Senior Director, HR Business Partner
Job ID 2023-01550
Description
Job Title: Senior Director, HR Business Partner
Position Summary
The Senior Director, HR Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a senior strategic advisor to business leaders, aligning people strategy with organizational and commercial objectives. This role partners with executives and leadership to drive workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, and talent capabilities that enable business growth and performance.
The Senior Director HRBP translates business priorities into actionable people strategies, ensuring talent, organizational design, and leadership capabilities support both near-term operational goals and long-term commercial success.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Business Partnership
- Act as a trusted advisor to executives and business unit leaders on people strategy and organizational effectiveness.
- Translate business strategy into HR priorities that drive growth, productivity, and competitive advantage.
- Drive business results by executing workforce planning, talent assessment and strategy, and organizational design aligned with commercial objectives.
- Use data, analytics, and market insights to guide strategic decision-making.
Workforce Planning and Commercial Alignment
- Understand financial, operational, and market drivers impacting the business and translate them into talent and organizational plans.
- Partner with finance and leadership teams to lead headcount planning, productivity optimization, and cost management.
- Identify workforce opportunities and risks affecting revenue growth, margins, and operational performance.
- Align workforce actions and plans to the needs and performance of the business on a quarterly basis.
Organizational Effectiveness
- Lead organizational design initiatives including restructuring, scaling teams, and operating model optimization.
- Guide leaders through change management, transformation initiatives, and business evolution.
- Improve communication, decision-making, collaboration, and accountability across leadership teams.
- Ensure people leaders have the tools and support needed to effectively manage employee and team performance.
Talent Management
- Lead assessment of talent capabilities and drive workforce plans that ensure the business has the right talent to achieve business outcomes.
- Guide and support leaders to make the right, and difficult talent decisions which accelerate growth and results.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Team to ensure critical roles are filled timely, competitive to market rates, and with top talent.
- Identify and mitigate talent risks through retention and engagement strategies.
- Build leadership capabilities in the business through strong partnerships and leadership coaching.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including 7+ years in a HR Business Partner role.
- Multiple years of experience supporting a large commercial business unit and leadership team.
- Organizational development experience in one or more of the following areas: organizational design, strategic workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, change management & transformation.
- Experience supporting senior executives and business unit leadership teams.
- 5+ years work experience in a high-growth, transformation, or private equity organization.
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Finance, or Business Administration
- Professional HR certifications (e.g., SHRM, SPHR)
- Consumer goods experience
Required Leadership Competencies
- Commercial mindset and financial literacy
- Data driven decision making
- Executive influence and stakeholder management
- Change leadership and agility
- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Anticipates and manages risk
Environmental Factors:
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to use a computer keyboard and view a monitor for extended periods of time.
- This role requires on-site presence Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere on Fridays.
What we offer:
- Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision plans
- Generous Paid Time Off Programs
- Life & Disability Insurance
- FSA/HSA/Dependent Care FSA
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k and company match
- EAP & Employee Wellness Programs
- Volunteer Days Paid Time Off
- Free breakfast and lunch in the Stamford office
- Free parking and free train station shuttle
About us:
Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories.
Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands include CONAIR, Cuisinart, BabylissPRO, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring.
Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products.
At Conair, we inspire our customers with innovative high-quality products and
iconic brands that enhance their lives.
Are you passionate about this opportunity but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Conair!