Senior HR Manager

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

We are seeking a seasoned Senior HR Manager for our Swiss and French manufacturing facilities.

The role will provide strategic expertise and consultation in the areas of organizational design & transformation, change management, strategic workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, employee engagement and retention, talent development, coaching, and support of multiple time-bound initiatives throughout the year.  You will partner with manufacturing leaders to build strong teams and engage employees, bringing experience and expertise to the table, while closely collaborating with HR Centers of Expertise to drive solutions. You will utilize your HR expertise to develop strong relationships with site leaders to drive business results.

This role is a direct manufacturing site support role located onsite in our SMO, Swiss Manufacturing Organization in Tolochenaz but travelling frequently to the French sites as well.

As a key leader in the manufacturing site leadership teams, you will be integral to the overall success of the sites to include not just people metrics, but also safety, quality, service and cost.

The HRBP is the primary Point of contact responsible for advancing and operationalizing the HR model in partnership with GLS, HRSSC, CoEs’ etc.

Putting patient safety first, upholding product quality, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our business relationships and programs are central to everything that we do in Global Manufacturing.

Hybrid Supporting: Swiss manufacturing site (SMO) and French Manufacturing sites (Trévoux, Grenoble, Fourmies and Medicrea).

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Designs, implements, and executes human resources strategies for the French and Swiss manufacturing sites and functional groups.
• Lead organizational transformation initiatives and partner with the site leaders to create a culture of excellence at each site.
• Identify and plan for critical capabilities required to deliver on the business strategy and Medtronic mission
• Lead the sites to effectively plan, navigate and continuously adapt to change.
• Translating business needs to ongoing talent actions including talent attraction, development, placement, retention and succession.
• Enable leaders to drive outcomes through effective leadership and teams
• Provides solutions through organizational effectiveness and employee life cycle management.
• Anticipates and plans for long-term human resource needs and trends in partnership with business management.
• Partner with leaders to develop actions for fostering a culture that drives performance, inclusion, equity, innovation and engagement.
• If leading a team, provides leadership, coaching, and career development to team members
• Monitor competitive & business landscape to identify relevant trends and opportunities.
• Leverage data judgment to drive actions that impact business results.
  
  
  

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 7+ years of progressive HR experience, OR an advanced degree with 5+ years of experience
• Work experience in managing multiple manufacturing sites
• Previous roles in large global matrixed Fortune 500 organization supporting manufacturing facilities.
• Experienced HR professional with a successful track record of implementing HR programs in a fast-paced global business. Experience in Medical device, Technology, Healthcare, or Consumer Product (i.e., Amazon) industry a plus.
• Proficiency in HRIS software (Workday, Kronos) and Microsoft Office suite.
• Proficiency in HR analytics and data-driven decision-making
• Regular travel required between the different sites in France and Switzerland
  
  
  

We are seeking a Senior HR Manager with expertise in talent management, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness. The ideal candidate should demonstrate a results-oriented approach, strong influencing skills, and the ability to build authentic relationships. A solution-oriented mindset, critical thinking, and experience in global matrix environments are essential. Flexibility and adaptability to industry changes are required, along with proven coaching and consulting abilities to manage complex stakeholder relationships effectively. This position offers a strategic opportunity to drive talent management initiatives within the organization.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: France: 90,400.00 EUR - 135,600.00 EUR | Switzerland: 168,000.00 CHF - 252,000.00 CHF |

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here