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This role will lead the people strategy across the organization, partnering closely with senior leaders to strengthen organizational effectiveness, develop leadership capability, and build a high-performing culture. With a focus on talent, workforce planning, and organizational transformation, this leader will help position the business for sustained growth while ensuring alignment with broader enterprise objectives.\n\nWhat You’ll Do\n\nStrategic Business Partnership\nServe as a trusted advisor and member of the Leadership Team, driving the people strategy in alignment with business objectives, growth priorities, and long-term organizational goals.\nPartner with business leaders to develop and execute a comprehensive workforce strategy that enables sustainable growth, operational excellence, and organizational effectiveness.\nProvide strategic counsel to senior leaders on organizational design, talent optimization, leadership effectiveness, workforce planning, and change management.\nTranslate business priorities into actionable HR strategies, ensuring alignment of talent, structure, culture, and capability with organizational objectives.\n\nTalent and Leadership Development\nLead the talent management strategy for the business, including succession planning, leadership development, high-potential identification, and talent reviews.\nPartner with leaders to assess organizational and leadership capability, identify talent gaps, and implement development plans to build a strong leadership pipeline.\nChampion a high-performance culture by driving performance management processes, accountability, and continuous feedback practices across the organization.\nEstablish and execute talent strategies that attract, engage, develop, and retain critical talent in support of current and future business needs.\n\nOrganizational Effectiveness & Change Leadership\nLead organizational effectiveness initiatives including organization design, restructuring, workforce planning, and transformational change efforts.\nDrive organizational alignment and change management initiatives by assessing current state, defining desired outcomes, developing communication strategies, and measuring effectiveness and adoption.\nPartner closely with business leaders to enhance organizational capability, increase employee engagement, and strengthen leadership effectiveness.\nChampion culture initiatives that support employee engagement, inclusion, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.\n\nHR Leadership & Functional Excellence\nLead and develop a team of HR professionals across the business while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer service.\nEnsure effective execution of all core HR processes including talent acquisition, performance management, compensation planning, employee relations, learning and development, and compliance.\nPartner with Corporate Centers of Excellence and HR Operations teams to implement enterprise talent initiatives, HR programs, and organizational priorities.\nDrive standardization and continuous improvement of HR processes to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and the employee experience.\n\nEmployee Relations & Risk Management\nProvide guidance and oversight on complex employee relations matters, investigations, performance issues, and organizational risk while ensuring consistency and fairness.\nEnsure compliance with employment laws and regulations across all jurisdictions within the business and proactively identify and mitigate people-related risks.\nFoster a positive employee relations environment through effective communication, leadership coaching, and proactive issue resolution.\n\nCompensation & Workforce Planning\nLead the annual workforce planning, compensation planning, and talent review processes for the business.\nPartner with leadership and Total Rewards to ensure compensation programs support attraction, retention, and performance objectives.\nUtilize workforce analytics, engagement data, and business metrics to inform decisions and drive measurable organizational outcomes.\n\nGlobal Business Partnership\nAct as the HR leader for assigned regions and business functions, partnering with global business leaders to drive consistency while addressing regional business needs.\nChampion key A&D initiatives and strategic priorities in partnership with business leadership, Centers of Excellence, and fellow HR leaders.\nSupport acquisitions, integrations, organizational transformations, and strategic growth initiatives as required.\n\nWhat You'll Bring\nBachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; 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