HR Manager

As an HR Manager supporting R&D, you will serve as the primary HR partner for the Buffalo R&D site while also partnering with leaders and teams across the broader R&D organization.

You will partner with R&D leadership to translate business priorities into effective people, talent, and organizational strategies. This role will also support the Buffalo union-represented workforce in partnership with Labor Relations and provide leadership across employee relations, talent, performance, and organizational matters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the HR Business Partner for the Buffalo R&D site and designated R&D leaders and teams beyond Buffalo.

• Partner with R&D leadership on talent, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and people strategies aligned with business priorities.

• Coach and advise leaders on employee relations, performance management, talent development, employee engagement, and organizational matters.

• Support the Buffalo union-represented workforce, partnering closely with Labor Relations and site leadership on employee and labor matters.

• Lead and support talent reviews, succession planning, organizational design, workforce planning, and capability development.

• Support organizational change and partner across HR functions to deliver effective solutions for the business.

• Leverage workforce data and insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and support leadership decision-making.

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

• 6+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or comparable experience.

• Demonstrated experience partnering with and coaching business leaders on talent, organizational, performance, and employee matters.

• Experience supporting employee relations and union-represented populations, in partnership with Labor Relations or other subject matter experts.

• Experience across key HR disciplines, including talent management, performance management, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness.

• Strong communication, influencing, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to navigate complex situations.

• Ability to operate effectively across site and broader functional responsibilities within a matrixed organization.

WE VALUE

• Experience supporting R&D, engineering, scientific, or technical organizations.

• Experience working in a unionized environment.

• Experience with organizational design, succession planning, workforce planning, and change management.

• Strong business acumen and a data-driven approach to HR decision-making.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Labor Relations, or related field.

PAY RANGE

The annual base salary range for this position is $113,491 - 142,119. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.

Solstice Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

About Us

About Solstice Advanced Materials

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials ( .

Job Identification 107829

Job Category Human Resources

Job Schedule Full time

Locations 20 Peabody St, Buffalo, NY, 14210, US

Hire Eligibility Internal and External

Relocation Package US & CAN Domestic Tier 2

Pay Transparency NY: $113,491 - 142,119

Job Location City Buffalo

Job Location State NY

Job Location Country United states

Job Location Postal Code 14210