HR Human Resources Director - Columbus

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Lead Human Resources (HR) and Talent Management (TM) strategies to achieve vision, mission, and goals of BU/Region.
• Play integral role in company-wide HR Leadership Team (HRLT).
• Cascade feedback and communications from senior management decisions and direction to HR teams.
• Role model of company culture, values, and Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) activities across company.
• Drive anti-racism learning, and advocate for equity and employee health and wellbeing working in collaboration with Business Unit (BU)/Regional leadership.
• Enrich the extraordinary employee experience by actively promoting trusting environment where employees can openly engage with HR.
• Connect in-person with employees regularly ‘where they work’, advocate and provide guidance to Business Unit (BU) and regional leadership on people-related needs and concerns.
• In partnership with BU leaders, establish programs to support initiatives to drive employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
• Utilize company-wide and local surveys to understand employee engagement levels and determine countermeasures to address trends.
• Formulate, evaluate, and implement HR priorities, goals, and objectives aligned with BU/regional business objectives in conjunction with BU/regional leadership.
• Lead and develop HR team to ensure deep bench strength in key areas of HR expertise.
• Foster teamwork, open communication, and collaboration with company-wide HR team.
• Embrace, apply, and coach HR team in lean concepts, practices, and use of Personal Kanban.
• Facilitate A3 problem solving sessions using Value Stream Mapping and Story Boarding to effect work productivity, enhance programs, coordinate and reduce waste, and make recommendations for process improvement.
• Deliver timely performance feedback for HR team and execute/contribute to performance appraisals during annual performance cycle.
• In partnership with BU/regional Operations, develop and implement integrated BU/regional staffing strategies and employee career progression and mobility.
• Develop BU/regional recruiting strategy (experienced hires, college relations/recruiting, and internships) in coordination with leaders to support hiring demands, mitigate organizational gaps, and build healthy candidate pipeline.
• Lead performance management and succession planning processes, assist in identification of talent gaps for critical/key contributor positions, and propose solutions.
• Ensure managers are prepared to deliver constructive feedback and coach and/or mentor employees.
• Lead BU salary and compensation planning; provide guidance to management regarding company’s merit philosophy.
• Champion Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) initiatives and collaborate with Employee Resources Groups (ERG) leaders in business unit/region.
• Design, develop, and implement D&I programs to position employees for success and identify career opportunities to fulfill individual aspirations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program and minimum of 15 years of progressive human resources experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience with minimum of 5 years of experience at director level.
• Experience with geographically-dispersed, virtual, and matrixed employee populations.
• Advanced experience promoting talent management concepts and utilizing related tools (9 box, succession planning, career pathing, etc.).
• Construction or construction-related industries, including trades and contractor management, and experience with large-size (10,000+ employees) organization, preferred.
• Senior Professional in Human Resources® (HRCI SPHR®) or Society of Human Resources Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM SCP®) certification, preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and professional presentation and persuasion skills to confidently engage and influence at all levels of organization and cultures.
• Highly developed self-awareness and willingness to be vulnerable for continuous growth.
• Political savvy and discernment in complex circumstances.
• Self-starter with executive management and leadership skills and capable of managing multiple complex projects and tasks successfully to completion.
• Able to build engaging partnerships with team and organizational stakeholders through trust, teamwork and direct communication.