Sr. Director, HRBP, Search, Portfolio & Commercial Development

Position Overview:

The Senior Director, Global HR Business Partner (HRBP) is a key leader within the functional leadership team, accountable for delivering HR initiatives that drive business results and reinforce a values-based culture. This senior role partners with business leaders to address complex organisational challenges, ensuring people solutions align with both enterprise and functional goals. The Senior Director, Global HRBP sets the strategic direction for HR practices, ensuring the organisation remains competitive, future-ready, and aligned with its values and business objectives.

Reporting Relationships:

Reporting to the Vice President, Human Resources, or Executive Director, Human Resources, this role is a core member of the functional leadership team and collaborates closely with HR Centres of Excellence (COEs), HR teams, and global business executives. The scope of the role is enterprise-wide, with responsibility for leading high-impact initiatives and influencing at the most senior levels.
Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Implements the HR strategy from the enterprise business segment. Impact is enterprise-wide or covers the most complex, regulated, or innovative business groups.
  
• Key contributor to the overall CSL People Strategy, bringing a vision for the specific Business Area People Strategy and a clear plan on how to deliver against it.

• Reports to: Vice President, HR or Executive Director, HR.
  
• Direct reports: May include Global HRBPs or HRBP Site Leads.
  
• Works closely with: Executive leadership, functional leadership teams, HR Centres of Excellence, regional and local HR colleagues, Finance, IT, Communications, Legal and external partners as required
  

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field; master's degree or Human Resource professional qualification preferred.
  
• Minimum 12-15 years' progressive HR experience, including significant experience in global HR Business Partnering.
  
• Recognised thought leader in HR and the business group's domain.
  
• Proven track record of leading HR within a highly complex, regulated, or innovative business environment, ideally within pharmaceuticals, biotech, life sciences, or a similarly complex global sector.
  
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver enterprise-wide HR strategies and large-scale organisational transformation.
  
• Strong expertise in workforce planning.
  
• Advanced skills in HR analytics and data-driven decision making.
  
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills at executive level.
  
• International HR experience, with strong understanding of employment law, regulation, and cultural nuances across regions.
  

• Business Strategy & Commercial acumen - outcome-driven with measurable KPIs.
  
• Leadership Development and Workforce Planning.
  
• Business and Cultural Transformation - core behavioral change management understanding with business transformation capability.
  
• Senior Stakeholder Management - building networks and relationships with the business and across the enterprise.
  
• Data & Insights driven - leveraging real-time insights for smarter decisions.
  
• Global mindset and cultural agility.
  
• Relationship building, collaboration, and influencing.
  
• Change leadership and agility in complex, ambiguous environments.
  
• Analytical mindset with proven ability to leverage data and insights.
  
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  
• Integrity, discretion, and a commitment to confidentiality.
  
• Resilience and adaptability.