[KIT-list] Senior HR Business Partner at Intuitive Surgical (Sunnyvale, CA)

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

If you are interested in this role, you can apply directly https://careers.intuitive.com/us/en/job/212509/Senior-Human-Resources-Business-Partner-HRBP or send your resume christine.ramirez@intusurg.com.

We are looking to identify a dynamic and collaborative individual to support our growing Digital platform team at Intuitive. 

At Intuitive, we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. Our mission is our guiding force; our culture is the DNA that makes us unique.  

As a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), we have been expanding our innovations through technology to help make a difference in the world. For 25 years, human ingenuity has guided our journey to help solve some of healthcare's complex challenges. 

We believe a great idea can come from anywhere—inclusion and mutual respect are vital to our culture. We value character grounded in integrity, a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and diverse experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and strive to achieve their highest potential.  

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's help to advance the world of minimally invasive care.

HR Business Partner, Digital Platforms (Sunnyvale)

Are you looking for a dynamic role that can significantly influence the company's future strategic direction?  Are you looking for a strategic HR role giving you a high level of autonomy to design and implement HR initiatives that will drive business strategies?  If so, our HRBP team is growing and we are looking for a dynamic, creative, curious-minded individual to help support our Digital Platforms business. This is an exciting role as we'll get to work with engineers and leaders developing the next generation of business for the industry.

Located in Sunnyvale, the role serves under the guidance of the HRBP Director for Product and Engineering as a part of the HRBP team.  The successful candidate will fully develop an understanding of assigned business areas and represent the interests of those areas within the Human Resources group.  They will work collaboratively with Global HR colleagues and department leadership to develop/maintain a culture that supports the company mission, vision and core values.       

You will partner with key leaders in our Engineering, Quality, Product/Program Management (PMO) as well as centers of HR excellence to execute HR strategy and implement HR initiatives, policies, procedures, programs, and engagements.  A successful candidate should be familiar and experienced in most HR functional areas, including performance management, compensation, employee relations, and program/project management. The individual will work collaboratively with HR colleagues and department leadership to develop/maintain a culture that supports the company mission, vision and core values.

In addition, this role will support the implementation of HR projects and programs in a Global environment. The successful candidate will fully develop an understanding of assigned business areas and represent the interests of those areas within and outside of HR. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Provide advice, coaching, and counsel to leaders and employees on HR programs, policy and procedures, employment/labor laws, conflict resolution.
  • Provide cross-functional program management of cyclical HR programs and/or talent initiatives
  • Leverage analytics and assessment tools to identify and close talent and leadership gaps to achieve business outcomes.
  • Partner with leadership to maintain a work environment that keeps employees engaged and aligned to Intuitive culture
  • Lead and assist in all aspects of HR programs and services that contribute to establishing and executing strategies and plans for 200+ employees.
  • Partner with talent acquisition to ensure timely opening of personnel requisitions, sourcing and hiring
  • Oversee allocation of resources, anticipate organizational business needs, and lead employee professional growth opportunities.
  • Manages and coordinates org-specific HR data and workforce planning reports (i.e., current headcount, terminations, turnover, new hires/requisitions, retention, performance management, ad hoc SAP reports, HRIS audit reports org charts, etc.). 
  • Support succession planning and talent review process.
  • Deliver training and presentations and facilitate group discussions with client groups.
  • Support of other activities as required.

Skill/Job Requirements:

  • Minimum of a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of five years of experience in Human Resources; three years in a generalist role
  • Experience working in manufacturing and/or support organization and/or technology company highly preferred
  • Strong business acumen
  • Additional experience within functional HR (Comp, Staffing, Benefits, HRIS) preferred
  • Think strategically, anticipate challenges and address issues that benefit the organization, enhance the culture, and resolve leadership and talent gaps.
  • Ability to effectively manage HR leadership for widely dispersed & diverse (functional/operations/engineering/manufacturing) teams
  • A true hands-on approach as well as the ability to successfully monitor the "pulse" of the employees to ensure a high level of employee engagement
  • Experience with rapid and complex changing work environment…ability to work with various levels of ambiguity
  • The ability to be comfortable with high volume workload and not be afraid to "roll up your sleeves"
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
  • General knowledge of employment laws and practices plus other government compliance regulations
  • Adaptability to travel 25% of the time between different regional sites and eventually International sites.  Travel may increase during peak timeframes.
  • Effective communication skills including oral, written and interpersonal
  • Resourceful and initiative; has an ability to operate with high degree of autonomy
  • Experience with organizational development and project/program management skills a must

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.  

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.  

Shift : Shift 1 - Day

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Shift: Shift 1 - Day

Job level: Professional 3

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