**Essential duties & responsibilities:**
+ Align HR strategy, goals, and objectives to overall business strategy and objectives
+ Develop HR business strategies to drive key business results
+ Provide guidance on talent management, workforce relations, organization design and compensation, partnering with subject-matter experts to develop needed solutions
+ Maintain broad-based knowledge of the organization and its operations; use knowledge of business and HR metrics to make business decisions; evaluate critical activities in terms of value-added impact and utility derived from cost-benefit analysis
+ Recommend business practice/work process improvements to identify opportunities for leveraging human capital; ensure all HR initiatives have ROI that adds to organizational value
+ Maintain knowledge of economic factors, labor market and economic environment impact on industry and organization operations; leverage benchmark information on the competition and other relevant comparison groups to help drive business decisions
**_Human Resources Expertise_**
+ Integrate HR services with organizational initiatives; develop and implement HR operational strategy for assigned business unit, networks with other HR professionals to determine best practices in support of organizational direction; ensure the delivery and development of high-quality HR processes and policies
+ Collaborate and influence across HR, and engage appropriate subject matter experts to execute on strategic human capital plan for assigned business unit
+ Establish consistent HR services for the operating entity; lead and/or mentor HR professionals and others within the organization
**_Relationship Management_**
+ Develop strategic partnerships with the senior business leaders, HR Operations and HR Centers of Expertise throughout the organization to identify and contribute toward initiatives that address organizational strategic goals and needs
+ Facilitate interactions among organizational stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes; resolve escalated conflicts among stakeholders.
+ Build consensus and settle disputes on HR policy and practice decisions.
**_Leadership_**
+ Assess needs and identify interventions that address issues of retention, change management, employee engagement, and leadership development, partnering with subject-matter experts as appropriate; use appropriate tools for leadership competency and skills assessment
+ Translate the vision, mission, and strategy into projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules; manage and influence the resources available effectively to meet planned objectives; develop clear action plans with results-oriented goals for measuring success; drive alignment and buy-in at all levels in the business units across the organization
+ Provide guidance and coaching to business unit leaders on HR and business-related issues
+ Serve as a seasoned change agent with proven ability to drive, influence strong and seasoned business leaders and HR professionals and implement improvements
+ Develop, mentor, and lead a human resources team consisting of HR Business Partners for assigned business unit
+ Model behaviors consistent with our leadership expectations of delivering results, inspiring others, developing talent, setting direction, and building organization capability
**_Strategic HR Insights_**
+ Maintain advanced knowledge in the use of data, evidence-based research, benchmarks, HR, and business metrics to make critical decisions; ask critical questions needed to evaluate data; gather and analyze data, share insights with leaders and recommend solutions that support the culture, strategic direction and resources.
+ Analyze root causes of work environment issues; build and manages interventions and solutions in collaboration and cooperation with key stakeholders.
**Education & special trainings:**
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent required
**Qualifications & experience:**
+ 10+ years of work experience required
+ Previous HR experience required
+ Direct supervisory experience required
+ Preferred Qualifications
+ 7+ years business-facing HR, HR COE, HR Operations, or role-related experience preferred
+ 4+ years of people leadership experience preferred
+ Experience in multiple HR disciplines or client groups preferred
**Physical & mental requirements:**
Must be able to:
+ Exercise independent judgment with strong attention to detail
+ Analyze, understand and communicate complicated issues to Leaders to ensure understanding
+ Develop solutions based on best practices and customer feedback
+ Solicit input from leaders and exercise independent judgment in providing recommendations to the business
+ Effectively facilitate discussions with and deliver communications to large groups of people
+ Communicate telephonically and via email and other electronic mean
+ Ability to effectively navigate Workday and Microsoft Office Suite
+ Ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks and changing priorities
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.