Job Description

Become part of the Converse Team

Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, its about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.

Who Converse represents is who Converse hires. If you're one-of-a-kind, you should try us on.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Our Director, HR Business Partner (HRBP) is responsible for providing solutions and advocacy to employees, managers, and senior leaders. We are looking for a passionate HR leader to execute and deliver key HR programs, practices and policies to the business, managers, and employees! HRBPs provide strategic consultation and coaching to Executive/Corporate leaders on organizational issues that contribute to growth of the business and the team. We need a leader who will serve as a key resource for employees through sensing, listening, providing mentorship and directing inquiries to the appropriate HR specialists. We are searching for an HR professional who thrives in ambiguity, is flexible and adaptable to change in a fast-paced organization and can demonstrate strong executive communication and presentation skills to communicate across all levels of the organization.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
In this role, you will build organizational alignment and capability through development and/or facilitation of appropriate leader focused interventions (e.g., team effectiveness, goal development and alignment, manager capability, employee engagement, etc.). Youll also own the strategic workforce plans that are aligned with business strategies and objectives, and apply diagnosis skills and core metrics to guide COEs in the shaping of appropriate and innovative HR solutions. Youll provide HR functional expertise on business strategies, as well as sound business expertise, to managers and teams. Finally, you will be accountable for the state of the bench, succession, career planning, and functional excellence, while also sharing business inputs with COEs and Employee Services, enabling them to create business focused solutions.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
In collaboration with others, youll help build and implement Functional HR Strategy across multiple teams and business units! You will report to the VP, HR Converse but collaborate across all HR COEs. You primarily are aligned to the Global Operations and Global Finance leaders and their leadership teams.

WHAT YOU BRING
Required:

- Bachelors degree in Business, HR, Behavioral Sciences or related field.

- 10 years of demonstrated experience across HR Generalist and Specialist areas.

- 2 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.

- Experience supporting one or more of the following functions: finance, supply chain or technology.

- Well-developed industry knowledge, market insight, and proven enterprise thinking.

- Demonstrable experience developing partnerships with business leaders, particularly in helping them manage significant organizational change during periods of realignment and growth.

- Available to travel 10%.

Preferred:

- Experience leading or partnering with Org Design/Org Effectiveness, Talent Management, Employee Relations, Recruiting, and Total Rewards.

- Proven experience setting and leading complex organizational effectiveness and design initiatives, as well as multi-year talent strategies.

- Demonstrable experience setting and leading organizational efficiency and design initiatives, as well as multi-year talent strategies.

Converse is more than a company; its a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Shanghai, from Brand Design to Finance, Converse is a brand that celebrates the unique and creative people of the world. Together, were different.