Senior HR Business Partner

Stantec • Denver, CO

5d • Onsite

About The Position

We are in pursuit of an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our passionate, collaborative, and results-driven team. In this role, you will partner with leaders supporting teams across Canada and the United States. You will be a trusted advisor, strategist, consultant, analyst, change agent and coach. The successful individual will also sit alongside and collaborate with corporate leaders to develop and implement strategies that support people and organizational needs in addition to facilitating the deployment of our HR Strategic Plan. Everyday, you will engage in business conversations, influence, and equip people leaders to lead their teams and foster a highly engaged and inspiring workplace. We are looking for someone who is resilient, pragmatic, adaptable, and collaborative. Your counsel should be logical, analytical, and strategic. Your passion to make a difference will contribute to the success of our internal clients in creating better outcomes for our Stantec clients and the various communities we serve. This opportunity is truly career changing and an opportunity to take your career to the next level.

Requirements

• Proven influencer and collaborator, with the ability to provide guidance and support to employees and leaders.
• Developed skills in coaching managers, facilitation, conflict resolution and relationship management.
• Prior experience partnering and providing HR support to corporate functions preferred.
• Valued for your agility and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and having a focus for action-oriented results.
• Respected for balancing strategic and operational tasks with strong organizational and time management skills.
• Noted for your ability to identify and anticipate strategic and operational business and human capital challenges, then providing and executing innovative solutions with attention to critical details.
• Distinguished as a business partner who learns the business, and takes an active interest in continually enhancing your business acumen.
• Regarded as an exceptional communicator and able to influence a broad and diverse range of stakeholders through effective relationships, verbal, and written communication.
• Valued as a consummate professional, exercising confidentiality, discretion, sound judgment as well as possessing critical thinking in ambiguous situations.
• Recognized for your learning mindset, initiative, and ability to understand the business and challenges, and new and innovative approaches that result in improvements in team engagement, productivity, and organizational performance.
• Distinguished for an interest in continual personal development and keeping current in human resource best practices.
• Comprehensive understanding of core HR competencies.
• Adaptability to rapidly changing demands.
• Prior experience successfully operating within a matrix global organization and within a geographically dispersed team is an asset.
• Ability to travel to other Stantec offices as needed.
• Strong MS Office Suite skills preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of related work experience.

Nice To Haves

• HR certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the strategic rollout and results for all annual HR activities.
• Lead and report on workforce management activities including recruitment, retention, and workforce balance.
• Participate in identifying and implementing people-related strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Leaders to ensure alignment to our compensation philosophy.
• Manage the rollout and results for talent management strategies.
• Drive engagement & culture initiatives to foster a positive work environment.
• Participate in organizational design efforts to optimize structure, succession, and efficiency.
• Serve as a workforce champion and promote a positive work environment and employee experience.
• Support Leaders through the business planning processes.
• Influence excellence and results across all HR programs through effective and easy programs and strategies.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset and continually look for opportunities to increase the impact and return on investment of human resources programs.
• Develop and maintain a trusted advisor relationship with senior leaders and their teams by presenting multiple perspectives and challenging the status quo.
• Strategic partner to leaders providing counsel on business strategies.
• Offer dynamic and transformative solutions on workforce issues to meet the business need and create an inspired culture.
• Provide sound counsel that upholds Stantec’s culture, vision, and values and safeguards Stantec and its team members.
• Collaborate with partners across HR functions to harness the collective knowledge and work of our expert teams including – talent acquisition, compensation, immigration, learning and organizational development, engagement and employee experience, and benefits and wellness.
• Guide leaders in constructive ways to model behavior to drive engagement and retention of top talent and develop a high performing team.
• Collaborate within a geographically dispersed team to communicate, facilitate, and/or present HR programs and initiatives.
• Establish and credibility through a robust understanding of the business strategy, competitors and peer firms, and HR best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior