Strategic HR Business Partner

Role introduction

As a Strategic HR Business Partner you can expect to...

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Service Line Leaders, aligning people strategies with business goals to strengthen organizational performance, leadership capability, and sustainable growth.
• Develop a deep understanding of business strategy, workforce needs, utilization trends, and financial objectives to provide data-driven guidance on talent and organizational decisions.
• Partner with leaders to identify and address talent, leadership, organizational, and workforce risks before they impact business outcomes.
• Coach leaders on building high-performing teams through effective performance management, employee development, feedback, accountability, and career growth practices.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, promotion discussions, calibration sessions, and workforce planning initiatives that strengthen leadership pipelines and organizational readiness.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Resource Management, and business leaders to optimize workforce capacity, consultant deployment, utilization, hiring priorities, and long-term talent strategies.
• Deliver workforce analytics and talent insights that support informed decision-making around performance, promotions, succession planning, retention, and organizational effectiveness.
• Guide leaders through organizational change, restructuring, employee relations matters, performance improvement plans, and employment decisions while maintaining engagement and business continuity.
• Champion an exceptional employee experience by driving engagement initiatives, analyzing employee feedback, supporting Culture Amp action planning, and addressing retention risks through targeted interventions.
• Partner across the People team to deliver performance, compensation, onboarding, development, and engagement programs while ensuring consistent application of policies, employment practices, and regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to the development of a modern, scalable People function by improving processes, leveraging technology and AI, and identifying opportunities to enhance organizational effectiveness.

You're great at...

• Building trusted relationships with leaders and serving as a credible advisor on business, talent, and organizational challenges.
• Connecting people strategies to business outcomes through strong business acumen and commercial awareness.
• Coaching and influencing leaders through growth, change, performance management, organizational design, and complex workforce decisions.
• Translating workforce data, analytics, and business insights into practical recommendations and measurable actions.
• Facilitating talent reviews, succession planning discussions, promotion decisions, and leadership development initiatives.
• Balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Navigating ambiguity, challenging the status quo, and identifying opportunities to improve processes, programs, and outcomes.
• Communicating effectively across all levels of the organization while building alignment and driving accountability.
• Collaborating across teams and functions with a low-ego, solutions-oriented approach.
• Taking ownership of challenges and delivering practical, business-focused solutions that create measurable impact.

Sound interesting? If so, you'll have...

• 7+ years of progressive HR Business Partner, strategic HR, or people consulting experience, ideally within professional services, consulting, technology, or another knowledge-based environment.
• Strong business acumen and a demonstrated ability to connect talent and organizational strategies to business performance and growth objectives.
• Experience in workforce planning, organizational design, leadership development, talent management, succession planning, performance management, and employee relations.
• Proven ability to coach, influence, and advise leaders through growth, change, organizational challenges, and complex employee situations.
• Experience analyzing workforce data and translating insights into actionable recommendations that improve performance, engagement, retention, and organizational effectiveness.
• Strong understanding of compensation, promotion, talent review, and performance management processes.
• Exceptional relationship-building, communication, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Experience working collaboratively across business functions and balancing strategic advisory responsibilities with operational execution.
• A proactive, curious, and commercially minded approach with a passion for building, improving, and driving measurable business impact.

The Perks

We offer competitive pay with a performance-based bonus. Our employees also enjoy unlimited paid time off and a flexible and affordable benefits program designed to help you be and stay well, including: medical, dental & vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement account, and a 401(k) plan with a company match. Additionally, you'll have the benefit of working alongside enthusiastic and energetic teammates in a dynamic and thriving environment.

HSO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.