Human Resource Business Partner

Molex HR Business Partner

Molex is seeking an HR Business Partner to support our ACBU business unit within the Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS) division. This role will serve as a strategic partner to business and functional leaders, translating business priorities into people strategies that strengthen organizational capability, develop talent, and drive long-term business performance.

The HR Business Partner will operate across a complex, global organization, balancing strategic priorities with hands-on execution while building strong partnerships across leadership teams, HR capabilities, and locations.

Our Team

You’ll join the Aerospace & Defense Solutions HR team and partner closely with ACBU leadership and the broader Molex HR organization. Our team works across functions and geographies to build organizational capability, develop talent, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and create an environment where employees can maximize their contribution and create value.

What You Will Do

Principle Based Management

• Partner with leaders and employees to deepen understanding and application of Principle Based Management (PBM) in everyday decisions and leadership practices.
• Coach leaders on applying PBM principles to talent decisions, organizational effectiveness, performance, and employee development.
• Help foster an environment of ownership, accountability, constructive challenge, and continuous improvement.

Strategic HR Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted HR partner to ACBU leaders, connecting business strategy, organizational priorities, and talent needs.
• Develop and execute people strategies that support business performance, growth, and evolving organizational needs.
• Provide perspective and constructive challenge to leaders on organizational structure, talent, leadership effectiveness, and workforce decisions.
• Use business and workforce insights to identify opportunities, risks, and actions that improve organizational performance.

Talent & Organizational Development

• Partner with leaders to identify critical capabilities and talent needed to support current and future business objectives.
• Lead talent planning, succession planning, and development discussions to strengthen leadership pipelines and organizational capability.
• Coach leaders on employee development, performance, career growth, and retention of key talent.
• Identify organizational effectiveness opportunities and help leaders implement sustainable solutions.

Workforce Planning & Talent Acquisition

• Translate business plans into workforce strategies that anticipate future talent, skill, and capability requirements.
• Partner with hiring managers and leveraged recruiting capabilities to develop effective strategies for attracting and selecting talent.
• Support thoughtful organizational design and headcount decisions based on business priorities and long-term capability needs.
• Help ensure new employees have a strong onboarding experience that accelerates integration, contribution, and understanding of Molex culture and expectations.

Compensation & Total Rewards

• Partner with leaders and HR capabilities on compensation decisions that reflect individual contribution, market considerations, internal alignment, and business needs.
• Advise leaders on compensation philosophy, recognition, and total rewards strategies.
• Support annual compensation and talent processes while encouraging differentiated decisions based on contribution and value creation.

Organizational Change & Transformation

• Partner with leaders through organizational growth, transformation, restructuring, and other business changes.
• Assess the people implications of business decisions and develop strategies that support effective implementation.
• Help leaders communicate and navigate change while maintaining organizational clarity, employee engagement, and business continuity.

Global Partnership & Alignment

• Partner closely with ACBU leadership to translate business vision and priorities into a clear people agenda across functions, regions, and locations.
• Serve as an HR integrator across the business, connecting leaders with appropriate HR capabilities and resources.
• Build alignment across global and local stakeholders while recognizing differences in business needs, talent markets, and operating environments.
• Collaborate across the broader ADS and Molex HR organization to share insights, leverage capabilities, and implement scalable solutions.

Employee Relations & Leadership Coaching

• Coach leaders through complex employee and organizational situations using sound judgment, consistency, and appropriate risk awareness.
• Partner with HR capabilities and other stakeholders on employee relations matters when specialized expertise is required.
• Help leaders create environments that promote accountability, meaningful contribution, development, and constructive feedback.

Business & HR Initiatives

• Lead or contribute to strategic HR projects and cross-functional initiatives supporting ACBU and ADS priorities.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve the employee and leader experience.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of progressive HR experience, including direct HR Business Partner experience supporting business and/or senior functional leaders.
• Experience supporting a global or matrixed organization with multiple functions, locations, or leadership stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in talent management, organizational development, workforce planning, employee relations, and/or change management.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect talent and organizational decisions to business outcomes.
• Experience coaching and influencing leaders through complex people and organizational decisions.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, challenge constructively, prioritize competing needs, and build alignment across a complex organization.
• Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.

What Will Put You Ahead

• HR Business Partner experience supporting aerospace, defense, manufacturing, engineering, or other technically complex businesses.
• Experience partnering directly with P&L or senior business leaders.
• Experience supporting a growing, transforming, or globally distributed business.
• Experience with organizational design, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or significant organizational change.
• Advanced degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• Professional HR certification such as SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP or PHR/SPHR.

Who We Are

Molex’s Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS) division delivers advanced connectivity and electronic solutions for demanding applications where performance, reliability, and innovation matter. Within ADS, ACBU brings together capabilities focused on serving customers in complex, technology-driven markets.

At Molex, we create value through innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to helping people maximize their potential. As part of Koch, employees are empowered to challenge the status quo, take ownership, and pursue opportunities that create value for customers, the business, and themselves.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS)

Molex's Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS) Division delivers mission-critical connectivity, signal technologies, and electronic solutions designed for the most demanding environments. Drawing on decades of engineering excellence and innovation, we support aerospace, defense, space, and other high-reliability markets where performance is essential and failure is not an option.

From enabling next-generation communications and data transfer to providing rugged interconnect and electronic solutions for mission-critical systems, our technologies help customers advance capabilities across air, land, sea, and space. At ADS, we combine deep technical expertise, opera