Hillenbrand Inc

Vice President, Human Resources

Hillenbrand Inc$160K — $200K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required; Master's degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive HR experience with substantial leadership roles.
  • Proven success in leading HR strategies for global organizations.
  • Strong partnership skills with senior leadership teams.
  • Extensive background in talent management and organizational development.
  • Preference for experience managing dispersed HR teams and supporting mergers and acquisitions.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement global HR strategies that align with business goals.
  • Collaborate with executives on organizational effectiveness and change management.
  • Advise on talent, culture, and succession planning.
  • Design and initiate talent acquisition and leadership development strategies.
  • Oversee performance management to drive engagement and accountability.
  • Foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
  • Manage employee relations and complex workplace issues.
  • Guide compensation planning and incentive program design.
  • Ensure compliance with employment laws across regions.
  • Monitor HR metrics to ensure alignment with business priorities.
  • Lead HR initiatives for mergers and transformations.
  • Facilitate change management for new processes.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at a global scale within a significant leadership role.
  • Access to strategic decision-making processes with executive leaders.
  • Encouraged collaboration to foster a high-performance culture.
  • Professional development opportunities in HR leadership and management.
Full Job Description
The Vice President, Human Resources is a strategic business leader responsible for developing and executing human resources strategies that support organizational goals, workforce effectiveness, and business growth. This role partners closely with Business Unit leadership to drive talent management, organizational design, employee engagement, leadership development, workforce planning, compensation strategies, and HR operational excellence on a global scale.

The individual serves as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, ensuring alignment between business objectives and people strategies while navigating diverse cultural, legal, and employment environments globally.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement global HR strategies aligned with organizational objectives and business priorities.
  • Partner with executive leaders to drive organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and change management initiatives.
  • Provide strategic counsel on talent, culture, succession planning, and organizational development.
  • Design and execute talent acquisition, retention, succession planning, and leadership development strategies.
  • Oversee performance management processes that drive accountability, engagement, and results.
  • Partner with leaders to identify workforce capabilities needed for future business growth.
  • Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performance workplace culture.
  • Lead employee relations strategies and resolution of complex workplace issues.
  • Provide strategic guidance on compensation planning, incentive programs, and rewards strategies. Lead or support compensation governance, incentive plan design, market competitiveness reviews, retention proposals, pay equity considerations, and business cases for pay-related decisions.
  • Oversee recruiting process effectiveness and hiring governance, including requisition prioritization, HRBP readiness, hiring-manager guidance, vendor coordination, and alignment with workforce cost controls.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. Ensure global workforce actions are planned and executed in line with local employment laws, consultation requirements, severance practices, documentation standards, and regional HR/legal guidance.
  • Monitor HR metrics and key performance indicators to evaluate organizational effectiveness. Provide governance over headcount, hiring activity, and workforce cost commitments to ensure staffing decisions align with business priorities, approved savings targets, and long-term organizational plans.
  • Lead organizational restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, and transformation initiatives as needed. Lead the HR workstream for major business transformation and operating model changes, including leadership placement, organization design, employee mapping, role clarity, communication planning, and transition support.
  • Facilitate change management efforts that support adoption of new strategies, structures, and processes.
  • Perform other duties and projects as assigned.


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree (B.S./B.A.) or equivalent from a college or university in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development or related field required
  • Master's degree (MBA, MA/MS, MHRM, or equivalent) preferred.


Experience:
  • 10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including significant leadership responsibilities
  • Experience leading HR strategies for global organizations across multiple regions and countries
  • Demonstrated success partnering with senior leadership teams
  • Strong experience in talent management, organizational development, workforce planning, and change management
  • Experience managing geographically dispersed HR teams preferred
  • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and large-scale organizational transformations is highly desirable
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally


About Hillenbrand Inc

Hillenbrand Inc is a global diversified industrial company that makes and sells a variety of products and systems for a wide range of industries. The company operates through two segments: Batesville, which provides funeral services and products, and Advanced Process Solutions, which provides industrial equipment and systems. Hillenbrand's products include caskets, urns, and other funeral-related items, as well as industrial equipment such as crushers, screeners, and material handling systems. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Batesville, Indiana. Hillenbrand is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HI.
Learn more about Hillenbrand Inc
Size
10,500 employees
Market Cap
$2.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$19.4 million
5 Year Trend
+13.1%
Revenue
$2.6 billion
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