Human Resources Business Partner

Human Resources Business Partner at Tricon Residential

Tricon is an owner, operator, and developer of single-family rental homes in the U.S. and multi-family apartments in Canada. Our commitment to enriching the lives of our employees, residents, and local communities underpins Tricon’s culture and business philosophy. We provide high-quality rental housing options for families across the United States and Canada through our technology-enabled operating platform and dedicated on-the-ground operating teams. Our development programs are also delivering thousands of new rental homes and apartments as part of our commitment to help solve the housing supply shortage.

Job Description

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) is a strategic advisor and thought partner to business leaders, responsible for translating business priorities into people strategy that drive performance, culture, and engagement. This role partners closely with leaders to diagnose organizational needs, shape talent and workforce strategies, and enable effective change across the employee lifecycle.

The Human Resources Business Partner operates as a trusted consultant, balancing strategic insight with practical, business-aligned decision-making and collaborates with global Centers of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Organizational & Talent Development, Total Rewards, HR Technology, etc.) to design and deliver solutions that support organizational change.

The Human Resources Business Partner is a hands-on, high-impact professional who brings strong business sense, a proactive attitude, and natural curiosity about how the business operates while exemplifying our core values of caring, kindness, teamwork, and excellence.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to employees and leaders by translating business strategy into people, talent, and organizational solutions that foster a strong employee experience.
• Coach and influence employees and leaders on day-to-day topics including organizational effectiveness, team performance, leadership capability, and serving as a thought partner on complex people decisions.
• Manage multiple initiatives independently, while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships across teams and regions and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on complex employee relations matters, partnering with VP of Employee Relations to assess risk, determine appropriate action, and reinforce consistent, values-driven practices.
• Lead and support the people strategy behind core HR programs and cycles, including performance management, compensation reviews, goal setting, talent reviews, development planning, promotions, and engagement initiatives.
• Use HR data metrics (e.g., headcount, compensation, attrition, job levels) to inform decision-making and drive performance, productivity, and capability improvements.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to shape, tailor, and deliver programs that enhance employee experience and support talent attraction and retention.
• Partner with HR leadership and business leaders on organizational design and change management efforts, bringing foundational knowledge of talent management and OD principles.
• Act as a trusted advisor with a pulse on employee sentiment, collaborating with HR leadership on employee lifecycle initiatives such as mobility, organizational changes, and engagement strategies, while balancing agility with sound HR infrastructure.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve people processes, systems, and ways of working that enable scale and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong business acumen and a natural curiosity about how a business operates
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including high-quality document preparation, and presentation skills desirable
• Agile, flexible, proactive and problem-solving approach
• Ability to prioritize workload and meet critical deadlines
• Ability to initiate/develop processes and procedures
• Team player with strong collaboration skills
• Basic project management skills
• Experience with Google Suite, Microsoft Office and other HR technologies i.e. Workday, preferred
• Self-starter – able to work proactively and independently while also knowing when to escalate/seek support and advice
• Absolute confidentiality and integrity
• Ability to build strong relationships, influence, work as a change agent

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 5+ years operating as an HR Business Partner supporting senior business leaders
• Demonstrated experience providing HR Business Partner support across multi-site, geographically dispersed organizations with field-based or operational employee population
• Demonstrated ability to influence and coach senior leaders in fast-paced, growth-oriented or transformational environments

Preferred Attributes

• Post secondary education desired i.e. university, college, certificate/diploma in HR, etc.
• HR professional certification or designation completed or in progress is an asset (PHR, CIPD)
• Experience supporting business units with 500+ employees preferred
• Proven experience translating business strategy into workforce and organizational solutions, including workforce planning, organizational design, performance management, talent reviews, and change management initiatives
• Experience managing complex employee relations matters and partnering with Legal and/or Employee Relations leadership to assess risk and drive consistent, values-based outcomes

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, including:

• Frequently required to sit, talk, and hear.
• Frequently required to stand and move; use hands to grasp, squeeze, finger, handle, and feel; reach, push, and pull with hands and arms; occasionally required to twist; reach overhead; stoop, kneel, squat, bend, and crouch.
• Occasionally lift, carry, and move up to 10 pounds.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

Key skills/competency

• Strategic HR Partnering
• Organizational Development
• Talent Management
• Employee Relations
• Change Management
• HR Data Analytics
• Leadership Coaching
• Business Acumen
• Workforce Planning
• HR Technology (Workday)