Senior Manager, Human Resource Business Partner

Position Overview

This role serves as the site HR leader, providing hands-on HR support while partnering with business leaders to achieve organizational goals. This role partners closely with the business to deliver people and capability programs, translating business needs into effective HR solutions across a broad range of people, talent, and organizational needs. This role oversees the delivery of core HR and capability programs, balances strategic priorities with hands-on HR support, and provides leadership and guidance to HR team member(s).

Company Overview

At FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, we’re unlocking the power of human cells to change lives. Using revolutionary induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, we drive advancements in drug discovery, disease modeling, cell therapy, research tools, and cell therapy manufacturing. Our mission is deeply meaningful, and we’re looking for bold innovators to join us.

At FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and cutting-edge environment that encourages creativity and celebrates breakthroughs. If you’re ready to do work that makes a real impact and propels healthcare forward, this is your chance to be part of something extraordinary for science, patients, and yourself.

Our headquarters is in Madison, Wisconsin, a dynamic city celebrated for its lakes, parks, cultural richness, biotech leadership, and access to world-class academia.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

Duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for talent and performance management, annual compensation planning, and workforce planning.
• Acts as a primary point of contact with COEs on program delivery issues and customizations.
• Coaches managers and employees on development and employee relations.
• Participates in the roll-out of benefits, wellness initiatives and onboarding activities.
• Shares local intelligence and provides a “field perspective” on the effectiveness of programs and initiatives.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on the local labor market and regulatory environment.
• Participates in regular meetings with client groups.
• Assist in facilitating performance management tools and processes including goal setting, coaching feedback, and employee development.
• Identifies training and development needs for leaders, teams and individual employees and facilitates when appropriate.
• Drives engagement initiatives.
• Partners with leaders to determine staffing and retention needs and analyze staffing and retention strategy.
• Responsible for the talent acquisition process, including active recruitment of open roles. leveraging shared service model when appropriate.
• Leads the Company’s internship program.
• Ensures job descriptions are updated and maintained.
• Acts as an Administrator in the LMS as appropriate.
• Proactively partner with leaders to optimize employee capabilities and deliver against business objectives and priorities.
• Acts as a first point of contact for leaders and employees.
• Directs leaders in restructures to ensure fair and consistent decision making, prepares legal review documentation and participates in termination meetings.
• Maintains non-shared service HR policies.
• Assists in managing employee relations by investigating and resolving employee issues and concerns.
• Manages and supports employee recognition programs.
• Maintains awareness of HR trends and activates when appropriate.
• Supports development and drives the talent management agenda for assigned client groups.
• Proactively works with leaders to develop and implement key employee retention strategies, advises and counsels on compensation recommendations for internal moves ensuring that performance management is followed through for all assigned employees.
• Strengthens overall organizational capabilities, working with leaders to include organizational assessment, organizational structure, workforce planning and change management.
• Serves as champion of company culture, modeling Company standards and delivering an exceptional employee experience.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state and local regulations concerning employment law, including employee immigration needs, leave management and Workers Compensation.
• Responsible for compliance of employee personnel files and other related record keeping.
• Serves as an expert in using the Company’s HRIS system to prepare regular HR data needed for KPI tracking, audits and other data analytics.
• Executes integration activities as directed by VP, Human Resources.
• Supervisory responsibilities:
  • Responsible for leading HR professional(s) within the department, acting as direct manager for the group under the supervision of the HR department head.
  • Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff in the department.
  • Oversees the daily workflow of the HR staff.
  • Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
  • Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
  • Provides support and guidance to HR staff, management, and other staff when complex, specialized, and sensitive questions and issues arise.

 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required
• 10+ years of experience working in Human Resources, including HRBP experience
• Leadership experience preferred
• Understanding HR processes (onboarding, training, talent management, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all levels of staff
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of products
• Learning Management System (LMS) and training experience is a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact and professionalism
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Additional requirements

 

May be required to travel

EEO Information

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department ([email protected]).