10884 - Senior HR Business Partner

Hyundai Autoever America•Irvine, CA

27d•$103,170 - $158,873

About The Position

Hyundai AutoEver America (HAEA) is seeking a highly capable Senior HR Business Partner to partner closely with managers and leaders across the organization. This role will focus on strengthening teams, elevating leadership effectiveness, and supporting the business through thoughtful, practical People solutions. The ideal candidate will balance strategic partnership with hands-on execution, comfortable coaching leaders, navigating complex employee matters, supporting organizational changes, and helping scalable HR programs come to life. The Senior HR Business Partner will align people practices with business priorities, support talent and workforce planning, and provide sound guidance to enable informed, consistent, and business-minded decisions.

Requirements

8–10 years of progressive HR experience, including experience in an HR Business Partner or People Partner role supporting managers and leaders.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required.
A practical, business-minded approach to HR partnership, with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
Strong experience coaching managers through performance management, employee development, feedback conversations, corrective action, and employee relations matters.
Strong understanding of employee relations, performance management, HR compliance, policy interpretation, and applicable employment laws.

Nice To Haves

Comfort working through ambiguity, shifting priorities, and sensitive people matters with sound judgment, discretion, and follow-through.
Highly collaborative and cross-functional, with the ability to build strong partnerships across HR, Legal, Finance, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, and business teams.
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence, align stakeholders, document clearly, and provide guidance that leaders can act on.
Experience supporting organizational change, talent processes, People programs, manager enablement, or scalable HR process improvements.
MBA or Master’s degree related field.
Professional HR certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner closely with managers and leaders to provide practical, business-minded guidance on performance management, team effectiveness, employee development, workforce planning, and role clarity.
Coach leaders through feedback conversations, performance improvement plans, employee concerns, organizational needs, and sensitive people decisions with sound judgment and empathy.
Partner with leaders on organizational design, team effectiveness, change management, communication planning, and role or structure changes that support business growth and operational needs.
Help leaders refine responsibilities, strengthen team structure, and identify development opportunities that set teams up for success.
Support talent reviews, performance management cycles, calibration discussions, succession planning, development planning, retention strategies, and other core People programs within assigned client groups.
Help build and execute clear communications, timelines, documentation, and manager guidance so People programs are implemented consistently and effectively.
Support and advise on employee relations matters, investigations, corrective actions, policy interpretation, and performance concerns with fairness, consistency, confidentiality, and strong documentation.
Partner with HR leadership, Legal, and business leaders on sensitive or complex employee matters when additional review, risk assessment, or alignment is needed.
Work collaboratively across Compensation, Talent Acquisition, Benefits, Payroll, HRIS, Learning & Development, Legal, and business teams to drive aligned, practical, and scalable HR solutions.
Translate enterprise HR programs, policies, and business needs into clear, usable guidance for leaders and employees.
Use people data and business context to identify trends, surface risks, support recommendations, and help leaders make informed decisions.
Prepare concise insights and summaries related to turnover, headcount, performance, engagement, and organizational health to support ongoing business reviews.