Vice President of Human Resources

Industrial Scientific is looking for a dynamic, driven, and inspiring Vice President, Human Resources to head the global HR function and deliver culture, organization, and talent outcomes. Industrial Scientific is a global leader in safety-as-a-service, gas detection, and environmental sensing. Founded and headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company has grown operations to ~1,000 team members in 21 countries with multiple manufacturing and service locations. The successful candidate for this role will have experience designing and delivering people focused programs globally, at-scale and at-pace, that grow our people, our impact to customers, and ultimately grow our business.

This role serves as the strategic HR leader and trusted advisor to Industrial Scientific’s President and senior leadership team, shaping the people, leadership, and culture agenda that drives business performance.

We are seeking a business-driven, hands-on HR executive who thrives in complex environments and brings deep curiosity about how people, culture, and capability fuel results. As a core member of the Operating Company leadership team, you will play an integral role in the business operating cadence—ensuring talent strategies are tightly aligned to strategy, execution, and outcomes.

This role requires an HR leader who can operate independently, influence decisively, and translate business strategy into actionable human capital solutions —both for today and for the future. You will partner closely with enterprise Centers of Excellence (COEs) and HR Operations while leading a high-performing HR Business Partner team within the OpCo.

This position is based in Pittsburgh, PA , supports global senior leaders, reports to the Operating Company President , and directly leads a team of HR Business Partners.

Why This Role

This is a high-impact, enterprise-visible HR leadership role for someone who wants to shape the future of a growing global business headquartered in Pittsburgh but with 15 sites across the globe — not from the sidelines, but from the center of the action. You will:

• Sit at the table with senior business leaders and directly influence strategy and results

• Lead meaningful organizational and leadership transformation in a dynamic, global environment

• Build and scale talent and culture in ways that create competitive advantage

• Balance enterprise partnership with real ownership and accountability at the OpCo level

For an HR executive who wants breadth, depth, and real business impact, this role offers a compelling next step.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR & Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary HR advisor to senior leaders, translating business priorities into talent, organization, and culture strategies that deliver results.

• Bring strong business, market, and industry insight to inform both short- and long-term human capital decisions.

Organization, Talent & Leadership

• Lead organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, talent management, and skills development , ensuring alignment with strategic goals.

• Share OpCo talent insights with HR COEs to inform enterprise strategy, solutions, and innovation.

• Coach senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, performance management, and career development.

Data-Driven Decision Making

• Analyze business and people metrics—including retention and employee experience—to identify trends and recommend systemic interventions that improve organizational health.

• Establish visual management and operating mechanisms to track effectiveness of talent and culture initiatives and drive continuous improvement.

Culture, Change & Engagement

• Partner with leaders to build and sustain an engaging, high-performance, and inclusive growth culture .

• Lead and support organizational change initiatives and drive change management , including leadership transitions, organizational redesign, mergers and acquisitions, and cultural transformation.

• Lead strategy and execution for employee events (townhalls, employee appreciation events, seasonal celebrations, community outreach events) that drive an engaging culture.

• Provide guidance on pay-for-performance decisions, including merit, promotions, LTI, and job leveling.

Collaboration, Communication & Risk Management

• Foster strong communication, trust, and collaboration across the senior leadership team.

• Partner with HR COEs to build scalable recruiting and talent pipelines.

• Ensure compliance with employment laws and HR policies, reinforcing ethical leadership, integrity, and proactive risk management.

HR Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing HR Business Partner team capable of delivering strategic and operational impact.

• Provide coaching, feedback, and development opportunities to strengthen the bench of future HR leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, Talent Management, or a related leadership role.

• Proven success as a strategic HR business partner with strong business acumen and executive-level influence.

• Deep expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, and leadership succession.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.

We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

About Industrial Scientific

Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures gas detection products and solutions that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Since our beginnings in 1985, we have pioneered numerous technologies, including the first 3-gas detector, 6-gas detector, wireless gas detector, and even the first gas detector to be included on a NASA space shuttle.Today, we continue to innovate and expand our hardware and software offerings to equip the connected workers of the future. Our latest solutions make it possible to see and respond to hazards in real time, bringing us one step closer to our vision of ending death on the job by 2050.

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Pay Range

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 192,300.00 - 357,700.00

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 192,300.00 - 357,700.00

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io.