Human Resources Director

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Director, Human Resources (HRBP) / Generalist

Location: 20 E Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012

The Director, Human Resources is responsible for providing day-to-day HR support to the employees and managers through both direct client interaction as well as through the leadership of a team of HR Business Partners. The HRBP team provides support in the areas of policy and procedures, employee relations, employee engagement, coaching and mentoring, performance management, selection and onboarding of new talent, as well as tactical items in support of the HRBP team strategy. This role partners closely with the business leaders and employees to provide one point of contact, working with managers and employees on a variety of HR needs. Ideal candidates have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships in a short period of time, demonstrated leadership skills, have a working knowledge of HR principles, are driven to be part of a best-in-class HR department, and are comfortable with working in a variety of different HR topics at any given time with competing priorities.

This role is based in Phoenix, Arizona and reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer, also based in Phoenix and is a member of the HR Leadership Team.

Responsibilities:

• Build relationships with the business, establishing rapport to be viewed as a trusted HR partner.
• Partner with the greater HR Business Partner team in the design, development and execution of key HR strategic processes to include the performance management cycle, talent management activities, and facilitation of employee engagement planning and execution with the business leaders.
• Work directly with the employee population to determine engagement drivers, alleviate concerns, communicate key HR messaging, and provide a single point of contact for employees in assigned location and client group(s).
• Partner with the HR Business Partner team to ensure alignment, continuity of HR delivery, and consistency across all geographies.
• Exhibit sound reasoning and decision-making skills, applying HR principles as well as direction from manager to drive desired outcomes.
• Leverage internal HR partners including Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Internal Communications, HR Systems and Analytics, and Total Rewards on various projects, looping in the appropriate partners for a given situation.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to assist in recruiting top talent, making hiring decisions, and crafting employment offers based on market compensation data, ensuring appropriate offers are extended to selected candidates.
• Responsible for tactical items that may include I-9 processing, HR data review and processing, employment/personnel file management and other tasks as assigned.
• Escalate matters of concern to the proper channels for immediate remediation.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university in Human Resources, Business or another related field is required. Candidates with masters/graduate degree preferred.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in HR as a HR generalist, HR Business Partner, HR Manager or similar role
• Working knowledge of HR principles and procedures as well as intermediate understanding of the laws and regulations that govern the workforce.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and Microsoft Outlook. Should be proficient and comfortable working with spreadsheets and data, ensuring data integrity and accuracy is maintained when working with Excel spreadsheets.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, on tight deadlines, and with a variety of tasks with shifting priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong and lasting relationships with the employee base and management.
• Ability to communicate to employees at all levels, in a way they will understand.
• Exhibit ability to exercise sound judgment and knows when to escalate.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to cope with and lead through frequent and unexpected changes.
• Mindset of continuous improvement.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in Mergers & Acquisitions is desired, especially as it relates to integrating and acclimating acquired employees to the culture and processes, anticipating necessary actions to execute a smooth transition.