People Business Partner

Delta Defense LLC; West Bend (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Defense LLC in West Bend, WI is seeking a People Business Partner who embeds HR strategy into the business, shaping org design, workforce planning, and leadership development. You’ll coach managers through complex situations and drive cross-functional People programs with a hands-on, execution-focused mindset.

This role sits onsite at our West Bend headquarters, collaborating with Marketing, IT, Legal, Finance, and other teams to accelerate business results while upholding Delta Defense's

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or a related field (equivalent experience considered).
• 2+ years of HR experience.
• Business-minded with understanding of P&L impact.
• Ability to coach managers through complex employee relations.
• Proven track record influencing leaders.
• Ability to operate strategy and execution simultaneously.
• Comfort handling fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Demonstrated alignment with Delta Defense's core values.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary People partner and trusted advisor for leaders and employees across Marketing, IT, Legal and Finance.
• Own resolution of complex employee relations issues, coaching managers through real-world situations.
• Drive succession planning, talent development, and hiring strategy for business units.
• Shape org design and role design, including compensation positioning, with Total Rewards.
• Lead core People programs and translate strategy into actionable practice.
• Use HR data to identify issues and provide recommendations to leaders.
• Support the internal People Ops team and cross-functional HR projects.

Skills

Business mindset

Employee relations

Influencing leaders

Strategy & execution

Adaptability

Core values alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Job description

Position Summary

The People Business Partner owns the talent strategy for their assigned business units - not as an advisor on the sidelines, but as an embedded operator who shapes how those teams are built, led, and developed. This role sits at the intersection of strategic partnership and hands-on execution: shaping org design and workforce planning one day, coaching a manager through a hard employee conversation the next.

At Delta Defense, we're not chasing comfortable. We're the people pushing this industry forward, and we don't apologize for how we show up.

• Complacency Kills. We move fast, we chase progress over perfection, and entitlement doesn't have a home here. If you're looking for a place to coast, this isn't it.
• We're Built Different. We work hard, we have a genuinely good time doing it, and we lead with humility over ego. We're not for everyone - and we're fine with that.

What You'll Own

• Business partnership - Serve as the primary People point of contact and trusted advisor for leaders and employees across assigned functions (Marketing, IT, Legal, Finance), driving organizational design, workforce planning, and team effectiveness decisions.
• Employee relations - Own resolution of complex employee relations issues, coaching managers through the real, messy, human situations - not just pointing them to policy.
• Talent strategy - Drive succession planning, talent development, and hiring strategy for your business units, identifying and onboarding new talent as part of a broader workforce plan.
• Org & role design - Shape the structure of new and evolving roles, including compensation positioning and competency requirements, in partnership with Total Rewards.
• Program leadership - Lead and localize execution of core People programs (performance reviews, engagement, benefits enrollment, self-service tools) for your business units, translating company-wide strategy into something leaders and employees actually understand and use.
• Insight-driven action - Use HR data and trends to identify issues before they become problems, and bring recommendations, not just observations, to leaders.
• HR for HR - Extend the same partnership model to the internal People Ops team, supporting consistent execution of people processes within the department.
• Cross-functional projects - Lead or contribute to People-led projects of varying scope, spanning HR and the broader business.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (equivalent experience considered)
• 2+ years of experience with human resources functions
• A business mindset - you understand how People decisions move the P&L, not just the org chart
• Confidence owning complex employee relations situations end-to-end
• A track record of influencing leaders, not just advising them
• Ability to operate at both altitudes - strategy and execution - without dropping either
• Comfort building the plane while flying it, in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Demonstrated alignment with Delta Defense's Core Values

Please note that applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Working conditions

• Onsite at our headquarters in West Bend, WI at least 3 days per week

Need More Convincing?

• #25 on The Wall Street Journal's 2025 Top 100 America's Most Loved Workplaces
• Newsweek Top 100 America's Most Loved Workplaces (2023 & 2024)
• Inc. 5000 "Fastest Growing Private Companies" - 14 years running

Every single day, your work helps Americans protect themselves, their families, and their freedoms. That's not a tagline. That's the job.