Senior HR Business Partner

About the role

The Senior HR Business Partner serves as a strategic partner to Vice Presidents leading Caterpillar's Marine business and Services Execution, Marketing and Digital (SEMD) organization. The role supports a diverse, global portfolio of ~ 900 employees spanning product development, manufacturing, field services, commercial, aftermarket, and digital functions across multiple regions and countries.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic HR partnership to the Global VP of Marine and SEMD and oversee a globally distributed team of 8 HR professionals to ensure consistent, high-quality HR partnership.
• Ensure robust HR policies, frameworks, and compliance standards are effectively implemented.
• Drive enterprise-wide programs that enhance organizational capability, elevate employee engagement, and strengthen leadership and talent pipelines within a complex, multinational environment.
• Partner closely with executive leadership to shape organizational strategy, workforce planning, and long-term talent requirements.
• Maintain strong relationships with regional leaders to anticipate people-related risks, opportunities, and workforce challenges.
• Guide change management efforts during organizational transformation, growth, or integration activities.
• Ensure effective organizational structures and operating models that support operational efficiency and business growth.
• Lead cultural and engagement strategies that enhance performance, accountability, and employee experience across all locations.

Requirements

A key member of the Marine and SEMD leadership teams, the position shapes and executes the people and organization agenda in alignment with business and enterprise priorities.

Qualifications

• Education: HR, Organizational Psychology or Business qualifications are advantageous.
• Business Acumen: Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
• Global Perspective: Knowledge of issues, opportunities, and challenges for conducting business in the international marketplace; ability to apply global perspectives appropriately in a wide range of situations.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside the organization.
• Alignment: Knowledge of the importance of collaboration among team members and the ability to enroll stakeholders in communicating and coordinating activities to support the organization's vision and strategies.
• Leadership: Knowledge of leadership practices and processes; ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives while having a long-term perspective of the future state of things and how to get there.
• Talent Management: Knowledge of how an organization attracts, recruits, retains, identifies and develops talent; ability to develop the talent required for an organization to achieve its short-term and long-term goals.

Skills

Top Candidates Will Also Have Executive-level HR leadership: Experience leading multi-country HR teams and partnering with executive level leaders in an engineering, sales, or field service environments

Global scale & complexity: Oversight of international HR operations, including matrix leadership of regional HR teams

People strategy & operating model: Designed and executed a multi-year HR strategy (workforce planning, organization design, capability build, and culture) tied to measurable business outcomes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)
• 401(k) savings plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Health Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Career Development
• Incentive bonus
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement

What You Will Get

• Earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
• Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays.
• All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

Summary

Pay Range $159,120.00 - $238,680.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience.

This is a summary list of benefits.