Lead People Partner
Leads strategic HR partnership for senior leaders and high-impact teams, advising on talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, employee relations, performance, and culture. Requires a bachelor's degree and 6–8 years of relevant HR experience, with strong employment-law, analytics, coaching, and change-management expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders on complex talent, organization design, and culture matters.
- Lead people strategy, performance management, engagement, and promotion programs.
- Diagnose team and leadership effectiveness; propose and drive targeted interventions.
- Investigate and resolve complex employee relations cases in compliance with legal requirements and company policy.
- Track and analyze people data and report insights to guide business decisions.
- Coach managers and enable leaders on difficult employee-relations, development, and performance conversations.
- Partner on organizational change management and team health planning, including onboarding and integration.
- Develop and socialize frameworks for talent succession, mobility, and advancement.
- Escalate sensitive or high-risk issues and act as a trusted escalation point for client group leaders.
- Use survey analysis and AI-enabled HR platforms to inform decisions and optimize processes.
- Promote a positive, inclusive culture through effective communication, collaboration, and empathy.
- Foster accountability, continuous learning, and process improvement by sharing knowledge across teams.
- Represent the People Partner function in cross-functional and executive forums.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced HR certification or MBA preferred.
- 6–8 years of relevant HRBP, HR, or people-facing experience supporting senior leaders.
- In-depth knowledge of HR policies, case management, employment law, and compliance.
- Experience coaching managers, managing complex employee relations, and driving people analytics.
- Experience designing and implementing organizational change, talent strategies, and succession planning.
- Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Working proficiency with HRIS, reporting, and AI/survey analysis platforms.
- High emotional intelligence and ability to manage sensitive information with integrity.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Skills
Hr Business Partnering, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Hr Policies, People Analytics, Organizational Change Management, Talent Strategy, Succession Planning, HRIS, Workday, Survey Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Performance Management, Stakeholder Management, Manager Coaching
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