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Director, HR Business Partner

Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$141,700-$268,300 per year

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Description

At Ford Motor Company, we're seeking a Director, HR Business Partner to join our Human Resources team. As a Director, HR Business Partner, you will serve as a key member of the HR Business Partner team supporting Policy & OGC, Strategy and Communications.

Job Summary: As part of our Human Resources team, you’ll help us attract, hire and retain the top talent we need to achieve our bold vision. You’ll play a vital role in defining, developing and maintaining the winning culture that empowers diverse individuals to work together and create the impossible.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and execution of the organization’s people strategy, including organization design, workforce planning, talent priorities, and delivery of enterprise and organization-specific HR objectives.
  • Strengthen organizational culture and employee engagement by equipping leaders and teams to understand, adopt, and sustain change.
  • Translate company-wide objectives and initiatives into tailored strategies that meet the specific needs of the organization, technical leaders, and employees.
  • Lead the planning and execution of large-scale organizational transformations affecting hundreds to thousands of employees, including change impact assessment, stakeholder alignment, implementation, and adoption, while minimizing business disruption.
  • Develop and execute workforce and talent plans that align capabilities and capacity with evolving business needs and strengthen the organization’s ability to attract, engage, and retain critical talent.
  • Own accountability for execution of the talent management lifecycle including talent acquisition, talent integration, performance management, total rewards management, employee engagement, and retention.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Industrial Relations, Management, Finance, or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in Human Resources, business transformation, organizational effectiveness, program management, corporate development support, integration management, shared services, consulting, or a related field.
  • Experience supporting the formation, launch, or integration of joint ventures, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, divestitures, or new businesses, including domestic or international legal entities.
  • Experience designing or implementing the organizational design, governance, operating model, service-delivery capabilities, systems, and business functions required to operationalize a new or transformed entity.
  • Experience leading complex and sometimes ambiguous cross-functional programs and solving business, workforce, organizational, cultural, or operational challenges across multiple workstreams, competing priorities, and rapidly changing conditions.
  • Experience influencing and challenging senior leaders, leading through influence, and driving alignment across enterprise functions, external providers, and business stakeholders.
  • Leverages data and analytics, quantitative reasoning, and data storytelling to inform decisions and drive outcomes.
  • Willingness to work in person at Ford’s Dearborn, MI headquarters at least four days per week.

Benefits:

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • SHRM-SCP
  • SPHR
  • PHR
  • CHRP
  • Prosci
  • HR Certification

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/73186

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