HR Business Partner - Leadership & Organizational Development

RWE • Chicago, IL

10d • $150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

RWE Trading Americas Inc. is seeking a seasoned HR Business Partner with expertise in leadership and organizational development to support its expanding HR presence. This role is for a senior individual contributor who will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, helping them address complex people and organizational challenges. The ideal candidate will possess strong business partnering experience, commercial thinking, and a practical mindset to identify issues and implement solutions that enhance leadership capability, team performance, and organizational effectiveness. This position involves both strategic advice and hands-on execution, translating business challenges into practical people and development solutions.

Requirements

• Significant, progressive experience as an HR Business Partner or in a comparable senior HR role, ideally within a fast-paced, high-performance and/or international environment.
• A strong track record of handling complex people and organizational situations with sound judgment and confidence.
• Meaningful experience in leadership, team and/or organizational development, with the ability to translate business challenges into practical interventions.
• Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving skills, balancing business needs, people considerations and risk.
• Credibility and confidence when partnering with, influencing and constructively challenging senior leaders.
• A hands-on, pragmatic approach and the ability to move from diagnosis and recommendation through to execution.
• Strong experience with employee relations and US employment practices.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in financial services, trading or another high-performance environment is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to investment or energy trading is an advantage.
• Experience with leadership assessment and development tools such as Hogan, Insights or 360° feedback
• Familiarity with SAP SuccessFactors or similar HR systems
• Exposure to HR analytics, people insights or AI-enabled HR tools

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on complex people topics, including performance, employee relations, team effectiveness, organizational change and broader people challenges.
• Identify underlying leadership, team and organizational issues and translate them into practical, commercially minded solutions.
• Design, adapt and deliver targeted interventions that strengthen leadership capability, manager effectiveness and team performance.
• Support talent reviews and succession planning, turning discussions into concrete development actions and follow-through.
• Help leaders and teams navigate organizational change and evolving business priorities.
• Adapt global HR, talent and leadership development frameworks to meet the needs of the US business.
• Work closely with local and global HR colleagues to deliver a consistent and impactful people agenda.

Benefits

• A strategic and hands-on HR role with a clear focus on people, leadership, and organizational development.
• High-impact opportunity to shape and drive the people development agenda in a growing US organization, directly influencing culture and performance.
• Close collaboration with a global HR team and counterparts, providing exposure to international best practices and opportunities for continued learning.
• A dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance working environment within a leading trading and financial services organization, offering both challenge and reward.

What This Job Offers

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