Senior Director, HRBP & Organizational Effectiveness

Carnival Corporation • Miami, FL

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Human Resources Business Partner & Organizational Effectiveness is a senior enterprise HR leader responsible for leading the Corporate HR Business Partner team and shaping organizational strategy, workforce effectiveness, and talent outcomes within a large, complex, and evolving business environment. This role serves as a trusted advisor to senior executives and operates as a strategic architect and integrator across the HR ecosystem, connecting business priorities to organizational design, operating model evolution, talent strategy, and leadership outcomes. The leader will play a critical role in advancing the transformation and consolidation of the HR function and helping build a more modern, scalable, and high-performing HR organization. This is a forward-looking role focused on organizational effectiveness, enterprise capability building, and HR modernization. The leader will leverage data, technology, and AI-enabled solutions to simplify, optimize, and enhance how HR delivers value to the business.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including significant senior HR Business Partner and organizational effectiveness leadership
• Experience operating within large, complex, highly matrixed organizations, ideally across multiple brands, business units, and geographies
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, operating model development, and workforce strategy
• Proven ability to act as a strategic advisor to senior executives, influencing decisions at the highest levels
• Track record of leading enterprise transformation, organizational change, and operating model evolution
• Experience working across HR functions, including HR Business Partners and Centers of Excellence, to deliver integrated solutions
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational effectiveness, efficiency, simplification, and measurable business impact at scale
• Experience leveraging data, technology, and AI-enabled solutions to enhance HR outcomes
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect talent strategy to business performance
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams in fast-paced, evolving environments

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, translating business strategy into integrated organizational and talent strategies
• Influence and challenge leadership to drive clarity in priorities, operating models, and performance outcomes
• Connect business needs to enterprise HR capabilities, ensuring alignment across HR Business Partners and Centers of Excellence
• Drive alignment between business goals and talent decisions to enable sustainable performance
• Lead the design and evolution of organizational structures aligned to strategic priorities and future-state business needs
• Drive operating model design, including clarity on roles, decision rights, governance, and ways of working
• Optimize spans and layers, organizational efficiency, and team effectiveness
• Guide leaders in defining role clarity, accountabilities, and organizational interfaces
• Translate business strategy into forward-looking workforce and capability plans
• Partner with leadership to continuously evolve the organization, not just solve for current-state needs
• Act as a connector across the HR ecosystem, ensuring alignment and integration across HR Business Partners and Centers of Excellence
• Support the transformation and consolidation of HR functions, driving consistency, scale, and effectiveness across the enterprise
• Identify opportunities to simplify, streamline, and modernize HR processes and operating models
• Ensure HR solutions are aligned, scalable, and deliver measurable business value
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement across the HR function
• Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI, technology, and digital tools to enhance HR delivery, decision-making, and employee experience
• Drive efficiency and effectiveness improvements that reduce complexity and enable scale
• Partner with HR and business leaders to introduce forward-thinking, digital-first solutions
• Lead large-scale transformation initiatives, including organizational redesign, operating model shifts, and business integrations
• Partner with leadership to define and execute change strategies that drive adoption and long-term sustainability
• Ensure consistent, clear communication and alignment during periods of change
• Build leadership capability to lead effectively through ambiguity, transformation, and evolving business needs
• Drive enterprise talent strategies, including succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential identification
• Build leadership pipelines and future-ready capabilities across the organization
• Ensure robust talent reviews that inform strategic workforce decisions
• Strengthen leadership effectiveness through coaching, feedback, and development planning
• Assess and monitor organizational health using engagement data, performance indicators, and qualitative insights
• Partner with leaders to strengthen culture, employee experience, and inclusion
• Identify and address systemic organizational challenges that impact performance or engagement
• Drive accountability for leadership behaviors aligned to company values
• Leverage data and insights to inform organizational design and talent decisions
• Utilize workforce analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities
• Guide leaders in making evidence-based decisions related to structure, talent, and performance
• Partner across HR to align insights with enterprise strategies
• Lead and develop a high-performing Corporate HRBP team, building strong strategic, consultative, and enterprise capability
• Elevate the overall effectiveness of the HR function through integration, alignment, and continuous improvement
• Partner across HR to deliver seamless, enterprise-wide solutions
• Contribute to building a world-class, forward-thinking HR organization

Benefits

• Annual cash bonus program
• Discretionary equity incentive plan (for Director and above roles)
• Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans
• Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources
• Company paid term life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match
• Employee Stock Purchase plan
• 8 company-wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays
• Vacation Time (19 days/year for Director and above)
• 80 hours of sick time each year
• Complementary stand-by cruises
• Employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends
• Personal and professional learning and development resources
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

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