People & Culture Business Partner

About the role

The People & Culture Business Partner (PCBP) aligns business objectives with employees and management across designated business units. The role is grounded in a deep understanding of the business and in trusted, credible relationships with leaders and employees, partnering across the People & Culture function to deliver value-added services that reflect the strategic objectives of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of the business, its strategy, customers, products, commercial drivers, operating model, and financial performance, and use that understanding to shape relevant people solutions.
• Build and maintain trusted, credible relationships with business leaders, managers, and employees, becoming a sought-after advisor on people and organizational matters.
• Spend meaningful time in the business: attend leadership and team meetings, visit sites where appropriate, and stay close to the day-to-day realities of the workforce.
• Anticipate business needs by proactively identifying people-related risks, opportunities, and trends, and bringing forward insights and recommendations.
• Challenge constructively, ask the right questions, and influence with empathy, candor, and confidentiality to earn long-term trust at every level.
• Potential to act as a change partner for business leadership, supporting transformation initiatives, communications, and leadership alignment during change.
• Champion culture, inclusion, belonging, and engagement initiatives at the team and organizational level.
• Embed continuous listening, journey mapping, and employee experience design into how the business engages its people.
• Support team structures, accountability, and collaboration to improve organizational performance.
• Provide insights from people analytics and predictive workforce data to inform business decisions.

Qualifications

• Strong business acumen and curiosity, able to learn a business quickly and translate strategy into people priorities.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and credibility with leaders, managers, and employees at all levels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Strong coaching capability, with the ability to influence and challenge senior leaders effectively.
• Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, and policies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort using people data and analytics tools.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled HR tools and a thoughtful, ethical approach to their use.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Ability to acquire a thorough understanding of the organization’s structure, jobs, qualifications, and compensation practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field (advanced degree a plus).
• 6–8+ years of progressive HR/People experience, with at least 3 years in a business partner or advisory role.
• Experience supporting commercial, sales, or technical organizations through transformation and change.
• Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, performance management, and applicable employment laws.
• Experience working with HRIS systems and leveraging people analytics.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, HRCI PHR, HRCI SPHR, or equivalent credential, or the ability to obtain certification within one year of employment.
• Fluency in English required; additional languages (e.g., Spanish, German) a plus depending on regional scope.

What Success Looks Like

• Trusted Advisor — Recognized as a trusted advisor with deep knowledge of the business and strong credibility across leadership and employee populations.
• Stronger Leaders — Improved leadership capability and management maturity across the organization.
• Talent Pipeline — A clear, diverse, skills-based talent pipeline.
• Performance Culture — A strong, fair, and inclusive performance culture.
• Effective Org Design — Organizational structures that enable business strategy.
• ER Excellence — Professional, consistent handling of employee relations

Additional Information

The expected salary range for this position is between $112,000 and $120,000 per year. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. In addition, INFICON employees are eligible for a profit-sharing bonus with a target of 10% as well as 401K match up to 8% (vesting schedule).

INFICON provides a dynamic work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our employees experience ongoing green initiatives, flexible work hours, and a variety of health and wellness programs.

INFICON’s forward-thinking approach offers countless opportunities to design, support, and manufacture a diverse product portfolio that expands globally. Our Lean and Agile work environment offers competitive compensation, relocation assistance, a discretionary bonus, and generous employee benefits; major medical, dental, health, vision, 401K, vacation and sick time, tuition reimbursement, and more!

INFICON is committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal opportunity to all job seekers that apply without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, age, protected veteran status, disability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. A notice describing Federal equal employment opportunity laws is available here to reaffirm this commitment. Any contact that would like to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process should contact [email protected].

INFICON, Inc. strictly complies with all aspects of the Export Administration Regulations ('EAR'), including those sections dealing with deemed exports to foreign nationals.