Senior Manager, HR Business Partner - Peripheral Vascular

What you will do

The Senior Manager, HR Business Partner for the Peripheral Vascular division (formally Inari) is a strategic, business-facing HR leader who partners with senior executives to shape and execute the people strategy for a complex, growing organization. This role is designed for an experienced HR professional who brings strong judgment, enterprise perspective, and the ability to influence at the highest levels of the business.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, directors, and managers, delivering a consistent and impactful employee experience while driving engagement, organizational effectiveness, and long-term talent outcomes. You will lead the execution of the business unit’s HR strategy, with a focus on employee relations, retention, workforce planning, and scalable people processes that support growth and transformation. You will assess organizational needs and identify gaps across compensation, talent, recruiting, and change management, partnering closely with Senior HR Leaders and Centers of Excellence to design and deliver integrated solutions.

This role is onsite approximately three days per week in Irvine, CA.

Strategic HR Partnership

• Act as a senior HR advisor to business leaders, delivering end-to-end HR partnership across workforce planning, talent management, performance management, employee relations, and engagement. Serve as a subject matter expert who translates business strategy into people solutions.

Leadership & Influence

• Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders and influence decision-making to advance the HR and business strategy.

• Navigate complex, high-stakes situations with sound judgment and discretion.

Matrix Collaboration & Change Leadership

• Partner across HR Centers of Excellence and enterprise stakeholders to deliver aligned, scalable solutions. Lead and support change initiatives, including organizational design, integration efforts, and cultural transformation.

Consultation & Coaching

• Proactively coach leaders and managers on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and people-related risks and opportunities, enabling stronger performance and decision-making.

Employee Experience & Engagement

• Design and deliver interventions that strengthen retention, engagement, and leadership development, ensuring solutions are practical, data-informed, and aligned with the broader enterprise strategy.

What you need

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 6+ years of  equivalent  ​work experience

• 10+ years of work experience ​

• Previous HR or role-related experience ​

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years business-facing HR, HR COE, HR Operations, or role-related experience ​

• Experience in multiple HR disciplines or client groups ​

• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior business leaders to translate business strategy into people strategy, with experience supporting the medical device, life sciences, or other highly regulated industries

• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or business integrations, including organizational alignment, change management, leader enablement, and cultural integration within a matrixed enterprise environment

• Proven experience leading or influencing organizational design, workforce planning, and long‑term talent strategies to support growth, scalability, and evolving business needs

$155,900 - $259,800 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.