Director, HR Business Partner

BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INC.; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a strategic Director level HR Business Partner to support executives in driving business success through people strategies. This role involves collaboration with diverse teams, focusing on talent development, organizational change, and creating a thriving workplace culture. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in HR, particularly in a global tech environment, and possess strong coaching and communication skills. Flexibility in work location is offered, with options for office-based, home-based, or hybrid work arrangements.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years' experience in a similar role.
• Experience with populations of at least 1,000 employees.
• Solid experience working within a global tech company preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leaders to develop and execute people strategies.
• Drive workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning.
• Champion a culture that enables colleagues to thrive.

Skills

Coaching

Communication

Collaboration

Data-driven

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources

Job description

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Location: Hybrid in our Exton, PA office - once every other week or as needed.

The Role:

Bentley Systems is seeking a strategic and dynamic Director level HR Business Partner (HRBP) to support senior executives in driving business success through people strategies. Reporting to the Senior Director, Human Resources Business Partnership, the HRBP will be a trusted advisor, working closely with leaders and stakeholders across diverse and complex business units.

The HRBP is a critical HR representative and is expected to provide strategic insight and guidance to both the business and HR, acting as a bridge and spearheading two-way feedback to ensure initiatives are relevant and executed successfully. This HRBP will be a collaborative partner to and work closely with other teams in HR, including talent acquisition, compensation, employee relations, talent management, learning and development, and people analytics.

This is fast-past environment where critical thinkers and creative problem-solvers thrive.

Workplace flexibility is part of our culture here at Bentley. Work location will be on the East Coast US and can be Office-based, Home-based or Hybrid.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Partnership: collaborate with senior leaders to develop and execute people strategies that drive business outcomes.
• Talent & Organizational Development: drive workforce planning, leadership development, succession planning and career growth initiatives.
• Culture & Engagement: champion a culture that enables our colleagues to thrive, personally and professionally; leverage data and colleague insights to optimize engagement and drive meaningful action planning.
• Coach & Advisor: gain buy-in and alignment with business leaders on HR strategy, initiatives and programs.
• Relationship Builder: develop strong relationships rooted in trust and credibility within and across business units and functions and across all levels
• Change Leadership: support leaders in managing organizational change and help facilitate adopting new ways of working.

Other:

• This is a full-time role expected to work 40 hours per week.
• Estimated travel ~ 10% or as required.
• This job requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements ).

What You Bring:

• At least 8 years' experience in a similar role, working with senior leaders on strategic HR projects and leading HR strategy and execution for populations of at least 1,000 employees.
• Higher education is preferable. Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance or similar.
• Solid experience working within a global tech company preferred.
• Effective acumen in coaching and advising leaders and colleagues on organizational issues and challenges; willingness to play a hands-on role in problem solving.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to flex between both strategic and hands-on projects and initiatives in a fast-paced, growth environment.
• Delivery bias and sense of urgency. Focus on delivering value to the business regularly.
• Data-driven; comfortable working with diverse data sets, extracting meaningful insights, building narratives and determining action plans.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, engagement, and diplomacy skills in dealing with colleagues at all levels of the organization.

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About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is theinfrastructure engineering softwarecompany. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Our offerings, powered by theiTwinPlatform for infrastructure digital twins, includeMicroStationandBentley Openapplications for modeling and simulation,Seequent’ssoftware for geoprofessionals, andBentley Infrastructure CloudencompassingProjectWisefor project delivery,SYNCHROfor construction management, andAssetWisefor asset operations. Bentley Systems’ 5,200 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion in 194 countries.
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