Senior People & Talent Business Partner

Primary Responsibilities

• Serves as strategic advisor to senior management and executives by fostering trusted relationships.
• Influences high-level business strategy and decision-making while maintaining P&T alignment.
• Creates significant impact on the organization by influencing company-wide P&T strategy and culture.
• Works across multiple departments or regions.
• Manages complex cross-functional People & Talent projects and practices cross-organizationally, including competency models, talent assessment, succession planning, employee engagement, career development, talent management, change management, and performance management.
• Analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with the People & Talent team to develop solutions, programs, and policies.
• Works closely with business leaders to improve working relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
• Identifies employee and leadership development gaps and collaborates with the People & Talent Learning Team to identify plans to close gaps.
• Participates in operational and strategic business department meetings with senior leadership.
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues and conducts effective, confidential, thorough, and objective investigations leading to actions or solutions for resolution.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of people, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Led significant people initiatives and projects to ensure clear understanding, articulation of, and application of initiative.
• Represents business group priorities/initiatives to People & Talent leadership to ensure solid understanding of business group challenges and deliverables.
• Maintains a comprehensive understanding of People & Talent policies, processes, and procedures and successfully applies them to people situations.
• Demonstrates solid business acumen and develops a deep understanding of the university and assigned business group(s).
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of People & Talent processes, policies, and procedures.
• Navigates the systems and internal processes to support the university’s mission, People & Talent strategic initiatives, and assigned business group objectives.
• Provides mentorship growth and development opportunities for Generalists and Business Partners.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of employment law and other state and federal compliance regulations.
• Strong business acumen and strategic capabilities.
• Strong organizational effectiveness skills, including organization design.
• Develops and executes workforce strategies that align talent, organizational capability, and business priorities.
• Uses data, business insight, and strategic consultation to identify future workforce needs, assess workforce risks, and recommend solutions that optimize organizational performance.
• Dedication to fostering an inclusive environment by engaging with individuals from various backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively guide senior business leaders through ambiguity.
• Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using sound judgment and problem-solving skills consistent with the university philosophy and within applicable legal parameters.
• Ability to objectively and effectively coach employees and people leaders through complex, difficult, and emotional issues within a diverse organization.
• Self-starter who takes initiative, is inquisitive, seeks out information, self-engages, and achieves results based on established goals.
• Advanced interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to have critical conversations with business leaders navigating the tension between business objectives and our one-by-one people approach.
• Superior interpersonal skills and professional presence with significant capacity to engage, inspire, develop, and influence.
• Demonstrated results in innovation and ability to inspire creative thinking, new ideas, new ways of accomplishing tasks, and creating results.
• Excellent organizational skills, along with the ability to set and meet goals/priorities.
• Proven track record of making and implementing tough decisions.
• Ability to apply Excel and other data management and analysis tools in researching and analyzing various types of data.
• Ability to coach and mentor peers allowing for growth and development.
• Consistently exhibits university Leadership Principles and Cultural Beliefs.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or a related field.

Experience

• 10 years of related experience.
• Experience in fast-growth and fast-paced environments and with a distributed workforce model.
• Proven track record in strategic HR management and in leading HR initiatives.
• Experience working with senior leadership and influencing organizational strategy.
• Experience working with HRIS systems, Applicant Tracking Systems, and Performance Management Systems.

Additional Requirements

• Experience in lieu of education equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements.
• Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in Human Resources or a related field. Broad knowledge of project management. Practical experience with change management or Change Management certification. Human Resources Certification (PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP).