Staff HR Business Partner

General Motors•Austin, TX

42d

About The Position

The HRBP Principal, serves as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, driving enterprise-level talent strategies and organizational effectiveness. This role requires exceptional consultative skills, strategic foresight, and the ability to influence across a complex, global matrix environment. As a recognized expert in the field, they lead initiatives that shape the workforce of the future, leveraging technology, data, and deep business acumen to deliver measurable impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or equivalent professional experience.
10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant exposure to strategic HRBP roles in large, complex organizations.
Proven track record in enterprise organizational design, leadership development, and global talent management.
Expertise in HR technology platforms and AI-enabled HR solutions.
Exceptional communication, proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MBA or MA in HR) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with senior leadership teams to define and execute enterprise-wide talent strategies, including global workforce planning, organizational transformation, and future-ready job architecture.
Serve as a strategic advisor, guiding leaders through ambiguity, large-scale change, and complex business challenges.
Build executive-level credibility and influence across global teams, driving alignment without relying on formal authority.
Use advanced analytics and market intelligence to shape decisions and demonstrate HR’s impact on business performance.
Collaborate with global Centers of Excellence (CoEs) to design and deliver integrated, innovative HR solutions aligned with enterprise priorities.
Lead enterprise organizational design and transformation initiatives, ensuring agility and alignment with global business strategy.
Drive executive leadership development, succession planning, and capability building for critical roles.
Act as a strategic talent architect, identifying gaps and shaping strategies to strengthen leadership pipelines.
Champion a world-class employee experience, ensuring alignment with company values and cultural priorities across regions.
Sets objectives and takes responsibility for achieving metrics and Key Performance Indicators that directly influence the attainment of results, providing measurable contributions to HR outcomes and aligning with GM's strategic priorities.
Contributes innovative, impactful ideas, and leads large projects with broad visibility.
Develops, plans, and implements solutions that require integration of multiple related teams or larger teams of both internal and external stakeholders.
Champions change and influence adoption of innovative HR practices.
Co-leads complex change management programs, ensuring adoption and sustainability across diverse teams.
Role models GM's behaviors necessary to maintain a productive team without inhibiting individuality and personal diversity.
May serve as an indirect leader within their function.
Their contributions drive the delivery of results that impact various departments and or functions and directly contribute to execution of functional strategies.
Serve as a resource and mentor to less experienced HR professionals, providing guidance on complex issues.
Identifies recurring team or process challenges and collaborates with HR Centers of Excellence and HR Operations to implement practical, scalable solutions.

Benefits

GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs.
Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

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