Job Description

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity, and teamwork of people like you. As part of our HR team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with a group of talented, fun, and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career, in a true business partner role.

In this role, the HR Business Partnerwill have a multitude of responsibilities. They will help provide HR support for the San Diego company's Research Laboratories Discovery Site and as part of this role, they will help support site-specific HR initiatives, programs and operations. In addition, this person will help with all HR Business Partner support for designated functions at the site. The HRBP will coach leaders and teams and provides guidance and expertise in the development of the organizational talent and diversity strategy, talent management, organizational design, restructuring, change management, leader effectiveness, performance management, compensation and rewards, and employee relations concerns.

To succeed, you will need a flexible skill set, including the ability to think strategically, execute tactically, and collaborate across many teams, levels, and situations. Success in this role will also require influential partnership with associates, managers, and senior management within the organization to execute the HR strategies that foster organizational and people effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides HR consulting and coaching to leaders. Understand dynamics and key business priorities of client groups to help leaders effectively manage and lead their organizations

• Coach leaders and members of leadership team(s) to successfully manage all cyclical people management processes (talent management, succession planning, performance management, compensation planning, etc.

• Partner with management on workforce planning strategies, hiring plans, recruitment & selection strategies, and onboarding process

• Partner with Recruiting to provide oversight on implementation of workforce hiring plan

• Partner with Learning & Development on learning strategies and solutions to support and enable talent strategy

• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, employee relations)

• Partner with CoE's to administer local compensation & benefits programs

• Partner with Site Leadership to execute HR related programs that enable a strong collaborative culture of innovation, commitment, and scientific exploration

• Ensure compliance with all state & federal employment programs and practices

Skills/Competencies:

• Demonstrated HR functional competence in one or more HR disciplines; Previous HR Business Partner experience preferred

• Being an enthusiastic team player with a strong drive to create a positive work environment

• The ability to be comfortable with high volume workload and not be afraid to "roll up your sleeves"

• Demonstrated ability to effectively influence, consult with and coach senior leaders and managers

• Ability to think strategically and still maintain an attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to lead open and effective dialog and craft and deliver compelling messages internally

• Proven ability to demonstrate and foster collaboration among peers and extended HR organization

• Experience navigating and leverage HR systems to gather data to support client consultation

• Assertive, self-starter and independent quick thinker

Preferred Competencies:

• Demonstrated experience in organization development such as organization design, change management, workforce planning

• Knowledge of California employment legal practices and policies

• Knowledge of and experience interpreting employment and labor laws

Required:

Education

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or related discipline, or currently in pursuit of degree completion, or equivalent relevant work experience

Experience

• Minimum 6 years' experience as an HR Business Partner, in an HR COE or in HR Operations role (with Masters' degree, minimum experience is 3 years); or relevant applicable experience

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If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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Requisition ID:R314029