Sr. People Manager – Americas

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Sr. People Manager – Americas

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

KBR is seeking an experienced and motivated Sr. People Manager – Americas to join our Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) People Team supporting the Americas region. This position will play a key role within KBR by providing overall leadership to the Americas People function and personnel achieving effective coordination of People strategies, activities, programs, and decision support contributing to STS’ operational requirements and strategic growth goals. This role will report to our Houston, TX headquarter office.

Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Work closely with the STS PLT to develop strategic plans for the areas of responsibility.

• Deliver creative, future focused People initiatives to continually evolve the Employee Value Proposition, including (but not limited to) Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Learning, Business Partnering, Talent Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Diversity & Inclusion.

• Support the development and implementation of organization structures, talent resourcing requirements, workforce transition plans, career planning, reward and performance management tools and talent succession plans necessary to build organizational capabilities.

• Ensure the delivery of effective change management, employee relations, employee communications and inclusion & diversity programs to ensure optimal levels of employee engagement.

• Wellbeing, Retention, Compensation and Reward, HR Systems and Analytics to ensure that the organization has the required talent that is innovative, agile, and high performing.

• Champion collaboration across all stakeholders exploiting synergies, sharing knowledge and expertise and building enterprise-wide campaigns which drive strategic growth and success for the One KBR family.

• Operate as a strategic, HR business advisor to the STS PLT team, with solid business acumen, analytical skills and sound judgement to provide pragmatic commercial advice and critical thinking, challenge point-of-views when necessary and offering alternative, constructive suggestions to build talent capabilities and innovative solutions to support growth.

• Advocate for a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, embodying a values-driven, employee-centric organization.

• Ensure the implementation of excellent HR services and solutions across the areas of responsibility with timely and consistent delivery.

• Ensure HR effectiveness and that support is allocated appropriately to meet the changing needs of the organization.

• Develop and execute strategies that support The People function’s achievement of the organization’s critical operational, growth and synergy goals.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Proven track record of executing and delivering strategic HR initiatives with a deep understanding of ‘best-in-class’ human resources concepts, practices, and processes within the EPC environment ensuring HR’s contribution to the organization’s operational, financial and growth success.

• 12+ years of HR Generalist experience including 3+ years in a HR leadership role; Broad experience across all areas of HR. Experience to include knowledge of HR rules, regulation, and practices.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in human resources management or related HR or business discipline or equivalent experience required.

• Working knowledge of Workday workflows and reporting.

• Excellent analytical abilities, ability to gather, synthesize and present data effectively to draw conclusions, propose actions and address executive decision support requirements.

• Up to date knowledge and experience of employment law, government compliance requirements and company policies and procedures.

• A history of establishing trust with professionals throughout an organization, functioning as a leader, advisor, business partner.

• Confident and effective relationship building skills at an executive level along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent project and program management skills; monitored and driven projects through established metrics while understanding the nuances of the organization (being organizationally aware).

• Proactive and self-starter; approaches responsibilities