Human Resources Business Partner

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services seeks an HR Business Partner to lead and direct HR functions for the US team. You will interview and hire staff, assist with compensation, benefits, and leave administration, and drive employee development while partnering with business leaders.

This role blends strategic and tactical work, offering opportunities for cross-functional, global initiatives and a meaningful imprint on a growing, international business.

Qualifications

• 5+ years Human Resources experience.
• Successful history of partnering with senior leadership on HR deliverables.
• Experience with collecting, synthesizing, and summarizing data.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic thought partner to senior leaders, shaping people and employee experience strategies.
• Translate business strategy into workforce, talent, and employee experience plans; identify risks and opportunities.
• Advise leaders on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, culture, and change readiness.
• Partner with HR and business leaders on enterprise initiatives to enhance culture, performance, engagement, and inclusion.
• Support annual planning processes including workforce planning, budgeting, merit, and talent reviews.
• Elevate leader capability and accountability for engagement, culture, and outcomes.
• Own the employee experience lifecycle from onboarding to retention with aligned values.
• Identify engagement risks via surveys and data; translate findings into action plans.
• Design and execute engagement initiatives and change communications.

Skills

Human Resources experience

Partnering with senior leadership

Data analysis

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR or related field

Tools

Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

Main Purpose of the Role

The HR Business Partner role is a critical part of the US HR team, whose primary responsibility is leading and directing various functions of the Human Resources (HR) department, including: interviewing and hiring staff, assisting with compensation, benefits, and leave administration, leading training and other employee development duties, enforcing company policies and practices, and partnering with business leaders to help define and execute on HR deliverables.

The role is mix of strategic and tactical work. There will, however, be opportunities to work on project-based initiatives that are broader in scope and scale, potentially even global in nature. This is an exciting role for someone who is interested in leaving their own imprint on a growing, international business!

Main Tasks

• Serve as a strategic thought partner and trusted advisor to senior leaders and executives, shaping people and employee experience strategies that support enterprise goals, transformation initiatives, and long term performance.
• Translate business strategy into integrated workforce, talent, and employee experience plans, proactively identifying risks and opportunities related to capacity, capability, engagement, and retention.
• Advise leaders through complex people decisions, including organizational design, leadership effectiveness, culture, and change readiness, while balancing business outcomes with employee impact.
• Partner across HR and with business leaders on enterprise initiatives that advance culture, performance, engagement, inclusion, and organizational capability.
• Support annual planning processes—including workforce planning, budgeting, merit, and talent reviews
• Elevate leader capability by reinforcing accountability for engagement, culture, and people outcomes.
• Own and champion the employee experience lifecycle, from onboarding through engagement, development, and retention, ensuring experiences are intentional, consistent, and aligned with organizational values.
• Partner with leaders to identify engagement risks and opportunities using employee feedback, data, and lived experience insights; translate findings into targeted action plans.
• Support the design and execution of employee engagement initiatives, change communications, and listening strategies (e.g., surveys, pulse checks, focus groups).
• Coach leaders on practices that positively influence engagement, trust, inclusion, psychological safety, and performance.
• Ensure employee experience considerations are embedded into workforce changes, policy decisions, and operating model shifts.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• 5+ years Human Resources experience
• Successful history of partnering with senior leadership on assigned HR deliverables
• Track record of being able to execute on assigned goals
• Experience with Office suite software, such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook
• Experience with managing projects and deadlines
• Experience collecting, synthesizing, and summarizing relevant sets of data