About the Role
This role leads process alignment across key HR priorities, annual cycles, governance routines, and operating rhythms to improve how work moves across HR, making priorities, decisions, handoffs, and timelines clearer, more transparent, and consistently executed. It translates priorities into practical, scalable ways of working that strengthen accountability and follow-through, helping HR operate with greater enterprise alignment, operational excellence, and focus on effective, easy-to-use HR practices. Success requires strong leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to align teams, drive clarity, and improve execution across a matrixed HR environment.
Responsibilities
- Leads alignment of key HR processes, annual cycles, and recurring priorities to improve execution across the HR function.
- Oversees the annual HR process calendar, planning rhythms, governance routines, and key forums to improve coordination, transparency, and follow-through.
- Develops scalable planning tools, trackers, and updates that increase visibility into work, risks, and progress.
- Identifies bottlenecks, overlaps, and breakdowns, implementing practical solutions that reduce friction and strengthen consistency in how recurring HR work is planned, sequenced, and delivered.
- Clarifies handoffs, roles, interfaces, and escalation points across HR teams, improving role clarity and cross-functional coordination among HRBPs, COEs, HR Operations, Communications, and leadership partners.
- Strengthens practical, scalable operating discipline across planning, governance, and execution while supporting a more integrated, enterprise-wide approach to HR work.
- Uses feedback, observations, and available data to identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce duplication, resolve recurring issues, and apply lessons learned to improve future delivery in a highly matrixed environment.
Requirements
- 7–10+ years of progressive HR experience, including direct experience with core HR processes and cross-functional delivery.
- Experience in roles such as HR business partner, HR process owner, HR analyst with direct process ownership, or similar HR process-focused roles.
- Strong understanding of typical HR processes, annual cycles, governance routines, and cross-functional ways of working.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence in matrixed environments, align stakeholders, and drive outcomes without formal authority.
- Proven ability to translate broad priorities into practical plans, coordination mechanisms, and follow-through.
- Strong leadership presence, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Strong judgment, organizational capability, and attention to detail.
- Ability to identify risks, bottlenecks, unclear ownership, and dependency issues early and address them practically.
- Practical, enterprise-minded approach with strong focus on clarity, collaboration, transparency, and execution.
- This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Work Type
- full-time
Experience Level
- 7-10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $94,316.00 - $129,685.00
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives
- 100% company-paid pension benefit
- Matching contributions to 401(k) savings plan
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Family building support
- Fitness programs
- Company-paid life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Disease management programs
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Recognition program
About the Company
- Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science.
- Technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible from the ocean depths to space.
- Corning's businesses are ever-evolving to best serve customers, industries, and consumers.
- Current markets include life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar.
- Innovations include products that accelerate drug discovery, damage-resistant cover glass, optical fiber and connectivity solutions, precision glass for advanced displays, auto glass and ceramics, and solar energy solutions.
Equal Opportunity
- Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.
- Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment.
- To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.
