years preferred
Knowledge and capabilities
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build and use a broad professional network
- Confidence working autonomously and making sound decisions
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to understand business priorities, interpret relevant data, and explain what it means for the organization
- HR expertise and business insight to lead critical projects and relationships
- Experience developing and leading programs, models, or standards for a site or business team
- Recognized HR expertise within client groups and the HR organization
- Expert knowledge of HR structures and Centers of Excellence
- Experience leading HR for a large site or multiple sites or regions, including leading an HR team
- Skill in influencing and aligning business decisions through advice and counsel to senior leaders and cross-functional partners
- Comfort assessing risk and moving work forward when information is incomplete
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- 10+ or more years of progressively responsible HR experience
- Experience leading an HR team preferred, with 3 or more years preferred
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build and use a broad professional network
- Confidence working autonomously and making sound decisions
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to understand business priorities, interpret relevant data, and explain what it means for the organization
- HR expertise and business insight to lead critical projects and relationships
- Experience developing and leading programs, models, or standards for a site or business team
- Recognized HR expertise within client groups and the HR organization
- Expert knowledge of HR structures and Centers of Excellence
- Experience leading HR for a large site or multiple sites or regions, including leading an HR team
- Skill in influencing and aligning business decisions through advice and counsel to senior leaders and cross-functional partners
- Comfort assessing risk and moving work forward when information is incomplete
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration
- Annual incentive plan bonus
- Healthcare
- 401(k)
- Employee benefits
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With over 100,000 employees globally, Thermo Fisher provides an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. The company serves customers across healthcare, life sciences, applied markets, and pharmaceutical sectors, offering solutions that accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher operates globally, delivering critical scientific products, services, and workflow solutions that support researchers, organizations, and companies in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues.