Job Description

Bring more to life.

At Danaher, our work saves lives. And each of us plays a part. Fueled by our culture of continuous improvement, we turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Our 63,000+ associates work across the globe at more than 15 unique businesses within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference? At Danaher, you can build an incredible career at a leading science and technology company, where we’re committed to hiring and developing from within. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Director, Talent Acquisition will play a critical role in using various recruiting strategies and deploying TA services for the Manufacturing/Operations/QARA team and the Science/Technology team. You’ll design and implement strategies to create a diverse talent pipeline, lead a recruiting deployment team, and advise clients to fulfill the business recruiting needs.

This position reports to the Sr. Director, America’s Talent Acquisition and is part of the Talent Acquisition organization. This role will be fully remote, based in the US.

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Align and execute recruiting strategy for the Manufacturing/Operations/QARA team and the Science/Technology team (approximately 10 recruiters), including attraction, sourcing, and pipelining critical talent to drive an effective service-delivery model; support restructuring, growth, and M&A activities.
• Manage resource allocation in the form of headcount and recruiter capacity, to ensure requisition loads are adequately balanced and leverage external partners (RPO) as necessary with an effective balance to cost and organizational objectives
• Drive operational excellence through Danaher Business System utilization to improve team performance and processes.
• Utilize data-driven solutions to lead recruiting strategies by consistently analyzing funnel data, identifing gaps, and implementing action plans to drive improvement in overall performance and leveraging partnerships and campaigns.
• Coach and develop team members to build a top talent organization, oversee onboarding, and complete people management tasks (performance management, development activities, compensation planning etc.).
• Collaborate with Talent Management and HR on pipeline growth and strategic initiatives.
• Act as TA Business Partner to the business with service-delivery mindset stakeholder engagement, consulting with leaders on demand, sharing talent trends, navigating escalation concerns effectively, and providing performance insights.
• Champion technology and change management activities to ensure adoption of new technologies, process and operational changes in order to drive efficiency and associate buy-in for effective organization development

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years leading teams, ideally including people leaders; proven success scaling talent teams preferred.
• End-to-end recruitment experience in high-volume, large-scale and/or multi-site, complex matrixed global businesses.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills, with ability to inspire and develop teams.
• Expertise in continuous improvement culture, applying proven methodologies to drive results. Data-driven strategist, skilled at using insights to design recruiting solutions and meet demand.
• Strong working knowledge of employment law and compliance for North America.
• Agile and pragmatic, able to shift between strategic and tactical levels, navigate ambiguity, and influence stakeholders in a global matrix.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

if applicable for role

• Ability to travel up to 10% travel, overnight, within territory or locations

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

• Experience working in a global environment.

Danaher offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Danaher, we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Danaher can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $180,000 – $200,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

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We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:1-202-419-7762 or applyassistance@danaher.com.

Job Tags

Full time, Remote work, Flexible hours, Shift work,

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