Deputy Vice President HR Transformation

Rümlang, Zurich, CH, 8153

Aug 5, 2025

Are you passionate about shaping the future of work and driving meaningful, people-centered transformation at scale? Are you excited at the intersection of strategy, change, and human potential? This is more than a role - it’s a mission. One that calls for courage, clarity, and collaboration - and you got that itch to get things done. If you're driven by purpose, inspired by change, and energized by the opportunity to shape what's next, we invite you to lead with us.

We are looking for a visionary colleague to step into the role of

Deputy Vice PresidentHR Transformation. As a partner to the CHRO and the HR Leadership Teams, you won’t just influence HR - you’ll help shape the fabric of the organization. You’ll bridge strategic intent with human impact, connecting the dots between HR strategy and enterprise-wide transformation. You’ll work closely with colleagues across HR, the Strategy & M&A team, the Transformation Office, and senior leaders across functions to ensure that people, culture, and leadership are at the heart of every bold move we make.

A job that matters: Your Tasks

• Shape and evolve the new People & HR strategy in alignment with business priorities. Bring outside-in perspective to the strategy process. Break down ambition into maturity phases, relevant to dormakaba.
  
• Partner with Strategy, M&A, and Transformation Management Office to be at the pulse of business growth plans.
  
• Support the HRLT in prioritizing and sequencing transformation initiatives and drive the end-to-end HR strategy roadmap.
  
• Lead strategic reviews and assess health of ongoing transformation programs, including financial analysis and risk assessment with your colleagues in partner functions.
  
• Make data-driven recommendations, leveraging insights of our analytics team.
  
• Support the evolution of our HR operating model, as we leverage digitization, AI, and new ways of working to modernize HR.
  
• Champion continuous improvement with actionable tools and practices. Work in close partnership with our People Development team to infuse practices into our own HR growth & future skills development.
  
• Lead change management for HR and cross-functional initiatives.
  
• Serve as a catalyst for cultural evolution and organizational agility.
  

An experience that matters: Your Skills

• University degree in Business, HR, Organizational Development, or any related field
  
• 12+ years of progressive experience in Transformation, or Strategy / Consulting roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity.
  
• Proven track record in leading complex transformation programs across an enterprise.
  
• Deep understanding of operating models, talent strategies, digital HR, and organizational change.
  
• Experience collaborating with senior business and functional leaders across diverse geographies and business models
  
• Fluency in English
  

A mindset that matters: Your Strengths

• Strategic Thinking: You enjoy translating business strategy into HR and people transformation roadmaps.
  
• Executive Communication: You make it simple and can communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, including the CHRO, C-suite, and Board-level audiences.
  
• Influence & Collaboration: You are an authentic team mate, and take others along on the journey.
  
• Change Leadership: You live change management day in and out and have a few methodologies up your sleeve.
  
• Execution Excellence: Program and project management comes at ease, including governance and metrics tracking.
  
• Innovation Mindset: You are curious and are a stubborn optimist to challenge the status quo, with a focus on future-of-work trends.
  
• Storytelling for Impact: Data and narrative to build compelling cases for change is what inspires you and fosters alignment.
  
• Listening & Facilitation: Creates space for dialogue, surfaces resistance, and reads between the lines, also tunes in to what is not being said.
  
• Most importantly: we actually like our environment, our work and a good pinch of fun!
  

A workplace that matters: Our offering

• The best of both worlds: the opportunities of a global company, with the culture and care of a family business
  
• Competitive and attractive salary package that reflects your impact
  
• Continuous learning and development to support your growth and career ambitions
  
• Strong employee support program - because your wellbeing matters
  
• Range of monetary perks: enjoy exclusive discounts on shopping, travel, insurance, and more
  

dormakaba is an employer that is committed to equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity. We take measures to ensure equal opportunity for all applications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

We do not accept applicants from recruitment agencies for this position.

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