Senior Manager, People Business Partner
About The Position
Rowan Digital Infrastructure is seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Manager, People Business Partner to join the PBP pillar. This role will partner closely with leaders to drive organizational effectiveness, team performance, and talent outcomes. The position reports to the Director, PBP and will play a critical part in scaling the business by aligning people strategy with business priorities. As a trusted advisor to leaders, the Senior Manager, PBP will operate at both a strategic and executional level, supporting org design, performance management, employee relations, and workforce planning, while reinforcing a high-performance, principles-aligned culture. The role is hybrid in-office in Denver, CO, with the ability to travel up to 20% to company locations or for meetings.
Requirements
- 7–10+ years of progressive HR experience, including PBP or equivalent business-facing roles
- Experience partnering with senior leaders in high-growth, fast-paced environments
- Strong understanding of organizational design, performance management, and employee relations
- Demonstrated ability to influence and coach leaders at multiple levels
- Experience working in a multi-state environment with knowledge of employment laws and compliance
- Strong business acumen and ability to connect people strategies to business outcomes
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capability, with experience leveraging workforce, talent, and business data to identify trends, diagnose organizational challenges, and develop data-informed solutions that drive business outcomes
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Excellent communication, judgment, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated agility and adaptability in response to changing business needs and priorities
Nice To Haves
- Experience working within a People team model that includes PBP, Centers of Excellence, and People Operations.
- Experience supporting technical, infrastructure, construction, or engineering organizations.
- Familiarity with HR systems and people analytics tools (e.g. HiBob, Ashby).
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to translate business needs into scalable people solutions, aligned with Rowan’s business goals and operational priorities.
- Cultivate strong, trust-based relationships across the business, acting as a coach, advisor and thought partner on complex organizational and people challenges.
- Provide guidance on organizational design, team structure, and workforce planning.
- Drive performance management processes, including goal setting, feedback, and performance reviews.
- Support talent planning, succession planning, and development of high-potential employees.
- Partner with leaders to address performance gaps and elevate team effectiveness.
- Coach and advise managers on performance management, employee relations, feedback and development, and team engagement.
- Build manager capability and reinforce leadership expectations.
- Serve as a point of contact for employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and compliant outcomes.
- Partner with leaders to proactively address team dynamics and mitigate risk.
- Escalate complex issues to Director, HRBP as needed.
- Support headcount planning and alignment to business strategy.
- Identify trends and risks related to attrition, engagement, and performance.
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure alignment across teams.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring strategy and workforce planning.
- Partner with Talent Development on manager capability and leadership programs.
- Partner with People Operations on processes, systems, and compliance.
- Ensure seamless execution across the employee lifecycle.
- Reinforce company guiding principles through leadership behaviors and team practices.
- Support engagement survey action planning and follow-through.
- Partner with leaders to foster an inclusive, high-performing culture.
Benefits
- Hybrid working environment
- Team building and educational opportunities
- Generous benefits package including robust health benefits and a 401(k)-company contribution
- Unlimited PTO
- RTD ECO pass or parking reimbursement
- Competitive compensation, bonus, and an incentive plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
