Job Description Summary

As the HR Business Partner for the Grid Software product line within Grid Automation & Software, you will be responsible for driving business success by shaping HR Strategy aligned to business needs, strengthening organizational effectiveness and building leadership capability. You will partner with the General Manager of Grid Software, as well as members of his staff. You will support and advise senior leaders focusing on workforce planning, change management, organizational capability development and organizational effectiveness.

Job Description

Key responsibilities

Talent & Workforce Strategy

• Develop talent strategies in partnership with talent leaders.
• Partner with business leaders to shape workforce plans that align with long-term business goals.
• Use talent insights and data to guide build, buy, borrow, and automate strategies.
• Identify future skill needs and advise on how to develop or acquire those capabilities.
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Organizational Effectiveness

• Lead organization design discussions to ensure structure supports business goals.
• Drive change initiatives such as reorganizations, integrations, or transformation efforts.
• Partner with leaders to improve how teams work (i.e., culture, ways of working, and decision-making).
• Collaborate across regions to scale solutions that improve effectiveness across the enterprise.

Trusted advisor to Business Leaders

• Advise business leaders on key HR initiatives including leadership development and capability building.
• Provide business leaders with guidance on performance, potential, and succession planning.
• Coach business leaders on organizational transitions and outcomes on complex cases.
• Provide strategic HR insights and feedback to drive business leader decisions.

HR Strategy Alignment

• Align business segment goals with enterprise HR strategies and programs.
• Partner with HR People Partners to ensure HR support is consistent and effective across teams.
• Work closely with CoEs and People Operations to implement solutions (e.g., recruiting, retention, compensation).
• Ensure business leaders understand and apply enterprise policies, including local labor and compliance considerations

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent knowledge or experience
• Major experience in human resources positions (7+ years) staff and/or client based
• Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions, evaluate people, manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment and effectively interface at all organizational levels

 

Desired Characteristics:

• Prior experience working in a software business strongly preferred
• Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to make independent decisions, manage conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration or Human Resources, or equivalent knowledge or experience
• An impact player with proven ability to drive change in an effective and participative manner
• Resourceful, innovative, persuasive
• Experience in organizational design work and talent development efforts or emphasis on HR leadership/people strategies, coaching, employee solutions
• Experience applying lean tools to improving operations
• Experience engaging , working with and influencing C-Suite level leaders
• An inclusive style and superior interpersonal skills at all levels.  Experience working with senior leadership teams in a business and human resources
• Creative problem solver with strong analytical skills
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills across all levels
• Proven success in working in highly dynamic and matrixed organizations during times of transformation

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