Job Description

Our Company

IPG Photonics is revolutionizing the laser industry as the pioneering developer and leading producer of fiber lasers and amplifiers. Headquartered in Marlborough, MA, IPG has over 4,800 employees in more than 25 locations around the world. We aspire to work together with our employees and customers to apply light in ways that improve life.

About the Role

We believe that a culture of engagement, collaboration and agility fuels innovation and drives sustainable growth for both our people and our business. We are seeking a director level, Global HR Business Partner who is passionate about partnering with senior leaders to align human capital strategies with business objectives. In this strategic role, you will help lead transformational change, foster innovation, and enhance workforce agility and excellence, directly supporting IPG’s growth agenda focused on diversification into high-growth sectors, global expansion, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience supporting global high-tech and engineering organizations, particularly within fast-paced, agile environments. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, a strategic mindset, and the ability to drive alignment between people initiatives and business priorities. Exceptional change leadership, global collaboration and the ability to influence senior stakeholders are essential – alongside a commitment to reinforcing IPG’s high-performance innovation led culture.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Talent Alignment: Partner with business leaders to align talent strategies with IPG’s strategy, and business goals focusing on future-ready capabilities and organizational agility. Contributes to the strategic planning process discussions and workforce planning.
• Change Leadership: Lead, facilitate and support enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, serving as a trusted advisor to executives and managers to ensure smooth transitions and sustained change and culture shifts. Coaches leaders on team effectiveness, communication, and talent development.
• Workforce Planning & Capability Building: Analyzes talent needs, design and implement workforce strategies that build critical skills, hires the right talent, develops leadership strength and capacity to support IPG’s growth strategy and support a more digitally enabled organization.
• Organizational Design & Effectiveness: Collaborate with leaders to evolve structures, roles, and workflows that enhance cross-functional collaboration and speed to innovation and business responsiveness and effectiveness.
• Executive Influence: Cultivate strong, trust-based relationships with senior leaders, providing strategic HR counsel and influencing decisions that shape organizational direction and performance.
• Global HR Integration: Partners across regions and cultures to ensure consistent, effective implementation of HR strategies, leveraging global Centers of Excellence.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Apply analytics and business metrics to inform strategy, measure impact, and continuously improve talent and organizational outcomes.
• Performance, Culture & Engagement: Supports goal setting, performance management, and feedback mechanisms. Champion a high performing engaged culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning--- reinforcing IPG’s values and enabling long term growth. Guides conflict resolution and champion fairness for employees and coaches managers on employee development, engagement and behavior issues.
• Supports HR Evolution: Champion best practices, process efficiency and continuous improvement across HR practices, using data-driven insights to optimize workflows and enhance service delivery to customers. Partners across regions and cultures to ensure consistent, effective implementation of HR strategies, leveraging global centers of excellence.

Qualifications :

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field required; Master's degree or MBA strongly preferred.
• HR Leadership Experience: 8–12 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5-7 years in a strategic HR Business Partner role within a global, matrixed organization—preferably in high-tech, engineering, or advanced manufacturing sectors.
• Change & Transformation: Proven success in leading enterprise-wide change management initiatives, including organizational design, cultural transformation, performance enablement, and leadership alignment.
• Business Acumen: Strong understanding of business strategy, market dynamics, and competitive landscapes with the ability to anticipate and translate complex business needs into impactful people strategies.
• Global Perspective: Experience working across international teams, with a deep appreciation for cultural diversity, international labor practices, and regional compliance requirements.
• Executive Partnership: Exceptional relationship building, communication and coaching skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence and advise executive stakeholders.
• Analytic & Strategic Thinking: Skilled in navigating ambiguity and complexity, with proactive, solution-oriented mindset. Able to assess complex situations, identify root causes, and develop effective frameworks and solutions. A proactive, solution-oriented mindset adept at operating in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Digital Fluency& AI: Proficient leveraging HRIS platforms, MS Office 365 and other digital tools. Comfortable using data and analytics to inform decisions, measure impact, and drive continuous improvement. Comfortable using AI and digital tools to boost efficiency, streamline processes, and support data-informed HR decisions.
• Complex Problem Solving: Strategic thinker with a proven ability to analyze complex challenges, identify root causes, and design effective solutions, processes, and frameworks that drive meaningful outcomes. Problem solver that can analyze complex situations, identify root causes, and develop effective solutions, processes, and frameworks.

Pay range and compensation package :

MA: $156,196 - $215,550

US Benefits Information

Pay Range :

The pay range on this posting applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location posted, the applicable range could differ. Actual starting pay is determined by a number of factors including relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

Other Compensation : Employees in this role are eligible for additional rewards which could include:

• Annual Discretionary Bonus or Sales Bonus as Applicable
• Equity awards as applicable (include for positions that are equity eligible)

Equal Opportunity Statement :

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.

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