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Novanta Inc. · 1 day ago

Sr. Manager HR Enablement

Apex, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Novanta Inc. is a company focused on innovations that transform healthcare and advanced manufacturing. The Senior Manager, HR Enablement is responsible for fostering a strong company culture and enhancing managerial capabilities while ensuring high-quality HR support across the organization.

Responsibilities

Leads and coaches a team of HRE professionals who drive consistency in HR delivery to local managers and stakeholders enabling flexibility, scale and a One Novanta Employee experience

Acts as a SME and escalation point for their team members in these areas

Responsible for the attraction, development, engagement and retention of HRE Team members. Owns their succession plan by driving talent, development and performance management within their team. Solicits feedback from key stakeholders, such as Talent Partners and Site Leaders/Engagement Leaders, to gather performance insights and identify development opportunities of HRE Team members

Ensures all employees within the region experience HR uniformly by leveraging standard enterprise-wide HR processes, programs, and tools deployed and trained by the CoE’s to execute HR cycles processes. Ensure HRE professionals are coaching on these programs in a consistent manner. Trains on HR programs and processes within the scope of HRE

Ensures local compliance to all labor laws within jurisdictions in all actions taken, and in all programs rolled out by HR CoEs and other Novanta functions. Collaborates with CoE’s to define local policies and practices to ensure compliance

Drives continuous improvement of work processes in scope utilizing NGS methods including established change management practices and tools. Looks for location and country trends across HR Programs, processes and tools to identify improvements projects with a focus on automation and AI enablement. Partners with regional counterparts and Global HRE Leader on global process improvement projects

Determines how HRE team is deployed to Novanta sites using benchmarked methodologies

Partner with local People Leaders to deploy workforce plans including hiring, organization re-designs and reductions in force. Coordinates the HRE team in deploying workforce plans that span multiple locations/ BU’s to ensure consistent employee experience

Reviews relevant employee data to identify workforce trends, including engagement and attrition data, with site stakeholders within the country to uncover trends and actions HRE team will support to drive improvement

May act as a member of a crisis management team, if needed

May act in the capacity of an HR Enablement Manager for a specific site/client allocation

M&A activities as applicable for country

Qualification

HR processesPoliciesHR technology platformsChange managementWorkforce data analysisTeam leadershipConflict resolutionOrganizational designCompensation administrationEmployee relationsPerformance management

Required

Bachelor's degree in business administration, HR management or related field

7+ years of experience in Human Resources, preferably in a mid to large size company with a scaled HR Organizational Design

4 Years experience in at least one country of Region HR

At least 1 year of experience leading a team

Deep understanding of HR processes, policies, and systems, including HR technology platforms and shared services delivery models

Demonstrated success of identifying, leading and delivering opportunities of process efficiencies through technology/automation/AI. Continuous learner in the future of HR and AI/ Automation opportunities to drive organizations strategy in a scalable way

Effective people leader with experience building a high performing team in a scaled HR organization

Strong change management skills to support team growth and transformation

Clear understanding of business operations and how HR can support strategic outcomes. Experience building the capabilities to support this on their team

Proven ability to engage, inspire, and influence local people leaders. Effective team player and networker with a collaborative mindset to lead without direct line leadership authority

Proficient in analyzing workforce data to recognize trends and develop actionable recommendations. Applies insights to improve HR services and inform strategy

Proven ability to support leaders with effective performance management processes

Deep competence in conflict resolution, dispute management, and navigating complex employee relations issues with tact, calm, and professionalism

Experience with change management

Thorough understanding of compensation administration and legal compliance across diverse environments

Preferred

Graduate degree preferred

Experience with organizational design preferred

Company

Novanta Inc.

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Novanta is a leading global supplier of core technology solutions that give medical, life science, and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers a competitive advantage.

Founded in 1968

Bedford, Massachusetts, US

1001-5000 employees