Head HR Americas

Head of HR, Americas

This experienced HR leader will identify, ensure alignment on, and implement HR strategies and people processes that address both the strategic and operational needs of the business. This role will also lead, manage, and develop a team of HR Business Partners as well as support the Americas countries and regional leadership teams within Alcon's Surgical, Vision Care, Pharmaceutical & Dry Eye Businesses in the Americas (North America, including Canada, and LATAM).

Responsibilities include developing and implementing an HR strategy and workforce plans, providing leadership and guidance on organizational effectiveness, change management, organization design, and handling all areas of talent management. In addition, developing and leading the HRPBs.

Responsibilities

• Engages and aligns field HR teams on global HR initiatives, objectives, and related deliverables.
• Assesses, builds, leads, and develops HR talent within and across the Americas organization.
• Provides line management and field HR with consultation and support across the spectrum of talent management, including the selection, assessment/succession planning, development, engagement, and retention of talent.
• Leads global efforts and provides guidance on organization effectiveness and change management initiatives across the Americas.
• Builds institutional understanding of, support of, and capability to execute effective performance management among all leaders.
• Proactively fosters leadership development across all levels of management.
• Ensures effective communication strategies are in place and executed against amongst the Americas country and regional leadership and associates of all levels.
• Ensures that the Human Resources function is seen by all associates as their committed advocate.
• Assesses, prioritizes, and represents the Americas team needs to HR Centers of Excellence and HR Operations.
• Collaborates in identifying solutions, takes a lead role in their implementation, and engages in ongoing assessment of HR process effectiveness and identification of improvement opportunities.
• Leads accountability efforts regarding consistent administration of HR policies and practices.
• Manages the implementation of enterprise-wide HR programs, processes, and practices.

Requirements

• Education: bachelor's degree in business, management and a graduate/advanced degree related to HR, business or humanities.

• Experience:
  • Operational Excellence: 18 - 20 years of progressive growth in Human Resources, including at least 10 years of demonstrated people leadership.
  • Business partnership: Experience leading cross functional teams and managing relationships with business customers.
  • Enterprise leadership:
    • Proven leadership, communication, and management skills
    • Must have experience working with a globally distributed, cross-functional teams
  • Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a complex matrix organization
  • Relationship Management: Proven ability to understand and influence stakeholders within and across the function, building trust and driving the change agenda leveraging both the formal and the informal elements of the organization
  • Change leader: Proven ability to deal with uncertainty, adjusting course as the circumstances change, without jeopardizing the end goals and the achievement of the strategic objectives. Effectively cut through complexity and ambiguity, prioritize effectively, set clear goals and operate in an agile fashion.

Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.