Job Purpose
The Director, Strategic HR Business Partner serves as a trusted advisor to multiple executive team leaders and their support teams, driving the development and execution of human resources strategies that align with business objectives. This role focuses on building strong partnerships, providing strategic guidance, and ensuring HR initiatives support organizational success without direct people management responsibilities.
Location: This role will also serve as the HRBP contact in the Boston Office.
Duties & Responsibilities
This position requires strong partnerships with assigned executive leaders and their teams to ensure alignment of company-wide HR initiatives into the business strategies and goals. In addition, this role provides strategic and tactical leadership to link HR best practices to business objectives, including policy development and enforcement, workforce planning and skills training needed to support the continued growth of the organization.
The primary responsibilities of this job include, but are not limited to:
- Act as the primary HR business partner for assigned executive leaders and their teams, offering proactive planning, coaching, and HR expertise.
- Collaborate with assigned teams to integrate company-wide HR initiatives into business strategies.
- Partner with leadership to implement talent management, compensation, learning and development, and benefits strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, ensuring strong associate relations and engagement.
- Provide strategic guidance on workforce planning, policy interpretation, and change management to support business transformation.
- Serve as a consultant on employee relations issues, ensuring fair and consistent practices.
- Support leadership in succession planning, talent acquisition strategies, and development programs without direct oversight of HRBP teams.
- Ensure HR programs, practices, and processes are consistent and aligned across the organization.
Qualifications (Education & Experience)
Qualifications include:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree or a combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 5 years of HR business partner experience supporting senior leadership in multi-site or complex environments.
- Strong expertise in change management, talent strategies, and organizational development.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Professional HR certification preferred (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR).
Working Conditions
- Required travel – 20%
Physical Requirements
- While performing this job, the incumbent is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear & use hands and fingers to operate keyboards.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Disabled/Veterans
Competitive Pay $177,243-$248,140 annually.
The actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and geographical location. Individual compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
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Panera began in 1987 as St. Louis Bread Company, a humble community bakery founded with a sourdough starter from San Francisco and a dream of putting a loaf of bread in every arm. While our business has expanded well beyond St. Louis since then, that same sourdough starter is still used in our iconic sourdough bread and the craft of baking bread fresh each day remains at the heart of Panera Bread. Each day, our trained bakers fill our bakery shelves with delicious freshly baked cookies, pastries, bagels, and a range of breads from focaccia to classic baguettes. We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared, clean food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families. Our menu, crafted by chefs and bakers, features classic, comforting dishes, each with an intriguing twist. We respect our planet and take measures to lessen our impacts. We believe in treating people with warmth, kindness, and respect, whether it’s a guest in our cafe or one of our associates. And we believe in helping our local communities, especially in times of need. We’re also focused on improving quality and convenience. With investments in technology and operations, we offer omni-channel access to your Panera favorites – like mobile ordering, catering, and Rapid Pick-Up® for to-go orders, Curbside pick-up and delivery – all designed to make things easier for our guests. Today, Panera operates as both Panera Bread® or Saint Louis Bread Co St. Louis Bread Company in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Panera Bread is privately held by JAB Holding Company. Panera Bread is part of Panera Brands, one of the largest fast-casual restaurant platforms in the U.S., comprised of Panera Bread®, Caribou Coffee® and Einstein Bros.® Bagels.
