Principal Human Resources Business Partner, Commercial

• Partner with senior Commercial leaders and the VP of HR for Sales to align people strategies with business priorities, growth plans, and workforce requirements.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive and senior leaders on talent strategy, organization design, leadership effectiveness, workforce planning, and organizational capability.
• Develop and execute HR strategies supporting Sales and distributed, customer-facing Commercial teams across the US and Canada.
• Lead and support talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential identification using workforce data and organizational insights.
• Advise leaders through organizational changes, including restructurings, operating model changes, productivity initiatives, team effectiveness programs, and change adoption.
• Provide guidance on performance management, employee relations, investigations, policy interpretation, and workplace concerns while supporting consistent and compliant employment practices.
• Analyze workforce metrics, talent data, and organizational trends to assess organizational health and recommend practical actions.
• Coach leaders on communication, inclusive leadership, employee engagement, accountability, and team performance.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence, People Operations, Legal, Finance, and other stakeholders to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR processes, tools, and practices to increase efficiency, consistency, and business impact.
• Balance long-term strategic HR partnership with hands-on execution and ownership as a senior individual contributor.

Requirements

• Significant progressive HR experience, including substantial experience in a senior HR Business Partner or comparable strategic HR role within a corporate environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Sales, Commercial, field-based, customer-facing, or revenue-generating organizations.
• Proven experience advising executive-level and senior leadership stakeholders, with the ability to influence and constructively challenge leaders.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to understand business drivers, translate priorities into people strategies, and connect HR initiatives to measurable outcomes.
• Experience operating successfully within complex, matrixed organizations involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and cross-functional decision-making.
• Strong expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, talent reviews, succession planning, leadership effectiveness, employee relations, and performance management.
• Experience leading or supporting organizational change, including restructuring, change communications, stakeholder alignment, and adoption planning.
• Strong judgment in employee relations matters, including workplace concerns, investigations, policy interpretation, and risk-aware decision-making.
• Excellent consulting, coaching, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to establish credibility at all organizational levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including interpreting workforce data and converting insights into actionable recommendations.
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining comfortable with hands-on execution in a senior individual contributor role.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive leadership and fair, consistent employment practices.
• Experience supporting regulated or technical industries such as life sciences, healthcare, food safety, diagnostics, manufacturing, industrial, or technology is preferred.
• Experience with global or multinational teams, geographically distributed workforces, sales transformations, go-to-market changes, territory redesign, or commercial effectiveness initiatives is preferred.
• Familiarity with HR systems, workforce dashboards, engagement platforms, or people analytics tools is a plus.
• An advanced degree or professional HR certification such as SHRM-SCP, SHRM-CP, SPHR, PHR, or equivalent is desirable.

Benefits

• Senior, high-impact HR Business Partner role with direct exposure to Commercial and HR leadership.
• Opportunity to shape talent strategy, leadership effectiveness, and organizational capability across a key business area.
• Collaborative, matrixed working environment that values strategic thinking, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Direct partnership with experienced HR and business leaders on meaningful workforce and organizational initiatives.
• Standard employee benefits package.
• Inclusive recruitment environment welcoming candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
• Remote work opportunity within the United States.
• Opportunity to contribute to an organization focused on improving food safety, animal health, and the broader global food supply.