HR Business Partner - Enabling Functions

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? 

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. 

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Human Resources Business Partner – Enabling Functions is a strategic advisor and collaborator to senior business leaders in Legal, Finance, and IT, accountable for aligning people strategy with business priorities.  They will drive performance, organizational effectiveness, and sustainable growth, while navigating complexity across talent, culture, organization design, and change. The role focuses on value creation, workforce strategy, and leadership effectiveness—leveraging HR Shared Services for transactional delivery. The HRBP partners closely with People Partners, COEs, and HR Shared Services to ensure scalable, compliant, and consistent execution while maintaining strategic ownership of the people agenda.

This position reports to the Vice President, Talent Management & Human Resources and is located in Amersham or Portsmouth, UK, or Marlborough, MA and will be an on-site role.  

What you’ll do

• Translate business strategy into an integrated people strategy that supports growth, productivity, organizational priorities, and enterprise standards.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders on talent, organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, culture, and change.
• Use people data, business metrics, technology, and external insights to inform decisions and demonstrate HR’s impact on business outcomes.
• Partner with leaders to shape organization design, workforce strategy, succession planning, capability development, and leadership bench strength.
• Lead workforce planning and organization effectiveness efforts that address capability gaps, critical roles, future skills, and scalable business needs.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, COEs, People Partners, and HR Operations on complex or sensitive people matters, ensuring decision quality and consistent execution.
• Lead and support complex change initiatives, surface risks and dependencies, and guide adoption to deliver intended outcomes.

Who you are

• Undergraduate degree, plus proven progressive leadership roles in HR, MBA preferred
• Progressive experience in strategic HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness, and change leadership, with demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders and translate business needs into practical people solutions.
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading talent and leadership development approaches (e.g., succession planning, bench assessment, capability building) in partnership with leaders.

• Demonstrated data fluency and experience leveraging digital, analytics, or AI enabled tools to inform recommendations, influence decisions, and measure outcomes. 
• Strong business and financial acumen; ability to assess tradeoffs and prioritize investments that support sustainable performance.
• Continuous improvement mindset; familiarity with lean principles and structured problem solving applied to HR processes and outcomes.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in complex, matrixed, and global environments, including influencing without authority and aligning diverse stakeholders.

Travel Requirements: 

• Ability to travel 25-30% for critical client meetings

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Supporting mergers, acquisitions, or large‑scale business transformations. 

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.