Human Resources Business Partner

Dreams 2 Reality Recruitment; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Dreams 2 Reality Recruitment seeks a Human Resources Business Partner to act as a strategic advisor to senior leaders and employees, translating business goals into people strategies that strengthen capability, engagement, and retention.

The HRBP partners on workforce planning, succession, leadership development, and risk mitigation while ensuring fair, compliant HR practices and data-driven decision making to drive business results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, preferably in HRBP.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders on complex HR matters.
• Strong communication and data-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders on workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, talent planning, employee engagement, and change initiatives.
• Provide guidance and coaching on employee relations, performance management, organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and workplace issues.
• Lead and support employee engagement and experience initiatives, including listening, surveys, action planning, onboarding, and retention efforts.
• Partner with leaders on workforce planning, talent acquisition, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational capability.
• Identify and mitigate employee and workforce risks while maintaining confidentiality, fairness, and compliance.
• Analyze workforce and HR data to provide actionable insights on headcount, engagement, hiring, turnover, retention, and other key metrics.
• Support HR operations, annual planning, budgeting, merit processes, HR systems, and continuous process improvement.
• Support expatriate employees and other assigned employee populations as needed.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Written communication

Verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders and employees, translating business objectives into effective people strategies. The HRBP partners with leaders to strengthen organizational capability, employee engagement, talent, culture, performance, and retention while ensuring HR practices are fair, consistent, and compliant.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders on workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, talent planning, employee engagement, and change initiatives.
• Provide guidance and coaching on employee relations, performance management, organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and workplace issues.
• Lead and support employee engagement and experience initiatives, including employee listening, surveys, action planning, onboarding, and retention efforts.
• Partner with leaders on workforce planning, talent acquisition, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational capability.
• Identify and mitigate employee and workforce risks while maintaining confidentiality, fairness, and compliance.
• Analyze workforce and HR data to provide actionable insights on headcount, engagement, hiring, turnover, retention, and other key metrics.
• Support HR operations, annual planning, budgeting, merit processes, HR systems, and continuous process improvement.
• Support expatriate employees and other assigned employee populations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor#39;s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive Human Resources experience , preferably in an HRBP or similar strategic HR role.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders and providing guidance on complex HR matters.
• Strong project management, analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Problem Solving: Identifies root causes, anticipates risks, and develops practical solutions.
• Integrity amp; Judgment: Demonstrates objectivity, ethics, confidentiality, and sound professional judgment.
• Communication: Clearly communicates with employees, managers, and senior leaders, including during difficult situations.
• Customer Focus: Provides timely, responsive, and solutions‑oriented HR support.
• Collaboration: Builds strong relationships and promotes teamwork across functions.
• Quality amp; Continuous Improvement: Improves HR processes and uses data and KPIs to drive results.
• Change Leadership: Challenges the status quo, encourages innovation, and helps employees and leaders navigate change.

Success Measures

Success in this role includes timely and high‑quality delivery of HR initiatives, effective stakeholder support, strong leadership relationships, actionable use of HR data, proactive risk management, and measurable contributions to engagement, retention, organizational effectiveness, and business performance.