Regional HR Business Partner, Director, NSEA

About Veralto

Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicines, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $4.8B global leader in essential technology solutions. Our industry-leading companies are building on a long-established legacy of innovation and customer trust to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future. Veralto’s Product Quality and Innovation companies – Esko, Linx, Pantone, Videojet and X-Rite – help protect the world’s food, medicine and essentials by enabling customers to track and authenticate the billions of goods that travel the global supply chain every day. And our Water Quality companies –ChemTreat, Hach,  Kipp & Zonen, McCrometer, Ott, Sea-Bird Scientific, and Trojan Technologies.– help customers manage, treat, purify, and protect the global water supply, from municipal and wastewater treatment facilities to lakes, rivers, watersheds, and oceans.

Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 300+ locations worldwide. Our global team of 16,000 associates is guided by the Veralto Enterprise System and united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™

About the Role

The Regional Director, Human Resources – NSEAP is the senior HR leader for the Asia Pacific region, excluding India and China, responsible for shaping and executing the people and organizational agenda in support of Veralto businesses, with primary focus on supporting the operating companies in the region. Reporting to the Vice President, Human Resources, for Hach this role partners closely with regional and global leaders across all Veralto Operating Companies in the region to translate business strategies into integrated people, talent, culture, and organizational solutions.

This role has regional responsibility for the full associate lifecycle and serves as a trusted advisor to leaders, ensuring consistent, compliant, and high-impact HR delivery across multiple countries. The role leads a regional HR team and partners with Veralto Centers of Excellence (COEs) to deliver core services and address specialized business needs. If you are interested in doing meaningful, cutting-edge HR work, then this is the place for you! 

Your Responsibilities

The candidate will focus their efforts in the following primary areas:

Strategic Business Partnership & Execution

• Develop the Asia Pacific talent and organization plan that is aligned with the OpCo regional business strategy, Veralto HR priorities and programs. Drive the execution of closing any of the identified gaps using applicable VES tools.
• Serve as the primary Human Resources partner to Asia Pacific leadership teams for Veralto, Water Quality, and PQI.
• Translate regional and enterprise business strategies into people priorities that enable growth, operational excellence, and organizational effectiveness.
• Provide data-driven insights, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to leaders on talent, organization, and workforce decisions.
• Leverage data and VOC to identify the most pressing opportunities and challenges impacting your business areas.
• Analyze HR data and metrics to identify trends, patterns, and insights.  Leverage the findings to inform decision making and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior leaders in development of comprehensive change management plans to accelerate change.
• Partner on due diligence and integration planning for mergers and acquisitions in region.

Talent Developer

• Own and lead the end-to-end associate lifecycle across the region, including workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, performance management, development, mobility, engagement, and exits.
• Install and leverage Talent standard work to ensure leaders are effectively supported and enabled to execute people processes with consistency, quality, and accountability.
• Define and execute the regional talent strategy, including succession planning, critical role coverage, leadership development, and internal mobility.
• Partner with Veralto and Operating Company HR leaders to identify, assess, and develop future-ready leaders.
• Ensure disciplined execution of enterprise talent processes such as performance management, talent reviews, and development planning.

Strategic Executer

• Lead organizational design, workforce planning, and capability-building initiatives aligned with business priorities.
• Act as a change leader during transformations, integrations, restructures, or growth initiatives.
• Promote clarity of roles, accountability, and effective decision-making across leadership layers.

Employee Advocate

• Champion a values-based, high-performance, high humanity culture across the Asia Pacific region.
• Drive a strong, inclusive associate experience aligned with Veralto values and leadership expectations.
• Leverage engagement and leadership effectiveness data to identify trends and drive targeted action plans.
• Strengthen leader ownership for culture, engagement, inclusion, and associate experience.
• Share Gemba feedback on Veralto's charitable giving programs, recognition efforts and employer brand program.

Consultant and Coach

• Ensure effective and compliant delivery of HR services across the region, including employee relations, labor relations, compensation and benefits, payroll, and policy governance.
• Partner with Veralto COEs to deliver scalable HR services while addressing unique regional or country-specific needs.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws and alignment with Veralto policies and standards.
• Provide external talent insights to High Growth Market strategic priorities.

HR Team Leadership

• Lead, develop, and mentor a regional HR team representing different operating companies and different business cultures.
• Build HR capability, succession, and bench strength across the region.
• Foster collaboration across countries, Operating Companies, and HR disciplines.
• Sponsor and demonstrate the effectiveness of the Centers of Excellence by ensuring standard working practices.

Job Requirements

The essential requirements of the job include:  

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
• +10 years of HR experience preferably in diverse industries (tech, healthcare, and manufacturing)
• Provide coaching and support to leaders and managers on a range of HR-related matters, including talent development, succession planning, and performance related discussions
• Act as a change agent to drive organizational transformation and culture change initiatives to foster a high-performing, inclusive, and innovative work environment.
• Command of data analytics and financial acumen to drive balanced solutions that impact growth and productivity.
• Experience with budget management and forecasting.  
• Strategic and enterprise mindset with strong execution discipline.
• High credibility and influence with senior leaders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, external partners, and industry networks to stay informed about emerging trends and best practices in HR and contribute to the company’s reputation as an employer of choice.
• Partner with the HR team to ensure the effective delivery of HR services, programs, and policies ensuring compliance with legal requirements and industry best practices.

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

• Leading initiatives with a VES mindset
• Driving cross-functional company-wide initiatives

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
 

Unsolicited Assistance

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