Senior Director, People Business Partner, Worldwide Marketing

Autodesk; London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk seeks a 'Senior Director, People Business Partner' for its Worldwide Marketing department in London. This executive role focuses on strategic business initiatives, organizational effectiveness, and employee experience. The ideal candidate should possess extensive HR experience and a proven track record of driving change and managing global teams.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of HR experience with strong knowledge of HR disciplines.
• Experience managing a global team in a matrixed environment.
• Proven experience in conflict resolution and business transformation.

Responsibilities

• Develop a people strategy focused on organizational design and effectiveness.
• Guide performance and development processes for leaders.
• Lead and manage a direct report while participating in cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

Organizational Development Consulting

Strategic Problem Solving

Change Leadership

Data Driven Influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

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• We are looking to hire a Senior Director, People Business Partner (PBP) to support the Worldwide Marketing organization. This includes supporting the Chief Marketing Officer directly as well as 7 Vice Presidents. You will be a change leader and strategic partner, navigating interesting and challenging work within a supportive and collaborative environment. You will be given opportunities to flex to your full potential. Our sweet spot is partnering with leaders to empower our talent to shape the world and their future. We aim high and move fast. It’s an exciting time to be part of our team!
  
  

Position Overview

• We are looking to hire a Senior Director, People Business Partner (PBP) to support the Worldwide Marketing organization. This includes supporting the Chief Marketing Officer directly as well as 7 Vice Presidents. You will be a change leader and strategic partner, navigating interesting and challenging work within a supportive and collaborative environment. You will be given opportunities to flex to your full potential. Our sweet spot is partnering with leaders to empower our talent to shape the world and their future. We aim high and move fast. It’s an exciting time to be part of our team!
  
  

Responsibilities

Organizational Partnership & Results

• Partner with leaders to establish plans and deliver solutions to achieve strategic business initiatives and drive results. Develop a people strategy that is focused on organizational design, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent, and overall business performance.
• Play an active role in helping drive business transformation
• Support the business strategy identifying, prioritizing, and building organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures, and processes
  
  

Leadership Effectiveness

• In close collaboration with the Chief Marketing Officer, this role will facilitate line-of-sight initiatives to build a high-performing organization aligned with the strategic leadership agenda
• Guide the people processes (performance, development, and career) to ensure that leaders’ level of performance and capabilities meet current and future standards
• Provide thought partnership to leadership in forecasting and planning the talent pipeline in line with the function/business strategy
• Coach Executives to build upon existing leadership strengths and developing areas of opportunity
  
  

Employee Experience

• Create and lead specific projects defined by the annual People Plan as well as participate in on-going functional and cross-functional initiatives
• Promote feedback mechanisms and employee surveys to influence the continuous improvement of employee experiences and business outcomes
• Drive engagement of Autodesk’s Culture Code and adherence to Code of Conduct
• Ensure alignment of total rewards and recognition with performance
  
  

PBP Team

• Lead, develop and manage 1 direct report (Sr People Business Partner)
• Be an active member of the broader PBP community. Participate in cross-functional projects, thought discussions, knowledge sharing, etc.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 12+ years of HR experience Working knowledge of human resource disciplines (ideally including organizational design, organizational effectiveness, succession planning, performance management, culture & belonging, business consulting, compensation and rewards, recognition programs, employee engagement, coaching/development, talent management, conflict resolution, talent acquisition, data analysis to inform strategy, employee relations)
• Ideally 5+ years’ experience managing a global team in a matrixed environment
• Success in leading or supporting a global organization with ability to manage performance and develop talent.
• Proven experience in conflict resolution and management practices within a global organization
• Proven experience supporting business transformation
• Able to combine great people intuition, business judgement and discretion in decision-making
• Experience providing business partnership and support to senior executives
• Consultative approach to strategic partnership
• Executive leadership coaching experience
• Ability to take business goals/priorities and translate them into initiatives
• Successful track record of implementing HR processes, employee resourcing performance management and change management
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal), the ability to handle multiple projects and competing priorities acting with agility
• Team player with a sense of ownership - self-motivated and able to thrive and collaborate in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment
• Knowledge of HR compliance regulations, employment laws, and industry best practices
  
  

Critical Skills

• Organizational Development Consulting
• Sophisticated Diagnostic Skills
• Strategic Problem Solving
• Data Driven Influence & Story Telling
• Broad Commercial Acumen
• Transformational Culture Leadership
• Change Leadership
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• PBP experience supporting a Go-To-Market or Marketing organization
• Relevant experience in a Tech or SaaS industry
• Workday experience
  
  

The Ideal Candidate

• You thrive in change: You’re nimble. You address new challenges as they present themselves and rapidly integrate new learnings. You know how to drive organization change and transformation. You can assess the organization’s readiness and how to work with leaders to achieve desired business outcomes.
• You love working in and with teams: You create team environments that are authentic, productive, and fun. You generate synergy through different perspectives, creating solutions that push the business strategy forward while bettering others in the process. You navigate complexity.
• You challenge convention: You have a knack for looking at things from new or different perspectives. You challenge how things are done and can take the best of the past to build something better for the future. You take initiative and use data to guide your work.
  
  

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Autodesk has always valued flexibility in how we work. We continue to provide employees flexibility to support their work preferences wherever possible and nearly all roles are hybrid or remote, unless otherwise indicated.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Software Development, Design Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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