Sr. Director, Regional HR Business Partner, Wood River Refinery

Phillips 66 • Roxana, IL

8d • $257,400 - $314,600

About The Position

As the Senior Director, Regional HR Business Partner at Phillips 66, you will lead the HR business partner function for a significant part of the Refining organization, translating our business strategy into a clear people agenda that advances performance and growth. You will shape enterprise-wide HR strategies, frameworks, and insights while building trusted partnerships with senior leaders across the company. In this role, you will bring our Lead Forward leadership model to life by setting a high bar for integrity, accountability, collaboration, and quality decisions. At Phillips 66, Lead Forward is our leadership approach. It defines how leaders show up, make decisions, and support their teams while delivering results in a complex, fast‑changing environment. Leaders who lead other leaders are expected to scale strong leadership across teams. This includes coaching leaders, aligning work to strategy, and breaking down barriers so teams can work together effectively. You’ll guide others through change, encourage sound decision-making, and ensure accountability for results.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.
• Bachelor’s degree
• 15 or more years of relevant HR experience, including strategic HR business partnership with senior leaders, talent management, workforce planning, leadership development and/or change management.
• 10 or more years of people leadership, mentorship, or related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, communicate, and build relationships at all levels, and to link business objectives with HR activities

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree such as an MBA or a graduate degree in a relevant field.
• Significant senior HR business partner or HR leadership experience in large, complex, multi‑site organizations, ideally within energy, manufacturing, or similarly capital‑intensive industries.
• Proven track record building and leading cohesive HR teams that support enterprise‑wide strategy, transformation, and culture initiatives.
• Deep experience with HR data, analytics, and HR technology to drive insight‑led workforce and organization decisions.
• Demonstrated success leading through ambiguity, managing significant change, and creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high‑quality decision‑making aligned with a contemporary leadership framework such as Lead Forward.
• Experience setting, managing, and optimizing sizeable HR budgets and investments to balance strategic impact and cost effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR business partner strategy for your area of responsibility, translating the company’s mission, vision, and strategy into a clear and actionable people plan while role‑modeling transparency, ethics, and trust in every decision.
• Lead a team of regional HR professionals and cross-functional team members across the US and UK.
• Own the HR agenda and outcomes for your portfolio, setting clear expectations, monitoring progress against goals, and holding yourself and leaders accountable for delivering sustainable business and people results.
• Design, enhance, and govern HR frameworks and tools (including workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, development, succession, rewards, and employee experience) that enable the attraction, development, and retention of talent at a competitive and responsible cost.
• Build and develop a cohesive HR business partner and extended HR team, aligning roles and priorities, coaching leaders, and creating a culture of inclusion, shared purpose, and recognition that strengthens leadership capability across the organization.
• Use HR data, analytics, and insights at the enterprise or business‑unit level to diagnose root causes, inform high‑quality decisions, and advise senior leaders on actions that improve engagement, capability, and overall business performance.
• Partner across HR centers of expertise and business functions to remove organizational barriers, ensure consistent policy and practice, and foster open, candid communication that enables faster, better cross‑functional solutions.
• Lead HR support for complex change initiatives, helping the organization navigate ambiguity by providing clear direction, anticipating risks, and guiding leaders and teams through transitions in a calm, focused, and productive way.
• Set and manage HR budgets and resource plans for your area, aligning investments with strategic priorities and using financial and workforce insights to balance value, cost, and risk.
• Provide trusted, expert counsel to senior and executive leaders on people, organization, and culture topics, ensuring policies, practices, and decisions are aligned with company values, external requirements, and long‑term strategy.

Benefits

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

What This Job Offers

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