Market HR Sr. Director

United Fidelity Bank • Bradenton, FL

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About The Position

The Market HR Senior Director operates across AutoNation's most complex markets with the highest level of business credibility and strategic influence available to an individual contributor in the HRBP function. This role serves as the senior HR advisor to the Market President — a true peer in business conversations, not a functional support — and is expected to own the people strategy for AutoNation's largest and most operationally complex markets. The Senior Director integrates all four HRBP pillars into a unified, market-specific workforce strategy; anticipates organizational health risks before they surface in data; and operates with the executive presence, business fluency, and judgment that makes them indispensable to the Market President and visible to AutoNation's senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required
• 8–12 years of progressive HR experience with demonstrated senior business partner capability in a complex, multi-market environment
• SPHR or SHRM-SCP required
• Workday or comparable HRIS proficiency required
• Advanced knowledge of multi-state and multi-jurisdiction employment law

Nice To Haves

• Additional executive education or advanced certification preferred
• Experience with HR reporting tools or dashboards preferred
• Retail, automotive, or high-volume multi-site experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Talent Selection Set and own the talent selection standard for one of AutoNation's most complex markets — hold the Market President, GMs, and hiring managers accountable to it without exception
• Lead GM-level talent assessments in direct partnership with the Market President; bring a decisive, evidence-based recommendation and stand behind it
• Anticipate critical leadership vacancies across a large, multi-brand, multi-state portfolio — drive proactive succession and pipeline development rather than reactive posting
• Conduct market-wide staffing and workforce planning reviews; identify macro talent trends across brands, geographies, and roles before they require urgent action
• Serve as a senior field partner to the Talent Acquisition COE — bring the market's talent intelligence and shape COE strategy based on what is actually happening in stores
• Own the pipeline narrative for the market at the VP, Human Resources and Market President level; quantify depth, risk, and investment needed
• Maintain a comprehensive and current talent map of the full GM and key Department Manager population across a large, complex market — depth of knowledge and currency of information are non-negotiable at this level
• Model and enforce the coaching-over-doing standard; the Senior Director never does work that belongs to a GM or leader, and never accepts an HRBP relationship that creates leader dependency
• Lead quarterly talent calibration sessions with the Market President and VP, Human Resources; own the succession narrative, the risk register, and the recommended talent investments
• Shape market-specific capability development in partnership with the Talent Development COE — bring the field perspective that drives COE strategy, not just requests
• Identify and activate high-potential associates across the market; connect them to development pathways and track progress with the same rigor applied to business KPIs
• Serve as the VP, Human Resources' market intelligence source on leadership bench depth and talent risk across the most complex portfolio in the enterprise
• Own the organizational health intelligence for the market at the highest level — synthesize listening data, ER case patterns, engagement trends, turnover analytics, and business performance into a forward-looking market health narrative
• Present organizational health assessments to the Market President and VP, Human Resources with clarity, specificity, and a recommended action agenda — not a data deck
• Coach GMs across a large, complex portfolio to lead their own team listening responses; build GM ownership of associate experience as a market-wide operating standard
• Identify systemic organizational health risks across a multi-state, multi-brand portfolio and escalate to the VP, Human Resources with both urgency and a recommended solution
• Serve as the senior market partner to the ER Team on case trends; bring macro-level insight into systemic ER exposure across the market and help shape the ER team's prioritization
• Operate as a genuine peer to the Market President in business strategy conversations — this is not a support relationship, it is a partnership between two senior leaders with different but equally important expertise
• Understand the market's P&L with enough fluency to connect every people decision to a financial outcome — the Senior Director speaks the language of the business, not the language of HR
• Challenge the Market President's people decisions when the data, the risk, or the workforce strategy warrants it; push back with evidence, offer alternatives, and sustain the position without deferring
• Develop and own the market's people strategy — a forward-looking, integrated view of talent, culture, and organizational health tied to the market's business plan
• Present workforce analytics and organizational health intelligence to senior leadership on a regular cadence; the Senior Director is AutoNation's clearest window into how the market's people strategy is performing
• Operate as a visible ambassador of AutoNation's DRIVE values across the most associate-dense portfolio in the enterprise

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and 401k matching
• Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with insurance plans (health, dental, vision) and maternity benefits.
• Associate purchase and discount programs for new and pre-owned vehicles, services, parts, collision, accessories, and AutoGear
• Access amazing deals and discounts through YouDecide, a website with offers from top providers and retailers
• Join our DRVPNK mission to raise and donate millions of dollars to cancer research and treatment, partnering with cancer charities nationwide

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees