Senior People Business Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating organizational needs into effective people solutions.

• Collaborate with leaders on organizational effectiveness, team structures, roles, reporting relationships, workforce requirements, and organizational changes.

• Assess talent and organizational decisions in light of business objectives, employee impact, cost, risk, and long-term viability.

• Oversee people-related planning and implementation for organizational changes, including communication and documentation.

• Guide leaders through performance management issues and establish expectations, feedback, and next steps.

• Create and support performance improvement plans along with relevant documentation.

• Address and resolve employee relations issues, workplace conflicts, policy concerns, investigations, disciplinary actions, and other complex employee situations.

• Conduct workplace investigations and offer fact-based recommendations.

• Assist leaders in identifying performance, capability, behavior, role clarity, organizational, and management challenges.

• Provide frank advice and constructive challenges to leaders.

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, HRIS, Legal, and other People Team functions.

• Identify recurring organizational themes and suggest actions to enhance leader effectiveness, employee experience, and business results.

• Support broader People Team initiatives and priorities.

• Maintain ownership and ensure follow-through from assessment to execution and resolution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• A minimum of 5 years of progressive HR experience, emphasizing business partnership and employee relations.

• Experience supporting employees and leaders in both the United States and Canada is highly preferred.

• Proficiency in Canadian employment practices and provincial employment standards, with experience managing employee relations, performance management, and organizational changes in a Canadian context is strongly preferred.

• Proven experience advising and influencing business leaders on complex personnel decisions.

• Background in supporting organizational change, workforce planning, or organizational effectiveness initiatives is preferred.

• Experience in a fast-paced, dynamic, or decentralized business environment is preferred.

• HR certification (e.g., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CHRP, CHRL) is preferred.

• Strong business acumen and the ability to link people and organizational decisions to business outcomes.

• Extensive knowledge of employee relations, performance management, and HR best practices.

• Proficiency with HCM systems; experience with Workday is preferred.

• Exceptional consultative, problem-solving, judgment, discretion, and decision-making abilities.

• Capability to assess risk and balance legal, employee, and business considerations.

• Ability to switch between strategic consultation and hands-on execution.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Competence in managing multiple priorities and sensitive matters in a fast-paced, changing environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity.