Strategic HR Partner for Growth & Change

BCLP; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

BCLP is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team in St. Louis, MO. This role partners with leaders to align people strategies with firm goals and leads initiatives across talent, performance and change management.

You will collaborate with Leaders on workforce planning, development, and employee relations while upholding governance and legal compliance. The position supports a global, matrixed environment and a culture focused on inclusion and performance.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Manager, ideally within legal or professional services.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation and the ability to apply policy and legal principles.
• Demonstrated experience handling complex ER matters, managing change, and supporting organizational design.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic HR partner to leaders, aligning people strategy with business priorities and long-term firm goals.
• Consult and provide coaching and guidance to leaders on workforce planning, team design and role clarity.
• Work on, support, or lead global HR projects and initiatives, ensuring alignment with firm-wide strategy across regions.
• Lead workforce planning activities across assigned business areas, anticipating future capability needs, skills gaps, and critical talent risks.
• Drive talent management initiatives including succession planning, internal mobility, and career pathways to support a sustainable talent pipeline.
• Partner with L&D to support leadership development, management capability and firm-wide skills programs.
• Strengthen performance management practices through effective goal setting, feedback processes, calibration, and ongoing performance conversations.
• Support leaders in developing high potential employees and shaping development strategies for critical roles and future leaders.
• Take a proactive and rigorous approach to underperformance, ensuring managers identify issues early, set clear expectations, and implement structured support plans.
• Partner with leaders to ensure concerns are documented, addressed consistently, and escalated when required, maintaining strong governance aligned with firm policy while minimizing business risk.
• Oversee complex ER matters, ensuring outcomes are consistent, fair, and compliant with policy and employment legislation.
• Provide expert judgment on risk mitigation, escalating appropriately and partnering with Legal and specialist HR teams where required.
• Lead or support organizational change initiatives including restructures, team redesigns, integrations, and operating model changes.
• Apply structured change management methods to ensure positive adoption and minimal business disruption.
• Champion an inclusive, high-performance culture, integrating I&D principles into hiring, development, and progression.
• Partner with Recruiting, L&D, Compensation, I&D, and People Services to deliver integrated solutions and a seamless employee experience.
• Use people analytics to influence decision making and shape action plans.
• Partner with leaders to improve engagement, wellbeing, and employee experience using survey insights and feedback loops.
• Build trusted relationships with leaders and stakeholders, ensuring clear, timely communication and high levels of transparency.
• Facilitate effective two-way communication between leadership teams and employees to support culture, clarity, and trust.

Skills

Strategic HR partner

Coaching leaders

Workforce planning

Change management

People analytics

Stakeholder management

Employee relations

Organization design

Job description

BCLP is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team in St. Louis, MO. This role partners with leaders to align people strategies with firm goals and leads initiatives across talent, performance and change management.

You will collaborate with Leaders on workforce planning, development, and employee relations while upholding governance and legal compliance. The position supports a global, matrixed environment and a culture focused on inclusion and performance.