SR HR Business Partner

Key job responsibilities

• Lead and develop a diverse team of HR professionals, coaching them to elevate beyond tactical execution to become strategic partners who proactively identify and mitigate organizational risks while delivering exceptional service.
• Drive a culture of proactive risk identification and mitigation by establishing early warning systems, leveraging data insights, and building strong partnerships across functions.
• Guide your team in developing sound judgment to spot emerging people-related risks before they impact the business.
• Shape the strategic vision for employee experience and organizational health.
• Challenge status quo thinking and drive innovation in HR practices while ensuring sustainable execution.
• Enable your team to move beyond immediate problem-solving to address systemic issues and opportunities.
• Partner with business leadership to develop and execute integrated talent strategies that address both current needs and future capability requirements.
• Coach leaders on effective talent development while building a strong succession pipeline within your own HR organization.
• Anticipate future talent needs and evolving workforce dynamics to future-proof both operations and HR.
• Lead your team in effective use of analytics and AI tools to uncover hidden patterns, predict emerging risks, and drive data-informed decision making.
• Translate complex insights into compelling narratives that influence senior stakeholders and drive organizational change.
• Set clear goals for culture transformation with business leaders.
• Design and implement comprehensive strategies to systematically strengthen organizational health, talent capabilities, and leadership effectiveness.
• Champion initiatives that measurably enhance diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Drive strategic adoption of HR technology to enable both efficiency and excellence in service delivery.
• Guide your team to leverage automation while preserving high-touch support for sensitive employee matters requiring human judgment and empathy.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of human resources experience or a mix of equivalent experiences (e.g., operations, customer service, retail, distribution, shipping/logistics, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing).
• Experience using data and high-judgement to drive business decisions
• Experience supporting and/or leading employee-focused processes such as onboarding, benefits, investigations, training and/or talent management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree or MBA
• Experience supporting large employee populations in manufacturing, retail, distribution, or similar operational environments
• Knowledge of employment law, employee relations, and HR compliance requirements
• Experience resolving sensitive employee relations issues
• Experience partnering with, coaching, and guiding senior leaders as a strategic HR business partner
• Experience building, developing, and retaining high-performing HR teams, with demonstrated success in improving team productivity and engagement
• Experience leveraging AI-powered tools and technologies to improve processes and service delivery, with demonstrated ability to drive technology adoption amongst teams