Posted:
10/16/2025, 2:15:18 PM
Location(s):
Tokyo, Japan
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
People & HR
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Abbott is seeking a Business Human Resources Manager (BHR aka HR Business Partner) to serve as the primary strategic partner for a division (s) to be determined. We’re looking for a strategic business partner who can drive business success through attracting, managing, developing, and retaining talent. This is a great entry point into Abbott, with the opportunity to grow into progressively complex HR leadership roles. The role reports to the Japan HR Director of Abbott Japan.
Responsibilities:
• In partnership with General Managers and their respective leadership teams, develop and implement a talent plan that ensures the organization has the right talent to deliver on financial commitments, consistent team performance and a sustainable talent bench for business growth over several years.
• Collaborate closely with the General Managers and their leadership teams to define and implement business-specific programs to ensure a culture of high performance, engagement and overall organization effectiveness.
• Develop the breadth and depth of understanding the business model, competitive landscape and division strategies to assess talent implications and align human resources initiatives and resources accordingly.
• Implement divisional talent strategy and processes within the assigned business teams; partner with senior leaders to translate talent strategy into relevant actions, metrics and milestones.
• Ensure talent acquisition, talent development, and succession practices are effectively operationalized within the assigned business teams.
• Ensure business priorities are shared with Practice and Service Centers, so that appropriate resource planning and priorities can be aligned.
• Collaborates with HR colleagues regionally and globally to ensure that business decisions and actions are fully executed per the agreed upon plans.
Qualifications/ Experience:
• Minimum 7 years of experience in client-facing human resources business partnering roles driving talent management and employee relations programs and initiatives.
• Minimum 4 years of experience partnering with business partners and HR colleagues across multiple countries (global experience is a plus).
• Experience working in matrixed environments and successfully delivering results through collaboration.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage business acumen and interpersonal savvy to influence senior business leaders.
• Demonstrated track record of success in developing and driving organizational effectiveness and improvement initiatives (e.g., high performing teams, large scale transformation/change initiatives, etc.).
• Experience deploying priorities across multiple locations (across multiple countries and cultures is highly desirable).
• Strong command in both Japanese and English.
The base pay for this position is
N/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Website: https://abbott.com/
Headquarter Location: Illinois City, Illinois, United States
Employee Count: 1001-5000
Year Founded: 1944
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt
Industries: Biotechnology ⋅ Emergency Medicine ⋅ Genetics ⋅ Health Care ⋅ Health Diagnostics ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Medical ⋅ Medical Device ⋅ Nutrition ⋅ Pharmaceutical