Human Resources Business Partner

About Gordian

At Gordian, a Fortive company, we are seeking a seasoned Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to drive meaningful change. Your specialized depth and breadth of HR knowledge, honed over years of hands-on experience, will be crucial in interpreting complex business issues through a people and culture lens. You'll offer invaluable recommendations to address organizational challenges, shining with autonomy and confidence in decision-making. As a natural leader, you'll guide people leaders and cross-functional teams, spearheading projects within the people/culture/HR domain to drive talent, culture, and organizational objectives forward. This remote role will partner with VP/General Manager and Corporate functions and reports to the VP HR. Join us in shaping the future of our company.

Responsibilities of the Human Resources Business Partner

• Serves as a Business Partner for people leaders of the Operating Company.
• Employee Engagement: Possesses a strong understanding of strategies and tactics to coach/partner with people leaders in fostering an inclusive culture and driving employee engagement within the workforce. Proficient in understanding engagement data and trends, suggesting and implementing initiatives to enhance employee engagement, retention, and productivity.
• Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE): Shows a strong understanding of IDE principles and practices, including creating inclusive environments, promoting diversity, and advancing equity across all HR processes and policies. Partners with business leaders and COE to deploy tools and approaches for driving an inclusive growth culture.
• Performance Management: Provides consultation to people leaders regarding goal setting and the full lifecycle of performance management, including annual processes, feedback, coaching, and performance improvement plans.
• Employee Relations and Experience: Offers guidance and support to managers on HR policies, procedures, and best practices to promote an engaging and productive work environment and mitigate risks. Coaches people leaders through employee relations matters and may work with the ER COE on investigations.
• Workforce Planning: Exhibits proficiency in workforce planning methodologies and tools to anticipate future talent needs and align workforce plans with organizational objectives. Works closely with people leaders on workforce actions, including ramp-up, acquisitions, and restructuring. Capable of analyzing workforce data to inform decision-making and optimize resource allocation.
• Builds Manager Capability in Talent Management: Equips managers with skills and tools to effectively select, develop, and retain top talent through Organizational Talent Assessment/Talent Review. Coaches leaders on appropriate development solutions and tools for talent and development planning. Involved in coaching people leaders on talent selection decisions in partnership with the TA organization.

Role Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Human Resources or Talent Management function or other relevant experience.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Leads others to solve complex people and organization problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated impact across a range of clients and business operations, leading cross-functional projects and managing moderate risk, resources, and complexity.
• Trusted resource to people leaders and HR colleagues, collaborating effectively across the organization to deliver solutions.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with leaders to adopt a different point of view.
• Leverages data to make decisions. Takes a hands-on approach with high attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated achievement for impact in coaching, influencing, and problem-solving with various levels of leadership.
• In-depth knowledge of organizational design, talent management, employee relations, compensation, employee engagement, change management, learning, and performance management.
• Understands the drivers of business.
• Proven project management and execution skills, with a track record of influencing through data-driven recommendations.
• Experience working in a team environment with multiple time zones.
• Willingness to travel 10-20%.
• Proficient in Oracle HCM systems.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit, leading the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We are a diverse team of 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

Key skills/competency

• HR Business Partner
• Employee Engagement
• Inclusion Diversity Equity
• Performance Management
• Employee Relations
• Workforce Planning
• Talent Management
• Organizational Design
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Oracle HCM