Senior Director, People Partner

Who we are: 

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. Motive combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to connect and automate physical operations. Motive is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world, serving more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery.

Motive is built on four foundational attributes; Own It, Less but Better, Build Trust, and Unlock Potential. This has taken our company to great heights, including being recognized by Fortune for Best Workplaces, Forbes Best Startup Employers, and Comparably for our Best Global Culture, Sales Team, Leadership Team, Career Growth, and CEO for Diversity. We’re proud to receive an employee net promoter score of 63 (according to Comparably) which places Motive in the top 5% of companies with 4,000 employees or more. 

Today, our team is made up of more than 4,000 employees, located across the world, providing support to a wide range of customers. While most of our employees are remote, many have the opportunity to work on-site at any of our 8 global office locations. Visit our careers website to learn more about opportunities at Motive. 

About the Role:

This role will be a thought leader and the point of contact for strategic consultation around employee culture/experience including organizational design, strategic workforce planning, organizational development, policies, procedures and programs, employee relations, M&As and employment law/compliance - supported by our Centers of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, People Science and AnalyticsLearning & Growth). The Sr. Director will report directly to the Chief People officer and be located in the US. 

What You'll Do:

• Lead the global team of Employee Experience Business Partners.
• Develop sound knowledge of the business both strategically and operationally such that she/he can provide business partner consulting to the executive team, business units and regions.
• Consult on organization design & structure, team development, and building a culture and employee experience which inspires and motivates employees.
• Manage and lead effective organizational and cultural change
• Drive informed decision making by using data to identify trends and work with business leaders to determine root cause of issues; develop organizational effectiveness solutions.
• Work with clients to create and manage a workforce strategy and support execution
• Partner with other COE’s in the delivery of key Employee Success programs and services. Provide advice and feedback regarding the design and rollout of corporate wide initiatives.
• Partner with legal counsel for employee relations, investigations and compliance related issues, as needed.
• Coach leaders and executives on their own challenges as well as help them to be effective leaders and coaches for their people.
• Focus our business leaders on performance enablement which would include not only PIPs, but much more so succession planning discussions, individual development plans particularly for our top talent and quarterly people deep dives.
• Keep a pulse on the people. Monitor and identify trends and issues.
• Develop engaging and informative employee communications designed to keep employees and management knowledgeable about people initiatives.
• Lead projects and other responsibilities as assigned.
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What We're Looking For:

• 10+ years of experience in a progressive Business Partner role, with broad depth of experience in management coaching, organizational design, compensation, employee relations, workforce planning, training and HR policy and compliance, change/transition management processes, and HR program implementation.
• Experience working in large global corporation, “High Tech” Industry will be a plus
• Experience leading a global team
• Bachelor's degree in Business, HR, or other related discipline; MA/MS/MBA preferred.
• Ability to drive programmatic change initiatives throughout the organization and build solid relationships at all levels including senior executive relationships.
• Must possess strong business acumen, the ability to drive results through others, strong analytical and negotiation skills, excellent process orientation.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business issues into HR implications and provide impactful solutions.
• Demonstrated success in a dynamic, frequentl