Principal IT Business Partner

As a Principal IT Business Partner, you will serve as the primary interface between business stakeholders and IT, ensuring alignment between business priorities, technology strategy, demand, and delivery outcomes. You will report directly to the Director, IT Transformation Management Office (TMO) & Business Partners. In this role, you will operate as a strategic partner to HR leadership across key domains, including HR Operations, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and other Centers of Excellence. 

You will provide strategic advisory support, drive stakeholder engagement, and help ensure the right work is prioritized and executed, while promoting transparency and effective governance across the IT portfolio. You will help influence decisions through data-driven and AI-enabled insights and support the adoption of processes and digital capabilities through effective change management.

At Solstice, our people are critical to our success. Success in this role will be defined by your ability to build strong partnerships with Solstice IT professionals and vendors, develop a deep understanding of business functions, and minimize friction between business expectations and IT delivery. Key Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Partnership & Stakeholder Alignment

• Serve as the primary IT advisor to the business, building trusted relationships and ensuring alignment between business priorities and IT strategy.
• Translate business objectives into prioritized IT roadmaps, investments, and outcomes.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and alignment gaps through effective governance and stakeholder engagement.

Workforce Lifecycle & Human Capital Management (HCM) Process and Enablement

• Partner with HR leadership across workforce strategy, talent acquisition, learning, performance, rewards, and HR operations to translate business priorities into an integrated HCM roadmap and technology portfolio. 
• Drive alignment, integration, and automation across the end-to-end workforce lifecycle (hire-to-retire), including recruiting, onboarding, development, compensation, employee relations, payroll, and offboarding, to improve employee experience, data quality, and operational efficiency. 
• Ensure HCM solutions are secure, compliant, scalable, and aligned with enterprise architecture, data, cybersecurity, and workforce management standards. 

Business Partnership & Strategy Alignment

• Align business priorities with IT strategy, roadmaps, and investment plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve business performance through process optimization, automation, analytics, and digital capabilities.
• Provide strategic technology guidance informed by business needs and industry trends.

IT Demand, Portfolio & Governance

• Lead IT demand intake, prioritization, and business case development to maximize business value and strategic alignment.
• Align initiatives with enterprise architecture, portfolio objectives, and funding priorities.
• Facilitate governance decisions by providing transparency into investments, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs.

Cross-IT Coordination & Delivery Alignment

• Coordinate across IT (TMO, Enterprise Architecture, delivery teams, service owners, and Business Partners) to ensure demand is effectively shaped, funded, and executed.
• Drive alignment across cross-functional dependencies, shared platforms, and delivery timelines.
• Ensure business requirements are accurately represented through delivery and solution implementation.

Value Realization & Outcomes

• Ensure the business defines and validates benefit measures, and holds ownership for tracking adoption, realizing benefits, and performance against business case objectives.
• Establish feedback loops with stakeholders to continuously improve solutions, processes, and portfolio outcomes.
• Provide transparency on progress, risks, and outcomes to support stakeholder and executive decision-making.

• Bachelor’s degree (or above) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in IT management, business analysis, relationship management, technology consulting, product management, or enterprise IT roles.
• Strong capability in business stakeholder engagement and alignment, translating business needs into business cases, analytical problem-solving, conflict resolution, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to travel up 20% of time on average.
• Demonstrated expertise across key HR domains, including workforce strategy and organization design, talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, total rewards and compensation, and HR service delivery and employee relations.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end H2R processes and data flows, spanning recruitment, onboarding, workforce management, development, compensation, payroll, and offboarding.
• Deep knowledge of integration between core HCM suites with external downstream systems.
• Proven ability to influence configuration and optimization across key HCM modules (e.g., Talent Acquisition, Learning Management, and Performance/Compensation).
• Expertise in managing workforce lifecycle events (e.g., hiring, promotions, transfers, relocations, leave of absence, and exits) and enabling associated workflow triggers and automation.
• Solid understanding of change management and digital adoption practices to enable effective rollout and sustained use of HR technologies.
• In-depth understanding of data privacy and security requirements, including safeguarding sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) under data privacy laws and frameworks.

• Demonstrates learning agility, actively seeking feedback from business partners, peers, and teams; curious, data-driven, and committed to continuous improvement through retrospectives and lessons learned.
• Invests personally and organizationally in modern skills (e.g., Human Resources (including Hire-to-Retire / H2R processes), SAP/ERP, supply chain management systems, financial databases) with a strong focus on attracting and developing top talent. Has a history of developing future leaders. Maintains knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Drives technology innovation and digital transformation, aligning IT priorities to enterprise outcomes and business value rather than technology roadmaps alone.
• Leads with respect, transparency, authenticity, and adaptability, effectively guiding teams through change, disruption, and evolving organizational needs.
• Applies strong strategic thinking and business acumen, translating strategy into clear priorities, milestones, and measurable outcomes while maintaining organizational momentum.
• Delivers results through disciplined execution, balancing speed with rigor, removing obstacles, managing dependencies, and taking full ownership of outcomes.
• Fosters innovation while maintaining operational excellence, encouraging experimentation, sound governance, and operational stability.
• Builds trust-based relationships and alignment across functions, geographies, and stakeholder groups, championing enterprise outcomes for Solstice.
• Communicates clearly and consistently across global, cross-functional teams, enabling effective change management, resilience, and stakeholder engagement.
• Creates high-performing, accountable teams by empowering decision-making, establishing clear expectations and guardrails, fostering psychological safety, and recognizing contributions.
• Demonstrates strong vendor and ecosystem leadership, scaling best practices while balancing standardization with the flexibility needed to meet business needs

COMPENSATION

The annual base salary range for this position is $171667-$213996. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice Advanced Materials considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities or the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit: click here

About Solstice Advanced Materials

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials.