Human Resources Business Partner Associate Director

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5 Locations
In-Office
Information Technology • Software
The Role

Location: Hybrid - 8 days a month in the office (Kennesaw GA, Riverwoods IL, Wichita KS, Dallas TX, Ontario Canada)

Make your impact where strategy meets people

As a forward‑looking business partner, you’ll serve as a strategic adviser to executive leadership and a champion of culture. You will shape and deliver an integrated, inclusive people strategy that advances business outcomes—linking talent, organization, and culture to the unit’s growth agenda.

What you’ll do

  • Co‑create the People Strategy. Partner with leaders to translate business goals into targeted human capital strategies; align with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) to bring the best of Talent, Total Rewards, and HR Operations to the Customer Unit.
  • Design the organization for scale. Lead organizational design efforts (structure, roles, capabilities) that enable growth and efficiency; advise on workforce planning and critical capability build.
  • Elevate the talent lifecycle. Oversee end‑to‑end talent practices within the Customer Unit—including Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement & Culture, Learning, Leadership Development, and Total Rewards—ensuring they are equitable, data‑informed, and outcomes‑focused.
  • Lead change and transition. Drive change and adoption for strategic initiatives; coach leaders and teams through transformations with clear narratives, stakeholder plans, and measurable success criteria.
  • Be a trusted adviser and culture catalyst. Build credible relationships with executives and people leaders; model values and behaviors that strengthen inclusion, accountability, and performance.
  • Operationalize with excellence. Ensure people programs are implemented effectively by communicating expectations, enabling leaders with tools, and tracking adoption and impact.
  • Stay ahead of the curve. Monitor people trends, regulatory changes, and industry best practices; bring insights and recommendations that keep the Customer Unit future‑ready.
  • Support M&A moments. Contribute to due diligence, organizational assessments, and change readiness across acquisitions, mergers, and integrations in partnership with HR COEs and business leaders.

How you’ll measure success (12–18 months)

  • A clear, leader‑owned People Strategy & roadmap aligned to business priorities.
  • Org design changes implemented with measurable improvements in span, layers, and decision velocity.
  • Critical roles filled and succession benches built; improved internal mobility and time‑to‑productivity.
  • Step‑change in manager capability (coaching, feedback, performance differentiation) and sustained engagement gains.
  • Successful change adoption for priority initiatives, evidenced by KPI movement and stakeholder feedback.
  • Demonstrable progress on inclusion, equity, and belonging outcomes across the talent lifecycle.

What you’ll bring

  • Strategic HRBP experience supporting senior executives in complex, matrixed environments.
  • Depth across Org Design, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Change & Transition Management, and partnership with COEs.
  • Business acumen and comfort with data—able to connect talent metrics to growth, productivity, risk, and customer outcomes.
  • Executive coaching skill set—listening deeply, challenging constructively, and influencing decisions through insight and evidence.
  • Proven ability to operationalize programs at scale while tailoring for the Customer Unit’s context.
  • Integrity, discretion, and cultural fluency; commitment to inclusive practices and equitable outcomes.
  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or relevant certifications (e.g., OD, change, coaching) a plus.

TRAVEL: Quarterly travel to meet in-person with business leaders, approximately 30% of the time.

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Directeur(trice) associé(e), Partenaire d’affaires – Ressources humaines

Wolters Kluwer – R0054251

Lieu : Hybride – 8 jours par mois au bureau (Kennesaw GA, Riverwoods IL, Wichita KS, Dallas TX, Ontario Canada)

Ayez un impact là où la stratégie rencontre l’humain

À titre de partenaire d’affaires RH tourné vers l’avenir, vous agirez comme conseiller(ère) stratégique auprès de la haute direction et comme champion(ne) de la culture organisationnelle. Vous façonnerez et livrerez une stratégie intégrée et inclusive en matière de personnel qui favorise les résultats d’affaires—en reliant les talents, l’organisation et la culture aux objectifs de croissance de l’unité.

