Head of Global Talent Acquisition - Waters Corporation

Overview

The Global Talent Acquisition Leader will lead the global TA strategy, programs and initiatives. This includes ensuring awareness of the Waters’ brand, creating and fostering a unique candidate experience and developing a pipeline of diverse high performing talent that will deliver against our business goals.

The position holder will be leading a global team and will report to the SVP, HR. This position requires an in-person component on a hybrid work schedule, 2-3 days per week in office, operating out of our global headquarters in Milford, Massachusetts.

Responsibilities

• Create a global strategy for talent acquisition that aligns with Waters Company’s values and culture.
• Accountable for the development of business unit strategic workforce plans in collaboration with the HRBP.
• Contribute to the building of our global brand to attract highly skilled and a diverse pool of candidates.
• Ensure the Waters’ culture is strengthened with every hire and will provide timely feedback on our reward strategies to enable agility in responding to candidate needs and market shifts.
• Lead diversity and culture in all aspects of the talent management processes.
• Design for a positive candidate experience and ensure positive touch points at all stages of the recruitment and onboarding process.
• Lead a global team of skilled TA professionals by setting direction on global initiatives.
• Work closely with business leaders and HRBP’s to create and manage a unique Waters’ employee experience.
• Manage and optimize recruitment efforts and processes for internship, early career, experienced and executive positions for the company on a global basis.
• Manage staffing vendor relationships & performance, including staffing agencies for contingent & permanent recruitment.
• Drive operations, data analytics, technology, tools, platforms and processes that help streamline global TA efforts, bringing a faster time to hire and a diverse slate of high performing talent into the business, balancing a desire for consistency with an awareness of local market factors and needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Psychology, Management, or Business Administration strongly preferred.
• MBA strongly preferred.
• Will have at least 10 years of experience in Talent Acquisition with 5+ years leading Global Talent Acquisition teams.
• Experience working in a multinational company, ideally with international exposure.
• Experience with all levels of recruitment, from internship through executive placement.
• Models diversity and inclusion awareness.
• Proven change agent.
• Creative and resourceful.
• Very strong communication skills.
• Ability to influence without authority.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. 

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