Human Resources Director - Executive Functions & Culture

BAE Systems • VA

86d • $135,556 - $230,444

About The Position

BAE Systems is hiring a Human Resources Director who will support a collection of our C-Suite executives and their functional teams. The position is based in Falls Church, VA and will require in office presence at least three days per week. In this role, the Human Resources Director is responsible for strategizing, planning, organizing, and coordinating all aspects of HR Management, including the implementation of key activities related to succession planning, talent management, benefits, compensation, performance management, and high potential assessment and development. This role will own the HR strategy for a subset of the headquarter functions, identifying solutions and tackling the most pressing talent opportunities and challenges at a strategic level, successfully partnering with functional leaders to create value for the business. This role is pivotal to ensuring the organization's ability to create an inclusive culture, accelerate development for our employees, build people leader capability, forecast and develop our critical skills roadmap and implement solutions that result in a strong retention for our talent. This role also has responsibility to serve as the People & Culture partner for our HQ teams, serving as an expert consultant and trusted advisor to key stakeholders, including senior business and HR leaders.

Requirements

• Typically, a bachelor’s degree and 12 years of experience, or Master’s and 10 years’ experience or a PhD with 8 years’ experience or 14 years’ experience with an associate’s degree or 16+ years’ experience with a High school diploma.
• Experience in Human Resources Management/Leadership
• Experience in Strategic HR development and execution
• Experience in Human Resources including inclusive culture, succession planning, talent management, benefits, compensation, performance management, etc.
• Clear, comprehensive understanding of the link between talent and other HR initiatives and business strategy as well as deep knowledge of HR policies, processes (e.g., workforce planning and talent management) and talent management practices
• Ability to identify new ways for HR to support the business strategy and develop clear, actionable steps in support of the overall business strategy
• Ability to synthesize large quantities of quantitative and qualitative data, recognize trends, tie back to business priorities and develop recommendations based on data analysis
• Experience in Program/Project Management
• Experience in People Management/Leadership
• Ability to develop effective relationships
• Ability to lead change and organizational transformation
• Strong business acumen
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong partnership skills and the ability to influence aligned business unit or functional leader
• Effective team player and networker
• Strong interpersonal, communication and customer service skills

Nice To Haves

• Graduate Degree
• HR Certification
• Experience in Defense/Government Contracting

Responsibilities

• Serve as a coach, strategic advisor and business partner to the sector senior leadership
• Identify and develop key talent to grow the business, build current and future capability, and achieve long-term business success
• Build relationships with business leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution
• Execute HR strategies to progress the ESS People Strategy and deliver value to the business
• Understand the business strategy and identify opportunities to increase alignment with the strategy by helping business leaders identify, prioritize and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures and processes.
• Diagnose gaps between current and desired organization performance and deploy actions to resolve gaps, including organization redesign, process change, coaching and training
• Analyze workforce trends to model and forecast future labor requirements to support senior leaders in workforce planning and succession management.
• Align performance management and reward strategies to reinforce an environment of dedication and innovation
• Coach senior leaders to improve leadership abilities, relationships among teams/individuals and interpersonal communications, as well as deliver effective performance feedback.
• Partner closely with sector Human Resources colleagues and leadership, as well as colleagues in the Centers of Expertise (COEs) and others across the company
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders to foster trust and influence key decisions
• Influence leaders to action and understand business strategies
• Translate strategies into an executable plan that will help Sector leadership address key human capital needs that are directly related to the successful delivery of business outcomes and performance
• Serve as a project manager, including strategizing, planning, organizing, and coordinating all aspects of Human Resources
• Serve as a creative problem solver; formulate recommendations using data to clearly demonstrate the value of the solution
• Must be results oriented and resilient, delivering consistent results while exhibiting behaviors in line with our ESS culture
• Provide strong people leadership by serving as a direct supervisor to HR manager
• Intentionally guide, support, and leverage leaders to drive execution of strategic People & Culture-related efforts
• Lead efforts to support people leaders’ achievement of the Impactful Leader Objective
• Leverage data to determine belonging-focused learning needs and plans, including measurement of efforts and outcomes
• Leverage data to determine employee development needs and strategically identify talent for participation in programs, opportunities, and career support offerings
• Raise awareness about holistic well-being and resilience practices and provide support with respect to embedding them within team norms
• Leverage data, insights, and themes from surveys and other feedback collection efforts to recommend and support leader action plans to improve the employee experience

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Legal plan
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Military leave
• Bereavement leave
• Federal and state sick leave
• Company recognition program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees