Global Director People Team

Global Director People Team

Location: Troy, Mi

ABOUT WIND RIVER 

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.  

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world.  Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone. 

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world. 

Responsibilities:

Global Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute a global people strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Lead a global people team in EMEA, APAC, and Americas.
• Partner with the ELT to shape a culture that fosters innovation, agility, and collaboration across global teams.
• Establish HR best practices that scale with the company’s rapid growth across multiple regions.
• Align KPI’s with parent company’s strategic objectives to ensure consistency and drive organizational change.
• Ensure NSA compliance with PSO regulations and guidelines.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

• Partner with Talent Acquisition COE to create strategies to attract and retain top-tier software and technology talent.
• Partner with ELT to anticipate workforce needs, optimize global talent distribution, and drive succession planning.

Culture & Engagement

• Analyze engagement survey feedback to identify key trends, areas of improvement, and employee sentiment. Develop actionable plans to drive organizational improvements and present findings and recommendations to leadership.
• Drive a high-performance, inclusive, and globally connected culture.
• Implement regionalized employee engagement strategies while maintaining a unified global culture.
• Implement best practices for managing remote, hybrid, and in-office work models across multiple regions.

Leadership Development & Organizational Growth

• Partner with Talent Management COE to curate development programs to support a strong leadership pipeline in software & technology.
• Establish mentorship, coaching, and learning opportunities to enhance career growth across geographies and Aptiv companies.
• Build a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and adaptability.
• Build a performance management driven organization by implementing effective processes for goal setting, coaching and development, and fostering a culture of accountability and internal career development.

Compensation, Benefits, & Global HR Operations

• Partner with Total Rewards COE on compensation planning, new hire offers, retention efforts, pay equity analysis, bonus, salary adjustment, and promotion cycles.
• Support Finance and Total Rewards in restructuring the annual rewards philosophy and transitioning equity program to align with organizational goals and market trends.
• Collaborate with the Benefits Team to manage and optimize global benefits programs and vendor management ensuring consistency and compliance across multiple regions while addressing local needs and regulations.
• Manage global HR operations, ensuring seamless execution of HR processes and policies, compliance with international labor laws, and alignment with HR practices across multiple regions.
• Optimize HR technology, people analytics, and automation to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Legal Team on employee relations cases, policy development, RIF’s, organizational design, business decisions, and ensuring compliance with competitor practices and regulations.
• Manage the People Team’s annual budget in collaboration with Finance Team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and effective allocation of resources.

Change Management & Scalability

• Lead organizational design, change management, and workforce transformation initiatives as the company scales.
• Drive M&A integration aligning HR processes, systems, and policies to ensure seamless transition and consistency with parent company.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of HR leadership experience, with at least 5 years as a senior leadership role managing HR teams across multiple countries.
• Experience in a fast paced software or tech driven company is strongly preferred.
• Proven expertise in leading HR functions for global, distributed teams across various regions.
• Experience managing HR operations in diverse regulatory environments.
• Deep understanding of global talent acquisition, compensation, performance management, and talent development strategies.
• Strong business acumen and ability to align people initiatives with business goals.
• Expertise in HR technology, people analytics, and data-driven decision-making.
• M&A integration experience
• Experience supporting organization executive leadership team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience scaling HR functions in a high-growth, global technology environment.
• Background in international labor law and compliance.
• Knowledge of NSA compliance.
• Master’s degree in HR, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Multilingual capabilities are a plus.

BENEFITS  

• Named Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row 
• Wind River’s commitment to DEIB  
• 100% Employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance* 
• Flexible Time Off policy* + 12 observed Holidays 
• 401K with company match 
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) 
• Wellness Benefits through Unmind  

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY 

Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.  Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics. 

To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com. 

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