Sr. Director, Head of Inclusion & Diversity

Company: Waters Corporation
Location: Milford
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

Sr. Director, Head of Inclusion & Diversity Req. # 11886

Company Name Waters Division

Category Human Resources

Location US-MA-Milford

Type Regular Full-Time

Overview To truly live our mission of Delivering Benefit to all stakeholders, we must build a company that represents the world around us. While the work of creating an inclusive culture falls upon every employee, leadership and domain expertise are needed to make this effort successful.

This role is integral to the company, our culture, and the experience of every Waters employee. The Senior Director, Head of Inclusion & Diversity will bring thought leadership, perspective and vision to create and implement impactful programs. This position will champion, promote, and guide the Company’s inclusion strategy and diversity initiatives across our global footprint.

The Senior Director, Head of Inclusion & Diversity will report to the SVP and Global Head of Human Resources, and provide strategic guidance to the CEO, Executive Committee, People Leaders and Human Resources. This key leadership role will cultivate an enduring company with individuals of diverse backgrounds at all levels, where all our employees are included and have the opportunity to grow and succeed.

Responsibilities Create a cohesive, global and business-focused Inclusion and Diversity strategy and operationalize it into a concrete working plan.

Build upon our current Inclusion and Diversity foundation, supporting and initiating new efforts towards achieving our 2025 published Sustainability goals

Consult with senior business leaders on inclusion strategies to enable business performance

Engage and network with the broader Life Sciences/Pharma community to learn, lead and partner on matters of diversity and inclusion; strategically align with outside organizations to help augment our strategy, and create ground-breaking thought-leadership

Support senior leadership with development and implementation of corporate diversity and inclusion strategies, including recruitment, performance management, leadership development, employee engagement and retention.

Serve as a subject matter expert and partner to the business by continuously analyzing and presenting talent demographics, monitoring data trends and providing insights into the data collected

Partner with the Employee Circle leaders to ensure effective leadership, development, and coordination of Waters employee resource groups

Identify, build, and sustain community partnerships to support corporate diversity and inclusion projects/plans/initiatives and business strategies.

Collaborate with the following centers of excellence on proactive initiatives around: Learning & Development to education and inform employees on best practices

Talent Acquisition to pipeline and attract talent through events, conferences, and partnerships with professional organizations, educational institutions, local community groups and non-profit organizations

HR Operations, Technology & Analytics in reporting and analysis of key metrics and EEO compliance requirements

Corporate Communications in building a communications strategy to support the inclusion strategy

Promote a cohesive and inclusive overarching culture while maintaining a sense of local identity in various office locations

Embedding diversity and inclusion into company-wide operating mechanisms, ensuring global alignment while tailoring for regional needs

Encouraging and moderating open and practical conversation to lead teams to a greater understanding of diversity and inclusion

Build bold, creative diversity initiatives that demonstrate leadership as a leader, innovator, ambassador, collaborator, partner, and catalyst in mobilizing employees along the inclusion journey

Qualifications Confident in facilitating, presenting and speaking to both internal and external audiences

Proven track record of leading company-wide initiatives with multiple stakeholders

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong analytical skills; able to turn data into insights and a compelling narrative on impact

Ability to interact and influence at all levels, drive change and work on multiple initiatives simultaneously

Demonstrate a deep understanding and expertise of D&I and knowledge of global trends

Demonstrate proficiency to engage, influence and work with an executive leadership team

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

15 years of HR or equivalent relevant experience; at least 10 years focused on D&I

Company Description Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials and food sciences for 60 years. With approximately 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 31 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, and with products available in more than 100 countries.

Waters Corporation's businesses include Waters, TA Instruments, VICAM, ERA, and Nonlinear Dynamics.

Waters creates business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), chromatography columns and chemistry products, mass spectrometry systems, laboratory informatics solutions, and comprehensive service programs to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. Celebrating diversity is important to us. We thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.

Key Words Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, D&I, Head of Inclusion & Diversity, Senior Director of Inclusion & Diversity

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