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Shape Corp. · 17 hours ago

Director of Human Resources, North America

Grand Haven, MI

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

Shape Corp. is seeking a Director of Human Resources who will serve as a strategic business partner to regional leadership in North America. This role involves leading a distributed HR team, operationalizing talent and workforce plans, and driving culture and change leadership to align people strategy with business outcomes.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesIndustrial AutomationIndustrial EngineeringManufacturingProduct DesignWholesale

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to North America P&L leaders--challenging assumptions, framing tradeoffs, and translating business strategy into actionable people initiatives

Build and execute a North America people plan aligned to annual operating plans: workforce strategy, capability building, leadership depth, and culture priorities

Use people analytics (e.g., turnover, engagement, critical role health) to bring data-driven insights to business leaders

Own regional workforce planning: demand forecasting, internal mobility, strategic hiring plans, and succession for critical roles

Partner with COEs on leadership development, succession planning, and high-potential acceleration programs tailored to regional needs

Ensure disciplined performance management and calibration processes differentiate impact and potential

Lead org design efforts to improve speed, clarity, and cost

Drive change management for transformations (e.g., growth expansions, consolidations, system rollouts) with stakeholder mapping, communication plans, and adoption metrics

Translate Shape culture into region-specific behaviors and steward engagement and action planning with visible impact

Ensure managers are equipped with skills for coaching, feedback, inclusion, and psychological safety

Own the regional voice-of-employee insights--close the loop with measurable improvements

Partner with Total Rewards on competitive pay, pay equity reviews, incentives, and benefits optimization for U.S. and Mexico

Oversee North American compliance: employment law, policy, investigations, and labor relations where applicable

Drive consistent, simple HR processes that meet regulatory requirements and improve employee experience

Lead and track the US operations implementation of all people aspects of the Shape Excellence System Roadmap

Partner with HR Ops to ensure reliable, scalable processes (HRIS, onboarding, data integrity)

Champion adoption of HR tech and self-service; reduce manual work through automation and standardization

Establish dashboards and routines for leaders to self-serve insights

Qualification

People AnalyticsWorkforce PlanningChange ManagementLeadership DevelopmentHR ComplianceHR TechnologyCoaching SkillsEmployee EngagementStrategic Business Partnering

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