Fluke is seeking a strategic HR Director to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our people, culture, and business. This role is about strengthening organizational capability, driving cultural alignment, and ensuring that talent strategies directly enable Fluke’s growth and performance ambitions.
As a key strategic partner to leaders across Fluke’s Global Operations organization, the HR Director will anticipate business needs, influence strategic decisions, and implement forward‑looking people initiatives that promote innovation, agility, and long‑term employee engagement.
Responsibilities:
- Leadership, Organizational Development & Succession Planning: Partner with senior business leaders to drive organizational design, strategic workforce planning, succession planning, and talent management. Lead skills assessments and development planning to ensure organizational capabilities are aligned with long‑term business strategy.
- Strategic Insight, Analytics & Decision Support: Analyze key business and people metrics, including retention, engagement, and employee experience data. Identify trends and recommend systemic, enterprise‑level interventions that strengthen organizational health. Coach senior leaders on strategic thinking and decision‑making. Establish visual management routines to measure the impact of talent and culture initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
- High‑Performance & Inclusive Culture: Work closely with business leaders to set goals that drive business performance while fostering an engaging, respectful, inclusive, and high‑performance culture. Provide guidance on leadership development, performance management, and career growth.
- Communication, Collaboration & Conflict Resolution: Strengthen communication and trust across senior leadership teams. Coach leaders on interpersonal effectiveness, collaboration, and team dynamics. Partner with COE teams to develop scalable recruiting, talent planning, and workforce programs that support a robust talent pipeline. Provide counsel to senior leaders on conflict resolution and complex organizational challenges.
- Change Leadership: Guide leaders through organizational design and major change initiatives, including transformation efforts, leadership transitions, mergers and acquisitions, and cultural evolution. Ensure change management strategies support adoption, alignment, and business continuity.
- HR Compliance & Risk Mitigation: Maintain strong knowledge of labor laws, HR practices, and risk management requirements, applying them effectively in a dynamic business environment. Reinforce ethical leadership and promote a culture of integrity and transparency. Ensure HR policies and programs comply with legal and regulatory standards, proactively identifying and mitigating potential risks.
- Team Leadership & Capability Building: Develop and mentor HR team members, including 2 HRBPs as direct reports, to enhance organizational capability and ensure the HR function delivers strategic, high‑impact support to the business.
Education & Experience Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 4 years in an HR Business Partner or similar strategic HR role.
- Experience working within a global, matrixed organization is strongly preferred.
- Proven track record of designing and executing HR initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Proven ability to lead strategic initiatives that drive meaningful, measurable outcomes across the organization.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence perspectives, shape decisions, and build strong, collaborative relationships across the business and within the broader HR community.
- Demonstrated success in coaching, influencing, and problem‑solving with leaders at all levels, driving meaningful impact across the organization.
- Broad HR expertise with deep knowledge in organizational design, talent management, employee relations, compensation, employee engagement, change management, learning and development, and performance management.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to understand operational drivers and align HR strategies to business priorities.
- Demonstrated expertise in strategic partnering, serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders by anticipating business needs, shaping long-term people strategies, and driving enterprise-wide organizational effectiveness.
- Proven project management and execution skills, with the ability to leverage data‑driven insights to influence decision‑making and drive outcomes.
- Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, discretion, and sound judgment in complex and sensitive situations.
- Exceptional capability to collaborate, influence, and build partnerships with HRBPs and Centers of Excellence, including Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Compensation, Learning, and Employee Relations, across diverse functions and geographic locations.
- Experience working effectively within global teams across multiple time zones.
- Willingness to travel up to 20–25%.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Fluke
Fluke is leading the world in creating software, test tools and technology that will support customers today and in the future. We are a customer-obsessed market leader with a strong reputation for reliability, quality and safety.A wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corporation (www.fortive.com), Fluke is a global corporation headquartered in the greater Seattle area. Driven by the successful Fortive Business System, Fluke offers the passion of a startup with the resources of a Fortune 500 company. We are focused on the growth of our individual employees, teams and the Fluke brand.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [email protected].
Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 160,100.00 - 297,800.00
Fluke is leading the world in creating software, test tools and technology that will support customers today and in the future. We are a customer-obsessed market leader with a strong reputation for reliability, quality and safety.A wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corporation (www.fortive.com), Fluke is a global corporation headquartered in the greater Seattle area. Driven by the successful Fortive Business System, Fluke offers the passion of a startup with the resources of a Fortune 500 company. We are focused on the growth of our individual employees, teams and the Fluke brand.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [email protected].
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 160,100.00 - 297,800.00
