Vice President Human Resources

Vice President Of Human Resources

Emerson has an exciting opportunity as a Vice President of Human Resources for our Boulder, CO location. In this role, you are a strategic HR leader and trusted advisor to senior executives, partnering with the President and the Flow Leadership Team to shape the future of our business. You drive organizational growth, elevate workforce capability, and foster a culture of innovation and inclusion across a global footprint. You lead HR strategy, guide complex organizational transformations, and inspire a high-performing HR team to deliver excellence and impact at scale.

Strategic HR Leadership

Serve as the global strategic HR business partner to the Flow Leadership team (President & direct reports), advising on short- and long-term business challenges, including organizational growth, workforce capability, talent needs, and change management. Drive transformative organizational change initiatives by translating business strategies into HR priorities while also operationalizing global HR initiatives within the business, ensuring enterprise programs, policies, and capabilities are effectively adopted and adapted to local needs. Lead HR support for significant organizational changes, including integrations, restructures, organizational design efforts, and role realignments. Partner with HR leaders across the global team to ensure alignment on priorities, expectations, and communications while enabling each to execute within its local context.

Regional Team Leadership & Development

Provide direct HR leadership for the Boulder, Colorado, site, while offering matrixed/dotted-line oversight, guidance, and coaching to HR managers in Long Island, New York, and Chihuahua, Mexico. Lead, coach, and develop a diverse HR team, ensuring clarity of roles within the redefined HR operating model (HRBP, Site HR/People Experience Partners, HR Capabilities). Foster an inclusive, highly engaged, and collaborative team culture with strong communication norms and alignment across regions.

Workforce Planning, Development & Succession

Lead global talent and org review using the established frameworks, driving succession planning, performance calibration, and leadership development. Partner with leaders to identify high-potential talent and create development experiences that strengthen capability, readiness, and retention across critical roles. Support workload planning, talent forecasting, and capability needs in alignment with growth and footprint strategies, ensuring work is optimally placed across domestic and international locations.

Employee Relations & Culture

Oversee complex employee relations matters within North America, ensuring a fair, compliant, and psychologically safe approach that appropriately balances employee and business needs. Coach senior leaders on navigating complex organizational issues.

Who You Are

You are capable of being visionary and able to articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods. You find and champion the best creative ideas and actively move them into implementation. You seek new approaches to solve problems.

For This Role, You Will Need

Proven experience in strategic leadership roles supporting matrixed or multi-site organizations. Demonstrated ability to partner closely with senior leaders and influence decision-making. Strong expertise in change leadership, organizational development, and employee relations. Exceptional communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and coaching skills. Legal authorization to work in the United States – Sponsorship will not be provided for this position now and in the future.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart

Experience leading or supporting HR teams in a matrixed or global environment. Demonstrated capability to shape culture and build high-performing teams. Familiarity with international employment considerations (e.g., cultural differences, diverse talent markets, high-level awareness of international labor practices).

Our Culture & Commitment to You

Our compensation philosophy is simple: we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process. The starting salary for this role is $175,000 - $230,000 annually and eligible for bonus and equity, commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities and experience each candidate brings to a role. This position will be open for a minimum of 7 days from the day of the posting. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to receive optimal consideration. In compliance with the Colorado Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives, because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results. We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing and know that to do your best you must have flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family's physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, profit sharing retirement, tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture prioritizes work-life balance and offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

Work Authorization

Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1 (including those with OPT or CPT), H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

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About Emerson

Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability. With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety. We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you're an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you'll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let's go!