Director, HR Business Partner

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Human Resources has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Director, HR Business Partner reporting to the AVP, Human Resources.

 

This position will work on-site in Miramar, Florida.

 

Position Summary:

 

The Director, HR Business Partner is responsible for providing strategic HR business partnership and leadership that results in a high performing, engaged workforce and a more productive and profitable business unit. This role contributes to the health and success of the organization by having a deep understanding of the brand business priorities and proactively collaborating with business leaders to identify, develop, and implement talent strategies and workforce planning to meet the business objectives across several US based and international geographies and operating models. To be successful, this role must develop and sustain strategic and day-to-day consultative relationships with senior business leaders and their respective teams and act with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility as a trusted coach, advisor and confidant on business and talent related issues and opportunities. The Director must also build a highly effective HRBP team and collaborate with Department Leadership and HR COE partners in Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Talent Management, HR Operations, HR Analytics, Compensation/Benefits, and other departments. 

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Develop and implement in partnership with VP of HR an overriding Shoreside HR strategy that positively supports the business, is at the leading edge of HR practices and ensures the function adds value, considering each location(s) or business unit(s) requirements and constraints.
• Develop and maintain employee satisfaction and retention strategies for all areas of the shared services operations. 
• Maintain good understanding of critical business issues relating to supported business units and ensure that the HR strategy continues to provide appropriate initiatives and results in desired outcomes.
• Partner with leadership from E-Commerce, Digital & IT operations, global talent acquisition, global compensation & benefits, and global talent management to provide a comprehensive employee HR service for shoreside employees
• Provide strategic thought leadership to business leaders and workforce planning on talent and organizational impacts of business plans and decisions 
• Work with the business to identify the org structures, competencies, and processes needed to help the business run more effectively and grow according to projections. 
• Proactively identify trends and risk factors and provide solutions and recommendation to positively impact employee satisfaction, engagement, and productivity
• Drive talent management and succession planning activities within the business. Proactively partner with the business and COE partners in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Learning & Development to develop strategies to strengthen or fill gaps, as needed, to ensure a ready talent pipeline. 
• Closely partner with Talent Acquisition COE to develop regionally specific recruiting and retention strategies for business units, and support processes to ensure that the most effective sourcing and selection strategies are utilized
• Direct performance of all HR staff, ensuring performance metrics and practices are aligned with organizational priorities and HR best practices.
• Partner with legal, risk management, safety and medical to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements as well as company policies regarding safe and competent manning onboard vessels. 
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