Director, HR Business Partner

As a Director, HR Business Partner, you will be a subject matter expert in HR, partnering with colleagues and leaders to develop insights and implement people priorities. You will lead organization-wide programs to drive employee engagement, ensure fairness in HR policies, and collaborate with HR CoEs on various projects including HRIS, performance management, and succession planning. The role focuses on fostering a high-performance culture, managing talent, and resolving employee relations issues effectively.

Must Have

• Subject matter expert in HR domain.
• Partner with HR colleagues and leaders on people priorities.
• Lead organization-wide employee engagement programs.
• Ensure fairness and equity in HR policy implementation.
• Collaborate with HR CoEs on projects (HRIS, performance management, succession planning).
• Lead talent and performance management efforts.
• Create and maintain a high-performance culture.
• Implement business unit succession planning.
• Act as a talent broker.
• Possess strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence effectively with commercial and HR expertise.
• Demonstrate determination and resourcefulness.
• Establish and nurture relationships at all levels.
• Understand relevant employment legislation.
• Perform work with minimal direction.
• Conflict management and resolution skills.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, interpersonal, MS Office).

Perks & Benefits

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• 'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
• Medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off (for regular roles)

Company description

A division of Publicis Groupe, Publicis Digital Experience is a network of top-tier agencies designed to develop capabilities and solutions to enable growth and provide scaled access to the digital capabilities of Publicis Groupe in service of our clients. Together, the Publicis Digital Experience portfolio endeavors to create value at the intersection of technology and experiences to connect brands and people.

Our model to transform every brand experience will help clients navigate, develop, and activate commerce in a way that will provide them with a future-proof model for modern marketing. With our unique expertise in consumer engagement, CRM, and commerce, Publicis Digital Experience powers brands and empowers people in a new era of creativity. An ever-changing landscape and the need for fluid thinking is just part of our problem-solving nature. Which means we're untethered from any specific medium or method—we go where ideas will work best.

We are an expanding network with more than 5,000 employees, with agency brands throughout our global offices. Publicis Digital Experience brands include Razorfish, Digitas, Arc Worldwide, Saatchi Saatchi X, Plowshare, 3Share, and the Publicis Commerce Exchange.

Overview

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a subject matter expert in the HR domain
• Partner with HR colleagues and leaders to develop insights and implement people priorities.
• Have insight into key organization, commercial and value drivers and the impact on people plans and solutions.
• Lead organization-wide programs focused on delivering initiatives that drive employee engagement.
• Partner with team and line management and ensure fairness and equity across the organization in the implementation of HR policies and programs.
• You will partner with HR CoE’s on various projects as they arise.
• This may include: HRIS, performance management, enterprise-wide management/leadership initiatives, succession planning, diversity & internal communications.
• Talent & Performance Management Lead and address talent and performance management efforts at the business unit level.
• Help create and maintain a high-performance culture by assisting with ongoing change, restructuring the organization as necessary, delivering programs that reward and recognize key employee capabilities, behaviors and performance.
• Implement and manage the business unit succession planning process and methodology, ensuring integration across other critical people processes.
• Act as a talent broker ensuring movement of talent to build individual and organizational capability.
• Challenge managers and leaders to adopt a performance-driven culture underpinned by strong performance management capability.

Responsibilities

Employee Engagement

• Anchor the employee engagement efforts for the business unit.
• Devise and implement timely and practical interventions by drawing critical insights from the employee engagement survey.
• Drive and implements engagement initiatives through outlining key drivers of engagement and their link to organizational performance

Coaching Managers/Leaders

• Coach and build capability of managers to be effective people leaders
• Influence managers/leaders to role model organizational values and behavioral expectations

Employee Relations

• Develop & implement plans to effectively resolve people/organizational issues as they arise
• Manage and resolve ER issues through effective and objective investigation processes, ensuring adherence to appropriate employment laws and Epsilon policies
• Develop comprehensive guidance for managers and leaders on ER issues and take the lead on resolving complex ER issues that create significant risk to the organization

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Be future-focused, inquisitive and open-minded; seek out evolving and innovative ways to add value while demonstrating the ability to analyze and understand data and information quickly.
• Use information, insights and knowledge in a structured way to identify options, make recommendations and make robust, defendable decisions.
• Be prepared to influence effectively by combining commercial and HR expertise to bring value to the organization while collaborating inclusively with peers and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate determination, resourcefulness and purpose to deliver the best results for the organization.
• Establish and nurture relationships at all levels across the organization and work effectively and inclusively.
• Show courage and confidence to speak up skillfully, challenging others even when confronted with resistance or unfamiliar circumstances and lead by example.
• Act with integrity, impartiality and independence, balancing functional, organizational and legal parameters.
• Understand relevant employment legislation and must be able to exercise judgement and independently determine and take appropriate action within defined HR policies and procedures.
• Ability to perform work with minimal direction. Exercises some latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment
• Must possess conflict management and resolution skills.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills (should be skilled in use of Word, PowerPoint and Excel)

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• 'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Publicis Digital Experience is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.