The Director, HR Business Partners & HR Analytics will play a critical role in supporting and shaping the HR strategy for the agency. You will partner with department leaders to provide expertise on leadership development, employee relations, coaching, and strategic HR initiatives, while also leveraging people data to guide decision-making across the organization. Your ability to understand the business and provide data-driven insights will be key to the success of this role. You will manage a small team and collaborate with the broader HR team to create a workplace environment that fosters growth, performance, accountability and employee engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
HR Business Partnering:
- Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior leadership, department leads, and key stakeholders across the agency.
- Provide coaching and guidance to leaders on performance management, employee relations, and conflict resolution.
- Managing and leading organizational changes, including restructures, reductions and terminations.
- Partner with departments to build effective team structures, enhance organizational effectiveness, and implement HR strategies that drive business performance.
- Oversee employee relations issues, ensuring fair and consistent application of policies and resolving conflicts in a proactive and professional manner.
- Regularly monitor employee turnover, conduct exit interviews, and develop actionable plans to improve retention rates.
- Partnering to development and execution of leadership development programs that align with business goals and strengthen the leadership pipeline.
HR Analytics & Data-Driven Decision Making:
- Own the development and maintenance of people analytics dashboards that provide real-time, actionable insights to support business decisions.
- Analyze HR data to identify trends, areas of opportunity, and potential risks related to turnover, engagement, diversity, and other key HR metrics.
- Create and present reports that translate complex HR data into clear, business-friendly insights that inform strategic decisions.
- Partner with HR Operations to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws and HR policies, providing guidance to leadership on compliance related matters.
Team Management & Development:
- Manage, coach, and develop direct report(s), helping them grow professionally and achieve team objectives.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing HR team culture that aligns with the agency’s values and goals.
Business Acumen & Stakeholder Management:
- Exhibit strong business acumen and a deep understanding of the advertising industry, its challenges, and its talent needs.
- Partner with other HR leaders (Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Benefits, etc.) to ensure a cohesive, aligned people strategy.
- Demonstrate a proactive and solution-oriented approach to business challenges, offering HR strategies that align with overall business objectives.
- Occasional travel (up to 25%) required to meet with teams and leadership across multiple office locations.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including leadership development, HR business partnering, and HR analytics
- Proven ability to analyze and interpret HR data to drive business results
- Strong understanding of HR systems, Excel, analytics tools, and reporting dashboards (experience with ADP, Workday, Visier, Tableau, or similar platforms is a plus)
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated experience in handling complex employee relations matters in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Ability to think strategically while also being hands-on in the execution of HR initiatives
- Experience managing and developing HR team members
- Knowledge of employment laws and regulations across multiple states
- A degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is required; an HR certification (e.g., PHR, SHRM-SCP, etc.) is preferred.
- We believe being radically diverse and inclusive is the key to becoming one of the world’s great creative idea companies. By embracing everything that makes our partners who they are and what makes them unique to the world around them, we create the conditions and capacity to help creative, original thinking thrive.
- BarkleyOKRP is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging as part of our corporate strategic goals, supported by a formal DEI+B program, Employee Resource Groups, Director of Diversity leadership and agency commitment to The Brand Lab, Creative Accelerator, Fellowship, MAIP, and BLAC.
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Barkley is an independent creative idea company.
Potent modern brands are whole brands — they need creative ideas across a wide spectrum, from business to marketing — all built around a core, long idea we call a Red Thread. This spectrum is our playground.
We are committed to knowing modern consumers better than anyone, and we're out to prove creativity can solve any problem.
We're known for our ❤️ and hustle, and we’re always looking for whole brand thinkers.
