Senior Director, HR Business Partner

About the role

The Ford Motor Credit Company team helps put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles. By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to thousands of dealers and millions of customers in over one hundred countries around the world.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships while building credibility with business groups to understand their needs, goals, and challenges. Collaborate with business leaders and senior management to influence, develop, and execute HR plans to support the regional business strategy.
• Lead the organization towards a culture of excellence in which employees feel engaged and inspired to deliver business results. Develop and implement long-term people and culture plans, strategies, and initiatives to support the delivery of business strategy.
• Evaluate and assess current company-wide and/or cross-functional processes and policies and identifies opportunities for improvement to better support the workforce and business objectives.
• Lead the enablement of a business change by serving as a strategic business partner to senior leadership focused on a transformational talent agenda designed to attract, develop, and retain the best talent in the industry.
• Conduct business and technical briefings for top management and coach business leaders to solve people and culture issues of significance to the organization; provide expertise in technical and regulatory aspects of employment, including hiring, termination, performance management, rewards, etc.
• Advise leaders on strategies to grow talent and develop technical capability pipelines for the business unit.
• Drive HR program advocacy across locations under jurisdiction through frequent interaction with senior management and conducting requisite briefings to communicate the business value of HR initiatives such as improved employee productivity and a positive work environment, etc.
• Drive organization-specific people and workforce plans and roadmaps to align the workforce with business needs at the global level. Review relevant monthly and quarterly Corporate HR Dashboards, tracks trends, and develops appropriate changes to the plan in collaboration with the business.
• Own the delivery of critical HR Projects to diagnose and resolve new and ambiguous people and culture problems without precedent and/or continuous improvement programs.
• Analyze the long-term impact of new or anticipated strategies and decisions on the business to take appropriate action. Lead rigorous process and service improvement programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (preferred) in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.

Minimum 10 years of work experience with a Master’s degree or 12 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Human Resources or a related field.

Willingness to work in person at Ford’s Dearborn, MI headquarters at least four days per week.

Qualifications

Prior experience leading HR or talent strategy within a bank, captive automotive finance company, commercial lending institution, or fintech organization.

Deep working knowledge of HR practices within heavily regulated environments, including familiarity with risk management frameworks, compliance audits, and financial industry governance.

Proven success supporting organizations undergoing digital transformations, with specific experience building talent pipelines for software engineering, data science, and digital product teams within a financial services context.

Experience leading global teams and navigating international labor markets and global financial services regulations.

Skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Leadership and mentorship skills.

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.

Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more.

Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more.

Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases.

Tuition assistance.

Established and active employee resource groups.

Paid time off for individual and team community service.

A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Pay

Salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Schedule

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.