HR Business Partner

 As an HR Business Partner, you will play a crucial role in aligning HR programs and outcomes with business goals/objectives. You will help drive initiatives aimed at improving organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition, employee engagement, workforce productivity, and change management. You will report to the Global HRBP leader for R&D, and work closely with them to be the strategic HR advisor to the business.     

Key Responsibilities: 

Organizational Effectiveness: 

• Analyze market trends and R&D benchmarks in alignment with business goals to identify opportunities for improvement. 

• Support key initiatives aimed at driving organizational performance and improving organizational effectiveness and design – including defining priorities/initiatives that address hiring, attrition and productivity.   

Workforce Management: 

• Manage workforce plan for R&D, including hires, employee mobility and headcount budgets.   

• Support key initiatives aimed at improving workforce mix, hiring strategies/effectiveness, and workforce productivity .   

Training and Development: 

• Assess the effectiveness of existing training programs and working with our L&D team and the business to identify additional areas of focus.   

• Support leadership and top talent engagement activities for mid-level leaders in R&D.  

Employee Engagement & Culture: 

• Analyze metrics related to employee engagement and employee satisfaction survey results with managers to identify/ prioritize areas to improve scores and determine supporting initiatives.    

• Support the implementation of employee engagement initiatives working with the broader HR team and the business. 

Collaboration & Communication: 

• Build strong relationships with employees and management to understand their needs and challenges. 

• Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to stakeholders, ensuring the findings are data-driven and the recommendations are actionable. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in HR to support organizational initiatives. 

• Prepare reports and presentations in support of org initiatives and HR programs for an R&D audience 

HR Programs & Operations: 

• Lead or participate in HR programs like Mid Year or Year End Performance Management, Employee Satisfaction Survey etc. 

• Run business-wide programs, like intern hiring, townhalls/ AMA sessions (in coordination with admins and key leaders) 

• Be first level of contact for managers & employees who may reach out, and resolve directly or redirect to appropriate team as appropriate. 

• Do exit interviews for key resignations, and run other attrition-related programs to recommend division or company-wide actions to address. 

Qualifications:  

• A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience, as a Senior Generalist with a proven body of work desiring to upgrade to a strategic HR support, or from a similar HRBP role or from people consulting (i.e., Organization or People practice areas) 

• Experience working with financial services or technology companies and/or R&D organizations is preferred    

• Experience working with high growth companies or companies going through transformative change is preferred   

• Willingness to engage directly with employees and managers in person to solve problems and be able to work smoothly across organizational boundaries by taking ownership of complex issues. 

• A curiosity to expand their HR knowledge and stay current with developments in the strategic HR field 

• Experience working on projects to drive specific outcomes – can either be in a lead or support role  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis (including functions and pivot tables) and Microsoft PowerPoint 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze data to determine insights and make recommendations