Senior Director, Human Resources
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
You'd be the lead HR partner to the Materials Solutions President. Tell me about a time you changed a division leader's mind on a people decision they had already made.
What they are checking: Whether they act as a real advisor with standing to push back, or just carry out what the business asks.
Tell me about an organization redesign or restructuring you led. How did you decide on the new structure, and what went wrong along the way?
What they are checking: Whether they have owned a hard redesign end to end and can speak honestly about its costs.
Tell me about a large change effort where employees resisted. What did you do to move people, and how did you know it worked?
What they are checking: Whether their change management is practical and people-focused rather than a communications plan alone.
Tell me about a time an HR leader you managed or partnered with gave advice that went badly. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they take accountability for their function's mistakes and coach through them without blame.
What would you do
Walk me through how you'd figure out, in your first ninety days, what talent and structure the Materials Solutions division actually needs to hit its growth plan.
What they are checking: Whether they start from business priorities and data before proposing HR programs.
Say Entegris closes an acquisition that folds into Materials Solutions. What are the people questions you'd want answered in the first month of integration?
What they are checking: Whether they can spot the retention, culture, and role-overlap risks that sink integrations early.
A strong-performing leader on the division team is driving away good people below them. How would you handle that with the President?
What they are checking: Whether they will raise uncomfortable leadership issues at the top and bring evidence instead of opinion.
This division is global but you'd sit onsite in Aurora. How do you stay close to employee sentiment at sites you rarely visit?
What they are checking: Whether they build real listening channels across regions instead of relying on headquarters impressions.
About the work
How do you run a succession planning process so it produces real ready-now candidates instead of a list nobody uses?
What they are checking: Whether they know the difference between a talent review ritual and a pipeline leaders actually draw from.
What measures would you put in front of the leadership team to show whether the division's workforce strategy is working?
What they are checking: Whether they can tie HR work to business outcomes with a few numbers leaders will actually watch.
How do you decide when to build talent internally and when to hire from outside for a critical capability gap?
What they are checking: Whether they weigh speed, cost, and culture risk with judgment rather than a fixed preference.
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