Sr. HR Business Partner

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role will be based in Sunnyvale, San Francisco, Atlanta, Bellevue, Chicago, Carpinteria, Detroit, New York, Omaha, or Washington, DC. 

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. 

We are looking for a forward-thinking Sr. HR Business Partner to partner with our VP of Global Support which supports Members and Clients. The overall client group size for this role ~800+ employees spread across all geographical regions. The successful candidate will be able to influence effectively across all levels of leadership, demonstrate deep business acumen and the ability to navigate through ambiguity, while balancing challenging the status quo with meeting the business where they are.  This role encompasses business partnership and strategy, talent initiatives, employee relations, organizational design, and change management. 

This role will also lead and contribute to strategic talent projects across their client group (Global Support) and potentially across our Global Sales Organization.  

This role will partner closely with other GTO functions, such as talent acquisition, compensation, and learning and development, to deliver integrated HR solutions.  

Responsibilities:  

• Collaborate with senior leaders to understand business goals and translate them into HR strategies and initiatives.  
• Provide strategic guidance on organizational development, workforce planning, and talent management. 
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, and workforce analytics to identify and develop key talent.  
• Define and drive the delivery of talent processes & programs globally. 
• Actively participate in the functional leadership teams as a partner to the business  
• Understand the business and its challenges to help address the organization and talent needs  
• Develop and cultivate deep relationships with other HRBPs and the Centers of Excellence  
• Assist with the change process as the company meets the challenges of the need to continue to grow and scale  
• Deliver short-term solutions while also solving for long-term problems by addressing immediate challenges and underlying causes  
• Improve manager capabilities through coaching and implementation of management development programs and opportunities  
• Use data to measure success: learn, iterate, and improve; analyze trends and develop pro-active actions to further support the business objectives  
• Communicate to a diverse population and understand when to flex based on the audience  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience 
• 7+ years of HR experience  

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience with Global teams working with Sr Leaders.  
• Demonstrated experience in the various HR functional areas, especially organization development, change management, and leadership coaching.  
• Proven experience in leading HR initiatives that drive business results.  
• High integrity and will stop at nothing to safeguard compliance standards and company values.  
• Ability to work at all levels of the HR “stack” - strategic, operational, and tactical.  
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.  
• Strategic mindset with the ability to think creatively and contribute to organizational growth.  
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.  
• Ability to thrive in an unstructured environment and work independently.  
• Critical thinker with success in developing innovative solutions to address business issues.  
• Ability to manage multiple, complex issues and prioritize projects concurrently.  
• Ability to lead through an organizational assessment and diagnosis to turn business strategies into action.  
• Coach and influence to achieve business results.  
• Make decisions that consider global context and enable cross-organizational collaboration.