HR Manager (CMD)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Carlsbad, California, USA Updated 17 September 2026
PharmaBiotechClinical ResearchQuality Assuranceheorinform

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Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll 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 world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. DESCRIPTION : This role will support our CMD Commercial and Marketing functions. From sample to knowledge to results, the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry business develops and manufactures leading-edge chromatography and mass spectrometry instruments, consumables, and software solutions for customers working in the analytical sciences (routine testing markets) and scientific research. Our complete workflow solutions enable productivity and efficiency for customers performing food and beverage testing and manufacturing, environmental and industrial testing, biopharma QA/QC, toxicology, and anti-doping. For scientific research customers, our products support a range of focus areas, including proteomics, metabolomics, drug discovery, and clinical research. Position Specific Information: The HR Manager, US Commercial, is responsible for providing HR business partnership and support to field-based Sales, Marketing and Applications teams in the US. This role will work in close collaboration with the broader commercial HR team to support and execute on HR priorities for the function, enable capability development and to support employee engagement. HR Manager will also lead and / or support key functional or Division wide projects and ad-hoc requests. This position reports into Director HR, Corporate. With matrix reporting to the Sr HR Director, Global Commercial and Marketing . Key Responsibilities: Provides HR solutions support, process knowledge advice, and consultation to assigned client group . Mentor managers on issues including application of HR policies and processes, restructuring, and complex employee issues in order to strengthen overall organizational capability . C oach employees on people management, career development, personal leadership, and 360 assessments. Partner with management and broader HR team to understand business goals and people implications. Plan and operate independently when making decisions for client groups, use Sr HR Director and HR team as sounding board and partner for complex issues and approvals when required . Participate in the broader Division HR team to drive HR solutions such as process improvement as well as lead or be part of other broad scale HR projects and initiatives. Conduct Employee/Labor Relations investigations in partnership with ER and provide recommendation for resolution where appropriate . Drive manager and employee Self-Service adoption on HR processes and highly repeatable functional tasks. Collaborate with Platforms to complete and implement large scale HR initiatives ( i.e. roll out annual programs, new programs /policies, etc.) Drive recruitment efforts within established division guidelines. Partner with managers in establishing hiring and compensation strategies. Perform other duties as assigned Education Bachelor's degree in HR, Business administrations or a related field required . Master’s degree would be an advantage Experience Minimum of 5 years of HR work experience or equivalent work experience required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Comfortable working with ambiguity Ability to collaborate and leverage network Looks at problems with a long-term strategic view but can translate that into short- and long-term goals. High degree of autonomy and decision-making skills. Must possess the presentation skills and integrity to project a professional image, both internally and externally. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with all levels of the organization including employee relations, mentorship, and communications Demonstrates personal awareness and desire for continual learning, personal development, as well as being structured, resolved, and with a positive ‘can-do’ demeanor Honors commitments always by exhibiting candor and courage, not being afraid to establish visible presence and point of view, engaging in constructive dialogue, and holding others accountable Validated project and time management skills with ability to thrive in a fast-paced matrix environment and balance multiple tasks simultaneously <p style="text-align

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