HR Director North America

Originally founded in 1929 in the Netherlands, Nedap is a global technology company dedicated to creating innovative, high-impact solutions that improve everyday work. With over 1,000 employees worldwide, Nedap is recognized as a global leader in RFID platform solutions, driving digital transformation across multiple industries.

In North America, Nedap has been operating for nearly 15 years and continues to scale rapidly across three key markets. As the organization accelerates its growth and professionalization, we are strengthening our local leadership structure, including building a robust HR function to support sustainable expansion and organizational maturity.

The HR Director leads the North American HR function and is accountable for building a scalable, business-aligned people infrastructure. Acting as both a strategic business partner and operational HR leader, this role holds end-to-end accountability for the full employee lifecycle across employee relations, compliance, talent management, organizational development, and HR operations.

As the senior HR leader in the region, this role partners closely with local leadership and global HR teams to align people strategy with business growth objectives. Success in this role requires deep U.S. employment law expertise, strong leadership coaching capability, and demonstrated experience building scalable HR structures in a fast-growing, lean organization. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution and requires the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, scaling environment.

This position plays a critical role in strengthening leadership capability, workforce planning, and succession planning to support sustainable growth.

What we’re looking for:

• Deep expertise in U.S. employment law and multi-state compliance, with strong understanding of regulatory requirements (e.g., FMLA, COBRA, I-9, EEO). SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification preferred.
• Comprehensive HR operations capability, including benefits administration, leave management, payroll coordination, HRIS systems, and compliance documentation, ensuring audit readiness and strong internal controls.
• Strategic workforce and compensation insight, with familiarity in job architecture, salary benchmarking, and compensation structure alignment to support scalable growth.
• Strong leadership coaching and employee relations expertise, including conflict resolution, investigations, performance management guidance, and the ability to act as a trusted, neutral advisor to managers and employees.
• Talent acquisition and workforce planning capability, with experience supporting hiring strategies in growing organizations.
• Organizational maturity and change management mindset, comfortable building structure in lean environments and guiding teams through growth-related transitions.
• Cross-functional and cross-cultural collaboration skills, with experience working in international or matrixed organizations.
• High level of discretion, integrity, and sound judgment, with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

Other requirements:

• 8-12+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 3-5 years leading an HR function or serving as a senior HR business partner
• This is a hybrid role based in Burlington, MA, requiring in-office presence 3-4 days per week
• Domestic and international travel (15-25%), including trips to our headquarters in the Netherlands
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and eligibility for U.S. employment