Human Resources Director; Northern California Region

Job Details

• Division: Bay Area Main
• Project Location(s): Oakland, CA 94601 USA
• Minimum Years
  
  Experience:
  
  15
• Job Type: Regular
• Job Classification: Experienced
• Education: Bachelors Degree
• Job Family: Human Resources
• Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Human Resources business partner to leadership of business units or headquarters teams to direct consistent implementation of continuous improvement of human resources practices across company. Provide leadership and expertise to identify and drive employee initiatives, direct human resources functions and teams. Member of regional/business unit leadership team. Manage one or more Human Resource Managers/Generalists in more than one location.

• Lead Human Resources (HR) and Talent Management (TM) strategies to achieve vision, mission, and goals of office/region.
• Play integral role in company-wide HR Leadership Team (HRLT). Cascade feedback and communications from senior management decisions and direction to HR teams.
• Role model of company culture and values across company. Drive anti-racism learning and advocate for equity and employee health and wellbeing working in collaboration with office/regional leadership.
• Enrich the extraordinary employee experience by actively promoting trusting environment where employees can openly engage with HR. Connect in-person with employees regularly 'where they work', advocate and provide guidance to office and regional leadership on people-related needs and concerns.
• In partnership with office leaders, establish programs to support initiatives to drive employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention. Utilize company-wide and local surveys to understand employee engagement levels and determine countermeasures to address trends.
• Formulate, evaluate, and implement HR priorities, goals, and objectives aligned with office/regional business objectives in conjunction with office/regional leadership.
• Lead and develop HR team to ensure deep bench strength in key areas of HR expertise. Foster teamwork, open communication, and collaboration with company-wide HR team.
• Embrace, apply, and coach the HR team in lean concepts and practices, and recommend process improvements.
• Deliver timely performance feedback for HR team and execute/contribute to performance appraisals during annual performance cycle.
• In partnership with office/regional Operations, develop and implement integrated office/regional staffing strategies and employee career progression and mobility.
• Partner in developing office/regional recruiting strategy (experienced hires, college relations/recruiting, and internships) in coordination with leaders to support hiring demands, mitigate organizational gaps, and build healthy candidate pipeline.
• Lead performance management and succession planning processes, assist in identification of talent gaps for critical/key contributor positions, and propose solutions. Ensure managers are prepared to deliver constructive feedback and coach and/or mentor employees.
• Lead office salary and compensation planning; provide guidance to management regarding company's merit philosophy.
• Drive decision support and intervention strategy using root cause analysis and interpretation of various metrics (hiring, employee relations, and turnover) and data trends.
• Guide office leaders on employment decisions (hiring, disciplinary, and termination) and complex HR legal and compliance matters in order to mitigate risk. Ensure compliance with company policies and federal, state, and local laws, in collaboration with HR Policy & Communication as needed.
• Lead local office(s) employee relations investigations and complaints; advise on employment decisions and collaborate with Employee Relations to ensure proper management of all cases.
• Coach all employee levels within office including leadership. Serve as liaison for external professional coaches and participate in coaching engagements.
• Develop relationships and engage with internal and external legal counsel and compliance.
• Work in partnership with office leaders and Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) team to instill safety-first culture in support of Building L.I.F.E. (Living Injury Free Everyday) program.
• Serve as volunteer participant on company-wide HR business initiatives.
• Keep current with HR trends and be active in external professional HR organizations.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be  -  USD annualized.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited program and a minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive human resources experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, with at least three (3) years at the Director level.
• A minimum three (3) years of direct management experience leading HR teams across multiple levels and skill sets is required.
• Experience with geographically-dispersed, virtual, and matrixed employee populations.
• Experience fostering a culture that supports…