HR Business Partner

In this role, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, translating business priorities into people strategies that support growth, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, and change. You will play a key role in shaping talent, culture, and leadership capability while ensuring a positive employee experience across the organization.

What You'll Do

Strategic Business Partnership

• Build strong relationships with business leaders, providing expert people advice and guidance.

• Partner with leaders to develop and execute people strategies aligned with business objectives.

• Provide insights and recommendations on workforce planning, succession planning, talent development, and organizational effectiveness.

• Leverage people analytics and data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that drive business outcomes.

Organizational Design & Workforce Planning

• Support organizational design initiatives that align structure, capability, and business strategy.

• Partner with leaders on workforce planning and succession planning efforts.

• Assess organizational effectiveness and recommend improvements that enhance performance and agility.

Talent & Performance Management

• Lead talent review and succession planning activities within supported business areas.

• Identify critical talent and key roles while driving development and career progression plans.

• Support leadership development and talent management programs.

• Coach leaders on performance management and employee development best practices.

Employee Relations & Compliance

• Provide expert guidance on employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and compliant solutions.

• Partner with managers to resolve employee issues and mitigate organizational risk.

• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies, and HR best practices.

• Identify people-related risks and support proactive mitigation strategies.

Change Management & Transformation

• Lead the people-related aspects of organizational change and transformation initiatives.

• Support business transformation projects through effective stakeholder engagement and change management practices.

• Drive adoption and sustainment of organizational change initiatives.

Culture & Employee Engagement

• Partner with leaders to foster an inclusive, engaging, and high-performing culture aligned with Dechra's values.

• Analyze employee feedback and engagement data to develop meaningful action plans.

• Support initiatives that enhance employee experience and organizational health.

HR Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure successful execution of core HR processes, including performance management, talent reviews, compensation planning, and workforce planning.

• Champion continuous improvement across People & Culture processes and systems.

• Support the adoption of HR technology and data-driven decision-making practices.

What You'll Bring

Required Experience

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner within a complex, matrixed organization.

• Demonstrated experience supporting Go-to-Market (GTM) and/or Sales organizations.

• Experience partnering with senior leaders and leadership teams.

• Successful track record leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.

• Strong understanding of talent management, organizational design, workforce planning, and employee relations.

• Knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practices.

• Experience leveraging HR systems, people analytics, and workforce data to support decision-making.

Key Skills

• Strong business acumen and commercial mindset.

• Ability to influence, coach, and challenge leaders effectively.

• Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong consulting, facilitation, and coaching capabilities.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.