Director, HR Business Partner

Barclays have an excellent opportunity for a Director, HR Business Partner to join our HR team. This is a permanent role, based in New York.

Salary / Rate Minimum: $225,000

Salary / Rate Maximum: $325,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any another type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

As a trusted advisor to our Senior business heads across our key strategic Asset Class’s the role requires strong partnership to influence the development and implementation of a people strategy that enables business goals. 

Accountabilities

• Drive business performance through close partnership with the business, leading the development and execution of the HR Strategy to enable commercial value.   Translate changing business needs into effective, integrated HR strategies and actions.
• Provision of advice and counsel to the most senior business leaders on specific people related issues and opportunities to drive improved performance (e.g. cultural trends, senior ER related issue, talent skill gaps/hiring needs, succession.)
• Use of organisation effectiveness principles, partner with senior business leaders to ensure structures are organised in a way to deliver efficiency aligned to strategic objectives.
• Participation in HR product design, using commercial acumen, deep business knowledge and external insights and represent HR service and products back into the business, using relationships and business knowledge to ensure products and processes drive the desired outcome at the local business level.

Director Expectations

• Will bring deep experience in large and complex financial services institution, with exposure to global Banking & Markets.
• Will be an experienced HR Business Partner with ability to build relationships and influence at a senior level.
• Strong business and commercial acumen with experience of contributing to the business strategic agenda
• Ability to lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally.
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.

Key personal and behaviour attributes

• Will be a forward-thinking business partner, passionate about developing high performing organisations where HR is an enabler to success
• Proactive operating style with the energy and drive to push forward the strategic agenda
• Will be collaborative and solutions-focussed; able to build strong relationships across the whole Bank
• Articulate, to the point and pacey.

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.