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Depending on position, an additional 24 hours per year are earmarked for volunteer activities.\nCollaborative Environment - AAA will value your contribution to providing exceptional service to our members\nFree AAA Classic Membership\nAAA Product Discounts\nTuition Reimbursement Program\n.\nAt AAA, our Team Members strive to deliver amazing service and help our Members live life more confidently by delivering to them amazing service and a portfolio of outstanding products that benefit them. In doing so, we align with our True North vision of creating Members for life.\nNOTE: This role is hybrid and requires 3 days a week in our Walnut Creek, CA office.\nThe Director, HR Business Partners serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, shaping people strategies that directly support business objectives. This position manages complex talent issues, organizational design, and workforce planning. As a pivotal leader and liaison within the organization, the Director provides proactive consultation to empower leaders through transformative change management, handles executive coaching, and oversees cross-functional People & Culture initiatives. This ensures that people's decisions are strategically aligned, fact-based and promote an exceptional Team Member and Member experience.\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS\n Business Partnership & ConsultationOffers strategic guidance to directors and senior leaders within a specific business function, providing custom workforce strategies and anticipating talent challenges before they escalate.\nServes as a thought partner and trusted advisor on organizational health, capabilities, and evolving digital and AI-operating model needs, while actively coaching leaders on effectiveness and work redesign, performance, team dynamics, and cultural expectations.\nTranslates people analytics and AI-driven workforce insights, guiding leaders on data-informed talent decisions that result in actionable business plans.\nDrives change management planning and execution for major initiatives. Supports a high-performance culture by partnering with business line leaders, cultivating a responsive environment that facilitates open communication.\nProvides guidance and coaching on sensitive workplace and people issues; oversees the resolution of highly complex Employee Relations (ER) cases with significant business impact.\n\n Strategic Talent Strategy & DeploymentLeads the development and deployment of talent strategies aligned to specific business functions, focusing on talent management and development plans, leadership quality, workforce upskilling, and succession pipeline strength.\nInfluences functional Centers of Excellence (COEs) to shape enterprise programs based on business needs and data insights.\nPartners with finance and business leaders to forecast talent investments and productivity needs, managing talent reviews, succession planning, and workforce planning. Analyzes engagement survey results to create and lead targeted action plans for specific departments.\nDefines and leads cross-functional talent projects, utilizing project management skills to oversee HR technology implementations and large-scale process or program changes.\nEngages in agile work cycles and proactively identifies best practices to scale across the team translating business goals into people initiatives that advance performance, engagement and workforce solutions.\n\n HR Team LeadershipDevelops a team of professional HR Business Partners ensuring they effectively coach managers on people issues, handles performance management, and maintains consistent policy application across the organization.\nBuilds HR team capability through coaching, training, and feedback on consulting skills, people analytics interpretation, and business acumen, enabling HR managers to elevate their strategic contribution beyond transactional work.\nBalances strategic advisory with operational oversight, ensuring day-to-day HR execution (employee relations, performance coaching, policy compliance) runs smoothly while dedicating 60-70% of your time to strategic business partnership and talent planning.\n\nKNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES\nDemonstrated ability to diagnose performance gaps within a business unit and deploy targeted operational actions to resolve them.\nProven experience anticipating upcoming talent risks and proactively delivering preventive workforce solutions to business leaders.\nSolid understanding of executive coaching and sensitive people matters, with the ability to tailor communication, align stakeholders, and drive program adoption.\nDemonstrated ability to synthesize internal and external data to define operational problems, present recommendations, and measure project ROI.\nSolid understanding of emerging technologies and generative AI; proven ability to optimize HR operations and manage responsible, compliant tool implementation.\nEDUCATION & EXPERIENCE / COMPETENCIES / CERTIFICATIONS / LICENSES\n Minimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in Human resources or a relevant field (or an equivalent combination of advanced education and relevant experience).\n8+ years of progressive HR leadership experience serving as a strategic people advisor to executive leaders.\n5+ years of experience successfully leading, coaching, and developing high-performing HR teams.\nHR Certification required (SHRM-CP or PHR)\nBudget management experience.\n\n Preferred QualificationsSenior-level certification (SHRM-SCP or SPHR)\nMBA or Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field. Certifications: Change Management (Prosci), Project Management (PMP, Agile), Organizational Design (CODP).\n\nDISCLAIMER\nThe job functions listed describe the general nature and level of work being performed by team members assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list and may be subject to change based on business needs.\nWORKING ENVIRONMENT\nWorks in an office environment sitting at a desk, table or computer workstation for extended periods of time. May travel by car, plane or other form of transportation to attend business meetings or conferences. 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