Senior Business Partner, Human Resources

Act as a strategic advisor to management and employees in internal communications, social responsibility and diversity, equity and inclusion work.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Advise Business Operations Leadership and/or partners with HR specialty areas in the utilization and implementation of HR programs
- Lead special projects
- Provide input for strategic activities for assigned large/complex client group(s), including identifying critical HR metrics and new business strategies and talent issues before they affect the business
- Understand the communication needs of the large/complex client group (s) to the company strategy
- Generate strategic relationships with the community and the different groups of interest to align the business strategy with the needs of the community
- Advise and coach leadership on a variety of business issues that impact talent and/or business operations
- Other incidental duties

**Education and Experience**:
Bachelor's Degree 6 years of previous related Human Resources experience, including internal communications, social responsibility programs and diversity equity and inclusion. Required

**Additional Skills**:

- Proven expertise in usage of MS Office Suite and HR systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills including consultative and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
- Strong leadership skills with demonstrated ability to influence change
- Proven success adhering to and leading project schedules and managing projects
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
- Able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English
- Substantial problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the organization
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
- Ability to manage internal and external confidential information with utmost discretion
- Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams, assigned client group(s), and key contacts representing the organization on contracts or projects
- Ability to interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements

About Edwards Lifesciences

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world’s leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 13,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it’s our life’s work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.

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