Ce que vous ferez

  • Cocréer la stratégie RH. Collaborer avec les leaders afin de traduire les objectifs d’affaires en stratégies ciblées de gestion du capital humain; vous assurer de l’alignement avec les Centres d’excellence RH (COE) pour offrir le meilleur des volets Talent, Rémunération globale et Opérations RH à l’unité client.
  • Concevoir une organisation évolutive. Diriger les efforts de conception organisationnelle (structure, rôles, capacités) qui favorisent la croissance et l’efficacité; conseiller sur la planification de la main-d’œuvre et le développement des capacités critiques.
  • Élever le cycle de vie des talents. Superviser les pratiques de gestion des talents au sein de l’unité—incluant l’acquisition de talents, l’engagement des employés et la culture, l’apprentissage, le développement du leadership et la rémunération globale—tout en veillant à ce qu’elles soient équitables, basées sur les données et axées sur les résultats.
  • Diriger le changement et la transition. Soutenir la gestion du changement et l’adoption des initiatives stratégiques; accompagner les leaders et les équipes à travers les transformations grâce à des communications claires, des plans de parties prenantes et des critères mesurables de réussite.
  • Être un(e) conseiller(ère) de confiance et un catalyseur culturel. Bâtir des relations crédibles avec les dirigeants et les gestionnaires; incarner les valeurs et comportements qui renforcent l’inclusion, la responsabilisation et la performance.
  • Assurer une mise en œuvre exemplaire. Veiller à ce que les programmes RH soient exécutés efficacement en communiquant clairement les attentes, en outillant les leaders et en assurant le suivi de l’adoption et de l’impact.
  • Rester à l’avant-garde. Surveiller les tendances RH, les changements réglementaires et les meilleures pratiques de l’industrie; proposer des perspectives et des recommandations pour préparer l’unité client à l’avenir.
  • Soutenir les activités de F&A. Contribuer à la diligence raisonnable, aux évaluations organisationnelles et à la préparation au changement lors d’acquisitions, fusions et intégrations, en collaboration avec les COE RH et les leaders d’affaires.

Comment votre succès sera mesuré (12–18 mois)

  • Une stratégie RH claire, appartenant aux leaders, accompagnée d’une feuille de route alignée aux priorités d’affaires.
  • Des changements en conception organisationnelle entraînant des améliorations mesurables en matière d’étendue de supervision, de niveaux hiérarchiques et de rapidité décisionnelle.
  • Des rôles critiques comblés et des plans de relève solides; amélioration de la mobilité interne et de la rapidité de productivité.
  • Progrès significatif des compétences des gestionnaires (coaching, rétroaction, différenciation de performance) et gains soutenus en engagement des employés.
  • Adoption réussie des initiatives prioritaires, démontrée par l’évolution des indicateurs de performance et la rétroaction des parties prenantes.
  • Progrès démontrable en matière d’inclusion, d’équité et de sentiment d’appartenance à travers le cycle de vie des talents.

Ce que vous apporterez

  • Expérience stratégique en tant que HRBP soutenant des cadres supérieurs dans des environnements complexes et matriciels.
  • Expertise en conception organisationnelle, gestion des talents, développement du leadership, gestion du changement et des transitions, et collaboration avec les COE.
  • Sens des affaires et aisance avec les données—capacité à relier les indicateurs de talents à la croissance, la productivité, le risque et les résultats client.
  • Compétences en coaching exécutif—écoute approfondie, remise en question constructive et capacité d’influencer les décisions par l’analyse et les faits.
  • Capacité avérée à opérationnaliser des programmes à grande échelle tout en les adaptant au contexte de l’unité client.
  • Intégrité, discrétion et sensibilité culturelle; engagement envers les pratiques inclusives et les résultats équitables.
  • Baccalauréat requis; maîtrise ou certifications pertinentes (ex. : DO, changement, coaching) un atout.

Déplacements :

Déplacements trimestriels pour des rencontres en personne avec les leaders d’affaires, environ 30 % du temps.

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Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.


Compensation:

$111,200.00 - $198,650.00 USD
This role is eligible for Bonus.

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position.  Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process. 

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.

Wolters Kluwer Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Wolters Kluwer and has not been reviewed or approved by Wolters Kluwer.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time away benefits are positioned as broad, spanning vacation and sick time plus paid holidays and other covered leave types. Paid parental and caregiver leave, bereavement leave, and a volunteer day contribute to a more comprehensive time-off offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is framed as meaningful through access to a 401(k)/retirement plan paired with company matching and additional contribution features in some descriptions. This is reinforced by mentions of profit sharing and other long-term savings-oriented programs.
  • Parental & Family Support Family-oriented support stands out through adoption assistance and paid parental leave provisions. These benefits are described alongside other caregiver supports that extend beyond basic leave categories.

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Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services. Founded in 1836 and headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, the company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 18,600 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer reported 2019 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. Listed on Euronext Amsterdam, Wolters Kluwer shares (WKL) are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).

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