Senior Director, HR Business Partner

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Dearborn, MI, USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Automotive
The Role
Leads the global Finance HR strategy, advising executives on workforce planning, organization design, succession, leadership effectiveness, transformation, culture, employee relations, and talent development. Uses workforce analytics and HR dashboards to identify risks and guide interventions. Partners with HR centers of excellence, coaches senior leaders, and supports global talent and capability planning in a complex matrixed organization.
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The Senior Director, HR Business Partner – Finance serves as the strategic people leader for global Finance organizations, partnering with senior Finance and HR leadership to shape and execute a talent agenda that enables business performance, transformation, and leadership continuity. This role translates business strategy into workforce plans, organization design, succession priorities, leadership effectiveness actions, and culture initiatives. The leader will bring enterprise HRBP depth, strong executive influence, data-driven workforce insight, and the ability to operate in a global matrix environment. 

Responsibilities
  • Partner with Finance leadership to define the people strategy required to deliver business priorities, including transformation, operating model effectiveness, succession strength, and critical capability development. 

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organization effectiveness, leadership capability, talent movement, workforce risk, and culture priorities that materially affect business performance. 

  • Translate business strategy and workforce data into actionable talent plans, using workforce analytics, succession insights, engagement trends, and HR dashboards to identify risks, opportunities, and required interventions. 

  • Lead strategic workforce planning for global skill teams, including role design, capability assessment, build/buy/borrow talent strategies. 

  • Drive enterprise change management and organization transformation, ensuring leaders are equipped to communicate, adopt, and sustain new ways of working across regions and functions. 

  • Advise leaders on executive succession, leadership development, technical capability pipelines, and talent readiness for future Finance roles. 

  • Partner across HR centers of excellence to deliver integrated solutions across talent management, rewards, employee relations, performance management, culture, and organization development. 

  • Coach senior leaders through sensitive people decisions, performance issues, employee relations matters, and employment-risk considerations with sound judgment and regulatory discipline. 

Qualifications

You'll have...

  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related discipline, or commensurate work experience. 

  • Minimum 10 years of work experience with a Master’s degree or 12 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Human Resources, talent strategy, organization development, employee relations, or a related field. 

Licenses and Certifications:  

  • Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (Preferred) 

Even better, you may have...

  • Executive HRBP and Business Partnership Depth: Demonstrated success advising senior executives in a complex, global, matrixed organization with material business transformation, leadership, and workforce implications. 

  • Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Strategy: Experience translating business strategy into talent priorities, succession plans, organization design choices, and emerging talent profiles. 

  • Executive Talent Acquisition Alignment: Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to sharpen role scope, define must-have experiences, and pressure-test candidate requirements. 

  • AI and Digital Fluency: Practical fluency using AI, analytics, and digital HR tools to improve decision quality, accelerate transformation, and increase HR delivery effectiveness. 

  • Digital and Finance Transformation Exposure: Experience supporting organizations building pipelines for digital finance, data strategy, AI risk, governance, compliance, and other emerging capabilities. 

  • Global and Multi-Market Experience: Experience supporting global teams, navigating regional complexity, and driving consistent talent outcomes across markets. 

Work Requirements: 

Involves occasional (defined as one-third or less of the time) lifting of no more than 10 pounds at a time. Work is performed primarily in a seated position and entails no significant stooping, standing, climbing, walking, etc. Many sedentary jobs require good use of the hands and fingers for repetitive hand-finger actions. Working conditions occur within low to moderate noise levels related to the use of standard office or classroom equipment. 

Skills:  

  • Executive Influence 

  • Strategic Talent Planning 

  • Workforce Analytics 

  • Organization Design 

  • Change Leadership 

  • Succession Planning 

  • Executive Talent Acquisition Partnership 

  • Talent Management 

  • Performance Management 

  • Employee Relations 

  • HR Strategy 

  • Business Strategy 

  • Leadership Coaching 

  • Relationship Building 

  • Project Management 

  • Business Process Management 

  • HR Information Systems 

  • AI and Digital HR Fluency

 

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service 
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day 
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 
 

This position is a leadership level 4. 
 

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL4Benefits
 

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
 

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. 

#LI-Hybrid #LI-WC2 
 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, a related discipline, or commensurate work experience
  • At least 10 years of work experience with a master's degree or 12 years with a bachelor's degree
  • Experience in human resources, talent strategy, organization development, employee relations, or a related field
  • Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States

Ford Motor Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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

  • Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage start on day one with options that include zero-premium plans, free mental health support, and wellness resources. For represented hourly employees, health plans are described as low-cost with strong coverage value.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and additional company contributions is available from day one, alongside life and disability coverage. Pension eligibility in certain situations and financial-planning support reinforce long‑term security.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, fertility, surrogacy, and adoption benefits, plus a ramp‑up program for returning parents, reflect a family‑focused package. Flexible Family Care days and generous time‑off options help address short‑term caregiving and personal needs.

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HQ: Dearborn, MI
175,633 Employees
Year Founded: 1903

What We Do

Ford is a global company with shared ideals and a deep sense of family. From our earliest days as a pioneer of modern transportation, we have sought to make the world a better place – one that benefits lives, communities and the planet. We are here to provide the means for every person to move and pursue their dreams, serving as a bridge between personal freedom and the future of mobility. In that pursuit, our 186,000 employees around the world help to set the pace of innovation every day.

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