Senior People Business Partner

Why work for us?

At Janus Henderson, a career is more than a job—it’s about investing in a brighter future together. Our mission is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We protect and grow our core business, amplify our strengths, and diversify where we have the right to win.

Our values drive our success and are at the heart of everything we do:

• Clients Come First - Always
• Execution Supersedes Intention
• Together We Win
• Diversity Improves Results
• Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with yours, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role

• Support assigned business units by providing strategic insights on Human Resource initiatives, policies, and programs to achieve business objectives.
• Develop a business-focused People Strategy aligned with the Corporate People Strategy.
• Provide coaching, facilitation, advice, and/or mediation to employees and managers to resolve workplace issues.
• Facilitate a strong leadership and coaching culture.
• Accelerate employee performance by guiding management on goal setting, rewards, recognition, compensation, delivering feedback, and identifying employee development opportunities aligned with current and future performance standards.
• Promote ongoing feedback mechanisms for employees and create two-way dialogues between employees and management to ensure open and effective communications.
• Partner with the Talent Development team to identify, implement, and deliver learning and development opportunities designed to address business issues.
• Support managers in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the function or business strategy.
• Provide challenge on organizational design decisions.
• Analyze employee trends (e.g., turnover, employee relations issues, staffing challenges) to identify root causes and propose solutions.
• Handle employee relations issues including disciplinaries, investigations, conduct, performance, and redundancies.
• Work within a truly global structure and team.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex and/or sensitive information clearly, concisely, diplomatically, and professionally.
• Analytical, critical thinking, and interpretive skills to apply employment situations against complicated employment laws and regulations.
• Strong working knowledge of Human Resource Management and HR policies, especially employee relations and regulatory requirements such as FMLA, ADA, Title VII, FLSA, and EEO regulations.
• Ability to drive projects through to completion, develop clear actionable steps, and engage, inspire, and influence people to meet deliverables.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple competing priorities, and meet all deadlines effectively.
• Strong interpersonal and coaching skills; ability to build effective relationships with employees, leadership, and HR peers; deliver authentic feedback; and assess and lead various coaching arrangements.
• 10 or more years of HR experience, preferably with a combination of experience in employee relations, management development, organizational design, compensation, and/or recruiting.

Nice to have skills

• Knowledge of SAP and SuccessFactors (beneficial but not required).
• Experience working globally.

Benefits

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations.
• Generous holiday policies.
• Excellent health and wellbeing benefits, including corporate membership to Wellhub.
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community.
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement, and more.
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services.
• Unique employee events and programs, including a 14er challenge.
• Complimentary beverages, snacks, and all-employee Happy Hours.

Professional development

• Mentoring opportunities.
• Leadership development programs.
• Regular training and career development services.
• Continuing education courses.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $140,000–$160,000. This position may also be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool, funded based on company profits. Individual bonuses are determined by company, department, team, and individual performance.