HRBP Director - Legal, Ethics & Compliance & PM

Cummins•Indianapolis, IN

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The HRBP Director - Legal, Ethics & Compliance & PM serves as a strategic advisor and executive coach to senior business leaders, translating business priorities into talent, organization, and culture strategies that support sustainable performance. The role operates in a complex, global, highly matrixed environment, navigating ambiguity and balancing enterprise and business needs while using business insights, technology, and people analytics to shape solutions and influence critical decisions. The director mobilizes the broader HR organization as one team, partners closely with Legal, Ethics & Compliance, and leads complex HR projects and initiatives. The position also develops capable, authentic leaders and delivers integrated talent solutions that strengthen culture and drive business success. The role is onsite with flexibility in Indianapolis, Indiana; relocation assistance is available.

Requirements

Demonstrated HR business partner or senior HR leadership experience in a large, complex, matrixed organization; experience in a Fortune 100 environment is ideal.
Proven experience advising and coaching C-suite or senior executive leaders, handling sensitive and ambiguous situations, constructively challenging thinking, and influencing business, organization, and talent decisions without direct authority.
Deep experience translating business strategy into workforce planning, succession, leadership development, organization design, change management, culture, and talent strategies, supported by data and people analytics.
Significant HR consulting experience, including budgetary and annual operating planning.
Business and financial acumen, including the ability to understand business strategy, market dynamics, operating priorities, financial drivers, and organizational implications and translate them into people strategies.
Exceptional executive presence, consulting, and coaching capability; ability to advise senior leaders, manage conflict, and build trusted relationships.
Global mindset and demonstrated effectiveness across a diverse, complex, matrixed organization with differing priorities, stakeholders, cultures, and perspectives.
Strength in strategic workforce planning, organization design, succession planning, leadership development, team effectiveness, and change management.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, using people analytics, qualitative insights, data, and hypothesis-driven thinking to diagnose challenges and influence data-informed decisions.
Ability to navigate ambiguity with agility and courage, clarify undefined situations, align competing priorities, drive accountability, and adapt solutions as business needs evolve.

Nice To Haves

College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
SHRM or HRCI certification.
Experience in a Fortune 100 environment.

Responsibilities

Partner with senior business leaders to translate business strategy into an integrated people and talent agenda, anticipating workforce needs, talent risks, capability gaps, and organizational opportunities.
Build strategic workforce plans connecting talent, skills, succession, organizational structure, and leadership capability to immediate priorities and longer-term business objectives.
Serve as a trusted advisor and executive coach, bringing perspective, constructive challenge, and sound judgment to complex leadership, talent, organizational, and business decisions.
Lead organization effectiveness, organization design, and change initiatives that improve business operations while strengthening leadership effectiveness, employee experience, and culture.
Mobilize the broader HR organization as one HR team, connecting expertise and resources to business priorities and establishing clear ownership, outcomes, and accountability.
Use employee listening, people analytics, business insights, and external perspectives to identify emerging issues, shape interventions, measure impact, and strengthen engagement and organizational performance.
Partner closely with Legal, Ethics & Compliance.
Lead complex HR projects and initiatives.
Develop capable, authentic leaders and deliver integrated talent solutions.