Director, HR Business Partnering

GLG; New York (NY); On-site; USD 122,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Flexible PTO

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Wellbeing support

Other perks

Job summary

GLG in New York is seeking a strategic HR Business Partner for our Engineering Product & Technology groups. This role blends hands-on execution with high-level advisory work, reporting to the Head of Global Business Partnering.

You will design talent strategies, drive organizational design and change management, and partner with Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations and COEs to build a thriving, diverse, high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of HR Business Partner experience with strong business acumen.
• Experience in fast-paced, matrixed organizations.
• Strategic, influential with hands-on approach.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to design and drive talent strategy.
• Build relationships and coach leaders to solve people issues.
• Lead organizational design and workforce planning.
• Collaborate with COEs to drive talent development and performance management.
• Leverage data to inform decisions and mitigate risks.

Skills

HRBP

Change management

Organizational design

Stakeholder management

Employee relations

HR analytics

Job description

A fast-paced, innovative and dynamic organization is seeking a highly strategic, driven, and progressive HR Business Partner (HRBP) to join the team, based out of New York. Reporting to the Head of Global Business Partnering, this role will be the lead partner for our Engineering Product & Technology business groups.

This is both a strategic and hands‑on role, expected to collaborate and influence at all levels of the organization. With a large focus on business transformation and change management. The HRBP will partner closely with the other Centers of Excellence such as Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, People Operations, Finance and Legal. In partnership with the business, this role is empowered to drive and execute proactively and innovatively on the people strategy and to have a real impact on leaders and individual contributors across the organization.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Partnering with your business leaders to design and drive innovative, strategic and targeted solutions for your client group. In conjunction with the business, you will be responsible for curating and executing a well‑designed talent strategy throughout the year in a transforming business.

• Building strong relationships with your business leaders as well as other supporting functions across the organization to collaborate effectively on the talent strategy. Consult, coach and challenge your business leaders to cultivate effective solutions to people issues.

• Proactively develop, recommend, and implement a talent strategy to support business goals, specificallyregardingorganizational development, talent acquisition, performance management, retention, talent development, and employee relations.

• Partner with the business on organizational design and workforce planning to continue to support their evolving needs and ensure the operating models meet organizational goals and capitalize on employee skill sets.

• Leverage talent acquisition to develop hiring plans to proactively support business objectives and meet skill needs for the future.

• Collaborate with the business and respective HR partners, in particular Employee Relations, to drive high performing teams and a culture of feedback and coaching.

• Work closely with the business and Talent Development partners on training needs and upskilling at all employee levels and engage with appropriate COEs in the execution and monitoring of programs. Focus on retaining top talent through succession planning and clear career pathing for your business groups.

• Leveraging Talent Development, to support the business to prepare for and navigate change.

• Work with the Compensation team to foster the creation and application of effective compensation programs that drive business priorities,retain,and motivate talent. Run annual compensation, performance review, talent review,promotion,and job re-leveling processes for assigned client groups.

• A key contributor to the Global HR Business Partner Strategy, leading and collaborating on global and regional initiatives.

• Focus on advancing diversity and inclusion efforts across the business, in particular around hiring, development and retention.

• With data driven decision making being front of mind, leverage data to analyze trends in the business and inform where to focus resource. Leverage insights proactively to optimize performance and mitigate risks.

• Use a strong commercial mindset, a deep understanding of your business groups and insight from the external industry to effectively support your business.

An ideal candidate will havethe following:

• Eight+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience with strong business acumen.

• Must be experienced working in a fast‑paced, highly collaborative matrixed organization.

• Highly strategic, influential and a positive challenger to the business in order to deliver the best results whilst equally enjoying a hands‑on approach within a truly collaborative team environment.

• Ability to adapt and be agile, navigate through ambiguity and prioritize multiple work streams without sacrificing quality.

• Proven experience executing on organizational changes, organizational design and continuous change management.

• Demonstrated strong internal stakeholder management, both with senior management, frontline employees, and internal support functions.

• Superior communication, problem‑solving, judgement and critical thinking skills. High integrity with the ability to build trusted relationships.

• Consulting, coaching and facilitation skills.

• Adept in technical HR knowledge across the various HR functions such as compensation, change management, talent acquisition, employee relations, HR analytics, etc.

• Results oriented, with a sense of urgency and a focus on service delivery and willingness to be hands‑on.

• Ability to multi‑task and prioritize effectively, while ensuring a high degree of accuracy and organization and attention to detail.

What We Offer:

Benefits:

All U.S. GLGers also have access to benefits such as:

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your first day of employment
• Flexible paid time off. No pre‑determined limits on vacation time,plus 10 company holidays
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans with an employer match (subject to annual limits & vesting)
• Tuition reimbursementprogram for eligible courses including language skills courses
• Paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
• Free wellbeing support with the Calm app,Mavenand EAP, and free long-term therapy & counselling assistance through Pathways
• Other work perks and benefits available based on final job location

Compensation:

GLG is committed to fair andequitable compensation practices.Actual compensation is basedon several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depthof experience, certifications, and specific work location. Certain roles may also be eligible for incentive compensation.

The anticipated hiring base salary range for this role is:

$121,500—$165,000 USD

About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group

GLG is the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise. We connect global decision‑makers—from hedge fund managers and private equity partners to strategy leaders at Fortune 500s, with the specific, authoritative voices required to answer their most critical questions.

At GLG, you are an extension of our clients’ core teams. You will work at the intersection of industries and global markets, navigating high‑stakes challenges across the full spectrum of their strategic initiatives. Operating within the industry’s most trusted research environment, you’ll help our clients capture the nuanced perspectives that drive smarter, faster business outcomes.

We are a global team of pragmatic problem‑solvers who mirror the intensity of the markets we serve. If you are driven by intellectual curiosity and a bias toward action, join us in reinventing the industry we invented.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (“GLG”) is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.