Summary:
The People Business Partner (PBP) serves as a strategic advisor to leaders, aligning People strategies with business objectives to drive organizational performance, employee engagement, and sustainable growth. The PBP partners closely with senior leadership and people managers to strengthen leadership capability, develop talent pipelines, improve organizational effectiveness, and enhance workforce outcomes. Through data driven insights, proactive consultation, and strong business acumen, the PBP helps leaders navigate complex People challenges while fostering a high performing and inclusive workplace culture.
In collaboration with leadership and People Centers of Excellence, the PBP develops and implements talent strategies that attract, develop, reward, and retain employees while supporting organizational priorities. This role contributes to business success by translating company strategy into effective people solutions that strengthen leadership effectiveness, workforce capability, and employee experience. This position reports to the Manager, People Business Partners.
What This Role Does:
Strategic Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to executive team, directors and managers, providing strategic consultation and recommendations on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, talent management, and employee experience initiatives that support business objectives. Build trusted relationships with leaders and employees to strengthen engagement, retention, inclusion, and overall workplace culture.
Leadership Development: Strengthen leadership capability through coaching, mentoring, talent assessment, and development strategies that improve leader effectiveness and organizational performance.
Employee Relations: Manage employee relations matters of moderate to high complexity, including policy interpretation, workplace issues, performance concerns, corrective actions, investigations, conflict resolution while balancing employee experience, business needs, compliance and risk mitigation.
Data Driven Insights: Leverage workforce analytics, engagement data, turnover trends, and organizational health metrics to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and influence business and talent decisions.
Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy Partner with leaders to identify workforce needs, talent gaps, succession opportunities, and retention risks. Support workforce planning initiatives that ensure organizational readiness and leadership continuity.
Organizational Effectiveness: Consult with leaders on organizational design, team effectiveness, role clarity, workforce optimization, and talent strategies that improve performance, collaboration, and scalability.
Performance Excellence: Drive effective goal setting, talent reviews, performance evaluations, and performance management practices that strengthen accountability, employee growth, and organizational success.
Change Management: Partner with leaders to plan and execute organizational change initiatives, ensuring effective communication, employee adoption, and successful implementation.
Cross Functional Collaboration: Partner with People Centers of Excellence, including Compensation, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Organizational Development and People Team Operations to deliver integrated People solutions that support business objectives.
Exit Strategy Optimization: Analyze turnover trends, exit feedback, and workforce data to identify retention opportunities and recommend strategies that improve employee experience and business performance.
Continuous Improvement: Support the standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement of People programs, policies, processes, and tools to improve effectiveness and scalability.
Facilitate for Impact: Facilitate live and virtual workshops, training sessions, and talent discussions that drive engagement, knowledge transfer, and business alignment.
Compliance & Best Practices: Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws while promoting consistent, equitable, and effective People practices across assigned client groups.
Other duties as assigned.
What You Will Bring:
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent years’ experience.
5+years of progressive Human Resources experience, including at least 3 years in a Human Resources Business Partner or comparable strategic consulting role, preferably supporting nonexempt, multi state, and remote workforces.
SHRM-CP (Certified Professional) or PHR (Professional in Human Resources) by HRCI preferred.
Experience supporting senior executives, directors and managers in fast-paced business environments.
Advanced knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and HR practices, including employee relations, wage and hour compliance, leave and accommodation laws, discrimination and harassment prevention, performance management, investigations, and terminations.
Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and implement business aligned people strategies.
Experience managing employee relations matters, workplace investigations, organizational risk issues, and conflict resolution.
Strong business acumen with experience in workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, talent management, and change management.
Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess risk, identify practical solutions, and provide sound recommendations.
Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and relationship management skills, with the ability to effectively engage audiences and influence leaders at multiple organizational levels.
Ability to balance strategic partnership responsibilities with operational execution.
Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Ability to plan and manage at both strategic and tactical operational levels while overcoming obstacles and adapting to changing business needs.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment, and navigate ambiguity effectively.
Experience supporting organizational change initiatives and business transformation efforts preferred.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and modern communication tools for virtual teams, including Microsoft Teams and Slack.
Proficiency in HR systems, including Dayforce and SuccessFactors preferred.
Willingness and ability to work flexible hours as needed and travel up to 10%, which may include occasional overnight travel.
Physical Demands:
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with documented disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship. Employees seeking accommodation should contact the People Department to initiate the interactive process.
Employees may experience the following physical demands for extended periods of time:
Sitting, standing, and walking (90-100%)
Keyboarding (95-100%)
Viewing computer monitor, tablet, and cell phone requiring close vision (70-90%)
Work Environment:
100% Remote: Work environment is at home.