Sr HR Manager

  • ThermoFisher Scientific
  • Carlsbad, California
  • Full Time

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Discover Impactful Work:

This is an impactful role for the organization requiring the ability to truly partner with commercial business leaders supporting/driving strategic, tactical, and critical initiatives. The Sr. HR Manager will translate business strategy into HR strategy, plans and solutions. The role will partner with the leadership to hire, engage, and develop talent to build the capabilities required for short and long-term success. As a trusted advisor to business and functional leaders, this role will guide and take action in all aspects of HR including Talent Management, Performance Management, Employee Relations, Compensation, Engagement and Retention.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide strategic HR partnership including commercial leaders and team, including sales, marketing, and customer-facing functions to drive business growth and organizational effectiveness.

  • Act as a strategic partner in developing roadmaps to accomplish business priorities and goals

  • Partners with business as a strategic advisor and change agent for organizational design, workforce planning, and succession planning

  • Subject matter expert in areas of HR policies and processes

  • Coach and advise managers and leaders on issues including restructuring, investigations and other complex employee issues.

  • Conduct compensation analysis in partnership with COE's to resolve compensation needs and actions including sales incentive compensation.

  • Partner with Talent Acquisition to attract, assess, and retain top talent.

  • Ensures alignment of HR processes (Performance Management and Development (PMD), Performance Calibration, Compensation Planning, Incentive programs etc.) with strategic and operating goals.

  • Supports the HR platforms (i.e., talent acquisition, compensation.) with large scale initiatives

  • Develop strong understanding for the commercial business model, customer landscape, and market dynamics to proactively align HR strategies with business priorities.

Education

Bachelors degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field. Master's Degree preferred.

Experience

At least 7 years of HR-related experience required; experience supporting commercial, sales, marketing, or customer-facing organizations in a fast-paced, matrixed environment highly preferred.

Knowledge and Complexity of Role

  • Ability to collaborate and use the network; strong knowledge of HR Model.

  • High degree of autonomy and strong decision-making skills.

  • Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

  • Influences business decisions through advice and counsel with leaders and cross-functional partners.

  • Routinely makes decisions based on limited information. Adapts quickly to change.

  • Applies human resources expertise and business sense to lead critical projects and/or relationships.

  • Implement and develop new programs, models, standards, etc. for the business teams.

  • Ability to analyze and translate data into actionable insights.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $130,000.00$194,950.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

  • Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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Job ID: 523459634
Originally Posted on: 6/3/2026

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