Director,BUHR UK/Ireland & Nordics in Leeds

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DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director, BUHR UK/Ireland & Nordics, located in Leeds, West Yorkshire or Denmark. Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s).

The Director, BUHR UK, Ireland and Nordics is a senior leader with accountability for driving talent agenda, execution and performance excellence, and strategic alignment across the cluster markets for DePuy Synthes. This role plays a critical part in translating regional and global HR strategy into local execution, ensuring strong customer engagement, operational discipline, and sustainable growth. The position offers the opportunity to lead cross-functional teams, influence key stakeholders, and have a direct impact on business outcomes and patient care in a highly regulated MedTech environment.

• Provide senior leadership for the cluster markets operations, ensuring alignment with DePuy Synthes’ regional and global strategies.
• Partner with Business Leaders and Finance to deliver integrated business plans.
• Foster strong relationships with key customers, healthcare stakeholders, and internal partners.
• Lead, coach, and develop managers and teams, building leadership capability and a high-performance culture.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, quality, ethical, and governance standards applicable to the cluster markets.
• Ensure compliance with local labour law and internal policies; manage relationships with employee representatives and external labour bodies as required.
• Monitor performance metrics, identify risks and opportunities, and drive corrective actions as needed.
• Represent the cluster in regional forums, contributing insights to broader EMEA decision-making.

Where required to be managed locally:

• Document handling: Print, stamp/seal, mail/ship, distribute, and route documents for wet signatures.
• Records management: Store/archive/retrieve HR documents; fulfill requests; coordinate offsite storage; scan and name for Veeva.
• Compliance/admin: Upload/submit filings; print and hand-deliver to agencies; support audits and onsite audit coordination.

Education: Bachelor’s degree required in Business Administration, Marketing, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field. Master’s degree or MBA preferred.

Experience and Skills:

• Required: Typically 10-12 years of progressive leadership experience in HR preferably within MedTech, Pharma, or Healthcare.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-functional teams and managing complex business priorities.
• People management experience with multi-country teams.
• Strong understanding of the local healthcare environment, including customer and market dynamics.
• Proven ability to drive strategy execution and deliver results in a matrixed organisation.

• Preferred: Multi-HR experience in different functions.
• Background working across EMEA or international organisations.
• Experience leading transformation, change, or growth initiatives.
• Strong customer-centric mindset with senior-level engagement experience.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Other:

• Language: Fluent English required.
• Travel: Up to ~25%, primarily within UK and EMEA.
• Certifications: Leadership certifications preferred but not required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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