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This role partners closely with leaders across Oceaneering’s global functions to advance workforce planning, organization effectiveness, talent strategy, leadership capability, and employee engagement.\nWorking in partnership with HR Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, and regional HR teams, the Sr. HR Business Partner shapes and implements practical HR solutions that align to business needs and support enterprise priorities. The role uses workforce data, business insights, and talent analytics to identify trends, anticipate organizational risks, influence decisions, and measure progress against people-related outcomes.\nSuccess in this role requires strong business acumen, executive influence, sound judgment, and the ability to lead through ambiguity and change. The Sr. HR Business Partner will help drive business and HR transformation by advising leaders, strengthening manager capability, supporting organizational design, and leading change management efforts that improve adoption, accountability, and organizational performance.\n Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders by translating business priorities, operating realities, and financial considerations into people strategies that enable organizational performance, growth, transformation, and long-term business objectives.\n\nLead strategic workforce and scenario planning for assigned client groups by assessing current and future talent needs, identifying skills and capability gaps, and developing practical talent plans aligned to business strategy.\n\nPartner with business leaders to design and implement organization effectiveness initiatives, including operating model changes, organizational design, role clarity, decision rights, leadership alignment, and team effectiveness.\n\nLead change management for business and HR transformation efforts by developing change strategies, stakeholder plans, communication approaches, adoption tactics, and measures of success.\n\nUse workforce data, business insights, and talent analytics to identify trends, anticipate organizational risks, influence leadership decisions, and monitor progress against people-related outcomes.\n\nAdvise leaders on talent strategy, succession planning, leadership development, performance management, engagement, retention, and talent movement to strengthen organizational capability and bench strength.\n\nCoach and challenge leaders to build high-performing, inclusive, and accountable teams while strengthening manager capability in feedback, performance accountability, employee experience, and change adoption.\n\nPartner with HR Centers of Excellence and HR Operations to shape, prioritize, and execute enterprise HR programs, ensuring solutions are aligned to business needs and implemented effectively within client groups.\n\nProvide consultative guidance on complex employee relations, performance, and organizational matters, balancing business objectives, employee experience, risk mitigation, and compliance requirements.\n\nLead or support enterprise-wide HR initiatives tied to the overall HR strategy, including transformation, process improvement, talent programs, culture initiatives, and change management efforts.\n\nAbility to travel domestically and internationally (up to 15%).\n\nThis position has supervisory responsibilities with 1-2 direct reports.\n\nThis position will report to the VP, Human Resources.\n\n Required\n10+ years of experience in an HR Business Partner or related strategic HR role, including experience advising senior leaders, developing people strategies, leading change, influencing executives, and managing complex projects.\n\n5+ years of experience leading change management, transformation, organization effectiveness, or workforce planning 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