Associate Director/Director, HR Business Partner

Accountabilities

- Build trusted relationships with business and functional leaders, serving as the primary HR advisor and strategic partner for assigned client groups, including senior leadership.

- Partner with leadership on workforce trends, organizational priorities, people strategies, staffing plans, and initiatives that support business performance.

- Coach leaders and employees on employee relations matters, policy interpretation, corrective actions, performance concerns, development plans, leaves of absence, and terminations.

- Partner with Employee Relations and Legal teams on complex or escalated workplace matters while ensuring consistent and compliant practices.

- Advise leaders on federal, state, and local employment laws, HR policies, procedures, and risk considerations.

- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to develop effective recruiting strategies that attract skilled, diverse talent while supporting retention objectives.

- Partner with Total Rewards teams on compensation and benefits programs, policies, communications, and strategy.

- Lead employee engagement, retention, job satisfaction, organizational development, and other people-focused initiatives for assigned business groups.

- Drive talent management activities, including succession planning, leadership development, talent reviews, and initiatives designed to strengthen the organizational talent pipeline.

- Support onboarding and orientation activities and deliver leadership, ethics, compliance, labor law, and HR policy training.

- Oversee performance management activities, coach leaders on employee evaluations, and facilitate effective calibration discussions.

- Champion organizational change and help strengthen workplace culture, trust, collaboration, and employee engagement.

- Use HR data and business insights to identify trends, improve efficiency, and inform strategic people decisions.

- Develop strong cross-functional relationships and provide HR consultation and support on additional initiatives as required.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; a Master’s or law degree is highly preferred.

- 8+ years of HR management experience, ideally within a high-growth, fast-paced operational environment.

- Demonstrated experience serving as an HR Business Partner to senior leaders and managing complex employee and organizational matters.

- Strong expertise in federal, state, and local employment laws and the ability to apply HR policies and regulations appropriately.

- Proven experience leading change management initiatives, organizational design or restructuring, people program development, and HR service delivery improvements.

- Strong employee relations capabilities, including coaching, conflict resolution, workplace investigations, corrective action, and complex case management.

- Experience developing proactive employee strategies focused on engagement, retention, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.

- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and alignment across senior leadership and diverse teams.

- Strategic and innovative mindset with the ability to use data and business insights to identify opportunities and improve organizational performance.

- Excellent judgment, discretion, ethics, listening skills, problem-solving ability, and attention to detail.

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Experience with HR information systems and proficiency with Microsoft Office or comparable productivity tools.

Benefits

- Remote work opportunities and a flexible work environment.

- Competitive salary and opportunities for career advancement and promotion.

- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.

- Tuition reimbursement after 90 days of employment.

- Discretionary paid time off and paid holidays.

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options.

- Telemedicine and virtual healthcare services.

- Employee assistance and wellness programs.

- Adoption assistance.

- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

- Life insurance.

- Employee discount programs.

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