People Business Partner, South

Cobalt Service Partners•Dallas, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The People Business Partner, South serves as an on-the-ground extension of Cobalt's People team, partnering directly with regional leaders across the South and Southeast to execute people strategy, manage talent, and lead organizational change. This is a high-autonomy, field-based role: the right person will build trust with regional leaders, translate headquarters initiatives for frontline teams in a way that upholds a people-first culture, and know when to make the call versus when to escalate.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant HR/People experience, ideally in a field-based, multi-site, or regionally distributed environment
Experience in security integration, entrance solutions, or other blue-collar, multi-location industries (e.g., HVAC, plumbing, electrical)
Proven people-management experience, with a clear track record of leading a team to drive results — enabling direct reports to operate with clear direction and autonomy while upholding the highest standards of execution
Demonstrated experience in workforce planning and full-cycle talent management
Proven ability to lead and support organizational change management initiatives
Strong data collection, analysis, and interpretation skills, with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable recommendations for both leaders and employees
Track record of building relationships and driving influence without formal authority over the teams being advised
Comfort and direct experience working with blue-collar or frontline employee populations, with an understanding of how blue-collar and white-collar work environments differ
Ability to travel an average of 50%, with the possibility for more at times
Distills complex information for the audience in front of them, communicates concisely, and favors genuine, down-to-earth language over anything scripted or corporate.
Listens actively and empathetically, balancing personal, employee, and business needs.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity, applying nuanced judgment that balances policy, business, and people needs.
Confident and decisive, with the courage to make a call and own it.
Brings positive, light, engaged energy no matter the moment or challenge — someone people want to see walk into the room.
Self-starter who takes initiative rather than waiting to be told what to do; executes according to directives or the vision, staying on task and filtering out lower-priority noise to focus on what matters most.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of private equity culture and comfort navigating the tension between people and profit — finding ways to advance both without compromising performance or company values
Learning & development experience, including designing or delivering training content

Responsibilities

Partner with regional leaders to execute Cobalt's people strategy across the South and Southeast, and support workforce planning as the region and portfolio grow.
Own talent management processes and lead organizational change initiatives, proactively identifying and addressing systemic trends in employee-relations issues.
Translate headquarters initiatives and directives for frontline teams in a way that upholds a people-first culture, supported by thoughtful, well-sequenced change management.
Collect, analyze, and interpret regional people data, communicating it differently — and always actionably — for leadership versus employees.
Build relationships and influence with regional leaders without formal authority, spend meaningful time in the field with employees and managers, and exercise sound judgment on when to escalate.
Lead direct reports with clear direction and autonomy, upholding the highest standards of execution as the team grows alongside the region.