Director, Human Resources

Come Join Us! From apartments in New York to hospitals and stadiums in Dallas, libraries at prestigious universities to creating modern retail experiences, our teams contribute architectural glass and building products to projects that shape the way people live, work, heal, learn, and play. At OBE, the work of our employees truly matters. With over 6,500 employees, we operate more than 80 manufacturing and distribution facilities in five countries. You can see some of our favorite projects here. Start your journey with OBE and help us build the future. What You’ll Get To Do The Director, HR Corporate Functions is a strategic business partner to Corporate leadership (Finance, IT, Legal, and other corporate functions) and a change leader for OBE’s transformation and growth agenda. This role designs and deploys the people strategy that enables organizational effectiveness, clarity, and talent readiness across corporate teams. The ideal leader brings deep experience leading organizational transformations and HR strategy and a proven track record partnering with functional business leaders and teams to drive value-added outcomes. Lead transformation & org design: Shape corporate functions’ future-state organization (structures, spans/layers, operating mechanisms), aligning roles and capabilities to growth priorities; steward change management plans that build adoption and resilience. Partner with corporate leaders: Serve as primary HR advisor to Finance, IT, Legal, and other corporate function leaders; translate business goals into people strategies that improve efficiency, effectiveness, and employee experience. Talent strategy & workforce planning: Build succession pipelines for functional leadership; design career paths and competency models; drive hiring plans and onboarding that accelerate ramp time for corporate roles. Performance & culture: Embed performance culture (OKRs, manager effectiveness), and recognition programs that reinforce operational excellence. Leadership development: Sponsor development programs (including high-potential and early-career pathways) tailored to corporate functions; champion diverse slates and equitable advancement. Rewards & job architecture alignment: Partner with Total Rewards/Compensation to align roles, job codes, bands, and pay transparency requirements; ensure consistency with OBE policies and UKG/Greenhouse integrations. Employee relations & risk management: Guide complex ER matters, investigations, and escalations across distributed sites; coach leaders to resolve issues proactively and compliantly. HR operations excellence: Drive process improvements across recruiting, onboarding, performance reviews, and HR systems for corporate functions; optimize integrations (UKG and Greenhouse) supporting clean data and reporting. Stakeholder engagement & communications: Create clear, credible communications during change; facilitate leader roundtables and town halls; measure adoption and impact. What We’re Looking For 12+ years progressive HR experience, with 5+ years directly partnering with corporate/functional organizations (multi-region or multi-site). Proven success leading enterprise or business-unit transformations (org design, change management, capability building), ideally within manufacturing/distribution or building products. Demonstrated impact on organizational effectiveness (e.g., talent strategy, manager capability, performance mechanisms). Strong business acumen and data fluency (workforce analytics, compensation/market data, performance metrics); skilled at converting insights into action. Solid experience in a matrix, functionally organized enterprise with proven success partnering & delivering results within and outside direct reporting lines and functional groups in a positive and collaborative way. Exceptional influence, executive communication, and stakeholder management; experienced coaching senior leaders through change. Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business (Master’s preferred); SHRM-SCP/SPHR a plus. What OBEOffers You Benefits that benefit you – industry competitive benefits at the lowest cost to the employee Work-life balance – PTO and holidays, including floating holidays you can choose Compensation that rewards your hard work – A pay-for-performance culture with potential for annual raises and bonuses Training – We will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed OBE Privacy Policy OBE will not discharge or discriminate against employees or applicants for discussing, disclosing, or inquiring about their own or others’ pay. #J-18808-Ljbffr Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope