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People Strategy Lead

Posted 8 Jul 2025
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10 to 20 years
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People Strategy Lead at Philips

Job Description

We are seeking a strategic and visionary Head of People Strategy, who will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the organization by shaping and driving our Enterprise People Strategy that supports the organization's long-term business objectives and growth, fosters a high-performance culture, and aligns with trends in the market we perform in. Together with the Chief People Officer, this role will help translate our Enterprise People Strategy to the People Function strategy and priorities, shaping the future of our People Organization and continuously driving the connection and alignment between our enterprise people strategy, our people function, and business priorities.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic HR leader, who is passionate about driving meaningful change and building a high-performance culture, to shape the future of work and make a lasting impact on the organization's people strategy.

Your role:

Enterprise People Strategy Development

  • Develop and implement a forward-looking Enterprise People Strategy that is aligned with Philips’ mission and business goals, culture, and workforce transformation.
  • Translate enterprise people strategy and enterprise goals into actionable People Function priorities, programs, and policies.
  • Provide a roadmap for People initiatives that address workforce trends, workforce shifts, and organizational priorities.

Organizational Design

  • Ensure People Function operating model is implemented and embedded, and where needed optimized, to effectively support organizational goals and strategic priorities.
  • Lead efforts to optimize/further evolve organizational structures, roles, and decision-making processes to foster people-centricity, agility, innovation, and operational efficiency.

Governance, Insights, and Performance

  • Establish frameworks for People Function governance, ensuring alignment with compliance requirements and tracking effectiveness of People Programs.
  • Drive on behalf of the Chief People Officer the Enterprise Risk Management activities and own the People Function Processes linked to People Strategy as BPO.

Outside in perspectives

  • Drive insights and outside in perspectives with people leadership team on industry trends, emerging technologies, workforce innovations, and future-proof HR strategies.

Stakeholder Partnership

  • Act as trusted advisor to the Chief People Officer and senior leaders, translating business needs and complex workforce challenges into actionable strategic solutions.

You're the right fit if:

The ideal candidate will be a forward-thinking, people-centric leader with strong analytical capabilities and a passion for creating meaningful impact with audience-centric, business-aligned strategies and creating a high-performing, engaged People organization.

  • 10+ years of (HR) leadership experience, with a focus on (HR) strategy for the People Function, (enterprise) business partnering, organizational development.
  • Proven success in partnering with senior leaders across functions and aligning business goals with people strategies.
  • Experience leading large scale transformation programs
  • Preferred experience designing, implementing and optimizing new business models, operating models, ways of working etc.
  • International experience, working in a global organization, with an understanding of diverse talent markets.
  • Masters degree in Business, HR, Org development or related.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For this role it means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

Over 125 years ago, Frederik and Gerard Philips started a small light bulb company in Eindhoven. Little did they realize that it would become a global force of innovation, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide. But it did.

Today, Philips is a world leading health technology company with a vision to make life better for people worldwide through meaningful innovation. Making good on this promise depends on our passionate, inspirational, collaborative and diverse team.

We have over 80,000+ brilliant people around the world but are always looking for more. Like-minded, motivated, focused minds to join us in creating a healthier, more connected society while transforming themselves personally and professionally.

Working at Philips is more than a job. It's an experience filled with unexpected moments that will transform you in lasting and positive ways. Help us improve the world for the better while building a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.

Philips is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s lives across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Applying advanced technologies and deep clinical and consumer insights, Philips delivers integrated solutions that address the Quadruple Aim: improved patient experience, better health outcomes, improved staff experience, and lower cost of care.

Manufacturing
Amsterdam
Active in 100 countries
11,000 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 39 years