Associate Director, HR + Country Manager

**About this role**:
The Associate HR Director is responsible for providing HR consultation to one or more global and/or regional BU leadership teams. This individual drives the implementation of business unit specific HR programs and strategies. Identifies and analyzes business and people issues where HR solutions can be leveraged and implemented. Demonstrates credibility by building collaborative relationships with the business unit leadership team(s) and all HR partners and specialists. Manage, mentor and develop HR Associates.

**What you’ll do**:

- **Workforce Planning & Organizational Development**- Analyze and provide guidance on the business unit’s current organizational state and future requirements. Craft and revise role profiles as needed to facilitate business planning. Design and implement solutions to meet business needs.
- **Succession Planning**- Support leadership preparation for business unit annual talent review sessions. Lead business unit talent reviews in order to identify top talent and succession planning strategies. Recommend and implement retention strategies to minimize unwanted attrition, particularly in business unit critical roles, specialty skill sets, and in highly competitive critical marketplaces.
- **Employee Relations**- Minimize risk to organization by actively responding to and addressing associate concerns in a timely manner. Conduct complete investigations and make recommendations based on findings/facts. Escalate issues/concerns to HR leadership and business unit leadership as appropriate. Collaborate with legal and outside counsel as needed to address complex or highly sensitive issues.
- **Recruitment & Retention**- Partner with Recruiting to ensure a conscious, deliberate approach to attracting and retaining top talent from both inside and outside the organization.
- **Compensation & Benefits**- Lead annual salary, bonus/commission, and equity planning process with business unit leadership, ensuring highest performers are compensated in line with their business impact and contributions. Provide ongoing global compensation analyses and recommend market adjustments as needed to ensure top talent is retained. Collaborate with global compensation and benefits partners to drive participation in annual benefits enrollment processes.
- **Country Manager -**Provide local expertise to guide best practices and ensure legal compliance in support of people programs and processes. Lead internal communications for the country, acting as a focal point for people announcements, policies and procedures. Proactively manage legal risk and continually ensure compliance with local labor laws considering the whole life cycle of an associate. Build and maintain effective, credible partnerships to educate HR Partners, managers and associates on a variety of employee related issues. Be a partner for the HR Partner community on associate initiatives.

**What you’ll need**:

- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 8-10 years of progressive HR experience, strong business acumen plus 2-3 years management experience.
- Proven HR Generalist/Country Manager skills including employee relations, employment law, employee engagement, succession planning, comp, performance management, workforce planning, recruitment, and training and development.
- Strong analytical skills to deliver HR programs and strategies that effectively address business issues.
- Track record of achieving results that contribute significantly to the business.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, problem-solving and decision-making skills, and ability to handle sensitive situations/documentation.

**Who you are**:

- Strategic partner serving as a key member of the senior leadership team(s) and/or Group Vice President level leadership team(s). Provide direction for the business unit in the area of strategic HR planning and operations. Provide a broad range of HR consultation, solutions and services to the business unit.
- Trusted HR advisor able to coach Group Vice President Leadership (where applicable, may be Operating Committee leaders) and their direct reports on leadership effectiveness and performance. Effectively use influence and negotiation strategies to secure support from stakeholders for support of key initiatives.
- Proven ability to develop HR staff and lead teams in a matrix environment.

**What we offer**:

- Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
- A collaborative and positive culture — Your team will be as smart and driven as you
- A chance to make an impact — Your work will contribute directly to our strategy
- Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity
- Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities

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