Teams at Panera Bread

Serves as a strategic HR partner to regional and retail leaders, developing people strategies and advising on employee relations, talent acquisition, succession planning, workforce planning, compliance, performance management, and leadership development. The role drives organizational effectiveness, change management, employee engagement, and enterprise HR initiatives while using workforce analytics to inform decisions. This home-based position supports a multi-state, multi-unit region and requires up to 50% travel.

Develop and execute strategic internal communications and employee engagement campaigns through visual storytelling. Create executive communications, intranet content, newsletters, videos, motion graphics, photography, presentations, infographics, digital signage, and event materials. Partner with executives, HR, and business leaders to communicate priorities, culture, values, and change initiatives. Manage video production from concept through post-production, maintain brand consistency, and measure communication effectiveness using analytics and employee feedback.

Leads HR technology strategy, Workday governance, HR service center operations, process optimization, automation, data governance, analytics, and employee self-service. Oversees HR technology roadmaps, enterprise implementations, vendor management, service delivery standards, reporting, compliance, and continuous improvement. Partners cross-functionally with HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, and business leaders while developing high-performing HR Technology and HR Service Center teams.