Director, HR Business Partner

Barclays • New York, NY

6d • $225,000 - $325,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a trusted advisor to Senior business heads across key strategic Asset Classes, this role requires strong partnership to influence the development and implementation of a people strategy that enables business goals. The Director, HR Business Partner will drive business performance through close partnership with the business, leading the development and execution of the HR Strategy to enable commercial value. This role will translate changing business needs into effective, integrated HR strategies and actions. The position involves providing advice and counsel to senior business leaders on people-related issues and opportunities to drive improved performance, such as cultural trends, senior employee relations issues, talent skill gaps/hiring needs, and succession planning. It also requires using organization effectiveness principles to partner with senior business leaders to ensure structures are organized to deliver efficiency aligned with strategic objectives. The role participates in HR product design, using commercial acumen, deep business knowledge, and external insights, and represents HR services and products back into the business, ensuring products and processes drive desired outcomes at the local business level.

Requirements

• Deep experience in large and complex financial services institution, with exposure to global Banking & Markets.
• Experienced HR Business Partner with ability to build relationships and influence at a senior level.
• Strong business and commercial acumen with experience of contributing to the business strategic agenda.
• Ability to lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Passionate about developing high performing organisations where HR is an enabler to success.
• Proactive operating style with the energy and drive to push forward the strategic agenda.
• Collaborative and solutions-focussed; able to build strong relationships across the whole Bank.
• Articulate, to the point and pacey.
• Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours (L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others).
• Demonstrate the Barclays Values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship).
• Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge and Drive).

Responsibilities

• Drive business performance through close partnership with the business, leading the development and execution of the HR Strategy to enable commercial value.
• Translate changing business needs into effective, integrated HR strategies and actions.
• Provision of advice and counsel to the most senior business leaders on specific people related issues and opportunities to drive improved performance (e.g. cultural trends, senior ER related issue, talent skill gaps/hiring needs, succession.)
• Use of organisation effectiveness principles, partner with senior business leaders to ensure structures are organised in a way to deliver efficiency aligned to strategic objectives.
• Participation in HR product design, using commercial acumen, deep business knowledge and external insights and represent HR service and products back into the business, using relationships and business knowledge to ensure products and processes drive the desired outcome at the local business level.
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.

Benefits

• The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any another type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed