Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
For more than 50 years, Photronics has been a global leader in photomask technology, enabling the innovation behind the world’s most advanced semiconductor and display technologies. Our success is built on collaboration, technical excellence, innovation, and the dedication of our people.
The Vice President, Human Resources is the senior HR executive responsible for leading the global Human Resources function for Photronics, Inc., reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer. This role provides enterprise HR leadership across global manufacturing operations, regional and site- based organizations, and corporate functions, while ensuring that HR strategy, infrastructure, and execution support the company's business priorities, operating discipline, and public-company governance requirements. The role is accountable for the full scope of global HR leadership, including talent acquisition, talent management, succession planning, leadership development, organization effectiveness, employee relations, labor and employment compliance, HR operations, policy governance, and HR systems and reporting. The Vice President, Human Resources must balance strategic leadership with hands-on operational rigor in a technically complex, globally distributed manufacturing environment. This position is expected to strengthen consistency, scalability, and management confidence across regions while respecting local legal, cultural, and operating requirements. The role serves as a key advisor to executive leadership on workforce capability, organizational health, and people- related business risk.
Location:
- Photronics – Brookfield. This is an on-site position, and we are not open to remote candidates at this time.
Responsibilities
Global HR Leadership & Operations
- Lead the global HR function in support of business strategy, the operating model, manufacturing requirements, and long-term organizational capability needs.
- Provide leadership, direction, and development to regional HR leaders and other direct reports, establishing clear accountability, operating rhythms, and decision rights.
- Oversee HR operations, service delivery, and shared-services discipline where applicable, ensuring consistent processes, policy administration, data integrity, and employee and manager experience.
- Lead HR systems, metrics, analytics, and reporting to support effective management and decision-making.
Workforce Planning & Talent Management
- Develop and execute enterprise workforce planning strategies aligned with manufacturing, engineering, technical, operational, and corporate talent requirements.
- Support the talent acquisition leader and evolving sourcing strategy, ensuring effective recruiting infrastructure across specialized engineering roles, site operations, management populations, and corporate functions.
- Lead talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and talent management initiatives to strengthen the leadership pipeline and reduce key-person risk.
- Drive consistent and effective performance management, including manager capability, calibration discipline, and alignment with business expectations.
- Partner with Finance and executive leadership on headcount planning, labor cost visibility, organizational structure, and people-related budgeting assumptions.
Compensation, Employee Relations & Governance
- Partner with the Chief Administrative Officer on compensation and benefits effectiveness, including executive compensation administration, broad-based compensation structures, regional program effectiveness, opportunities at scale, and market competitiveness benchmarking.
- Direct employee relations strategy and significant case escalations, ensuring sound judgment, consistency, risk mitigation, and appropriate coordination with Legal.
- Ensure compliance with labor and employment laws, regulations, and HR governance expectations across all regions of operations.
- Establish and maintain enterprise and regional HR policies, controls, delegations, and operating procedures appropriate for a global public company.
- Support executive governance processes, including management and Board-related HR matters as appropriate for the role.
Organizational Effectiveness & Change
- Lead organization design, role clarity, and organizational effectiveness efforts tied to business priorities, operating efficiency, leadership capability, and scalable growth.
- Support restructuring, integration, and organizational change initiatives as needed.
- Promote employee engagement and culture stewardship in a practical manner aligned with business needs.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong working knowledge of labor and employment practices, employee relations, and HR compliance across multiple regions of operations.
- Demonstrated capability in workforce planning, succession planning, organization design, and performance management.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to connect HR priorities to operational and financial outcomes.
Experience
- Significant progressive HR leadership experience, including senior-level responsibility for multiple HR disciplines.
- Experience leading regional HR leaders and managing distributed HR teams.
- Experience overseeing HR operations, service delivery, or shared-service infrastructure models.
- A minimum of 15 years of progressive HR leadership experience, including at least 5 years managing multi-country teams in a matrixed organization, preferred.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field and/or commensurate experience.
Why Photronics
- Be part of a global technology leader driving innovation for the world’s leading tech companies.
- Work in a collaborative, growth-focused environment where your impact matters.
- Stability, challenge, and opportunity at a company with over 50 years of proven success.
- Competitive salary and annual bonus program.
- Comprehensive health and welfare benefits.
- 401k with company match.
Equal Opportunity Statement: We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for team members’ disabilities and religious beliefs or practices. Agency Notice: Photronics does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach from search firms or employment agencies. Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee regarding this opening. Resumes submitted outside of our approved agency engagement process will be considered the sole property of Photronics, and no fees will be paid if such candidates are hired. Only agencies with a valid agreement in place with Photronics and assigned to this role may submit candidates.