Global P&O Business Partner

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The Senior Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for developing and driving the People & Organization (or “P&O” – what we call Human Resources) strategy for a key set of business groups within Siemens Digital Industries Software (DISW) and works closely with senior leadership in this capacity. This individual will act as a trusted partner to the business, bringing deep insights, an independent viewpoint, and P&O expertise to business issues. This individual will bring a proven track record of translating business strategies into P&O initiatives that effectively drive and support business performance including profit, growth, and customer and employee engagement across the organization.

• Actively engage with senior business leadership to understand key objectives, challenges, and opportunities and recommend P&O priorities and initiatives to support the direction the business is taking.
• Partner with leaders and their teams to provide coaching and counsel on matters related to organization design, organization development, workforce planning, talent management, and all aspects of the employee lifecycle.
• Drive and manage significant organizational change management and culture development initiatives that support the business in its growth objectives.
• Partner with senior leadership to embed a continuous focus on a high-performance culture to ensure our teams deliver high-impact results and to build a robust talent pipeline. Drive the performance management process, including target setting, performance, employee development and Talent Reviews.
• Collaborate with Zone and COE P&O colleagues to ensure our work serves the needs of our customers within the business.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the legal department as needed/required.
• Manage and resolve Employee Relations issues. Conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations.
• Understand organizational health; use data to uncover insights and make recommendations to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on organization’s recruitment efforts.
• Own talent & employee development, including the identification of L&D/training needs for business units. Collaborate with Talent Development team to select and implement training.
• Manage special HR projects as needed, including M&A and restructure activities.
• Identifies training needs for business units and individual executive coaching needs.
• Partner with P&O Managers in other locations and countries to ensure P&O-related business needs are met globally at the business division level.
• Partner closely with Finance on various matters, including headcount approval process.

• Bachelor’s degree plus 10+ years relevant P&O functional experience with successful demonstration of the key responsibilities as presented above; Masters degree desired.
• Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) or other HR certification is preferred
• Strength in coaching, influencing, facilitation, presentation, written and verbal communication, process development, analytical skill, and problem solving.
• Strong business and financial acumen; ability to translate business strategy into P&O strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to establish trusted relationships with senior leadership as well as strong rapport quickly and broadly across a global customer team.
• Experience working in a matrixed organization preferably in a global environment.
• Fluent in the English language.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Excel.
• Advanced proficiency using applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Workday experience preferred.