Functional Talent Strategy & Org Design (The "What")
Global Strategic Lead: Identify root-cause business challenges for assigned functions and translate them into a multi-year global HR roadmap.
Organizational Architecture: Lead organizational design and restructuring initiatives for the function, ensuring global scalability and alignment with company goals.
Succession & Talent Reviews: Own the annual global talent review and succession planning process for the function, identifying high-potential talent and bridging leadership gaps.
Workforce Planning: Partner with Finance and Functional Heads to lead global headcount planning and talent acquisition prioritization.
Matrix Collaboration (Functional vs. Regional)
Regional Partnership: Collaborate with Regional HR Leaders (Americas, EMEA, APJ) to adapt global functional strategies to local legal and cultural requirements.
One Voice to Leadership: Serve as the primary point of contact for the function's senior-most global leaders, ensuring they receive coherent and coordinated HR support.
Global Consistency: Ensure HR programs (Performance, Compensation, DEI) are implemented with consistency across all regions for the specific function.
Operational Handoffs: Manage explicit handoffs to Regional HR for local Employee Relations, compliance, and office-specific culture initiatives.
Information Exchange: Ensure vital information is flowing between yourself, the function you’re supporting, and the regional HR leaders. Empowerment through coordination and collaboration is the way!
Leadership Coaching & Performance
Executive Advisory: Act as a trusted sounding board and coach for senior executives on people-related decisions, org health, and leadership behavior.
Proactive Performance: Partner with Employee Relations and Regional HR to inculcate a high-performance culture, guiding managers on talent assessment and complex performance management.
Compensation Strategy: Collaborate with the Total Rewards COE to broker scalable compensation and pay-equity strategies that align with functional benchmarks.
COE & Operational Integration
COE Liaison: Interface with Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and Total Rewards to deliver specialized solutions that address functional pain points.
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Systems Optimization: Advocate for and help accelerate "Manager Self-Service" and automation in partnership with HR Operations to improve the functional user experience (UX).
Employee Relations Support
US Case Support: Partner with Employee Relations to help cover and support any overflow cases (US only). This includes direct work on disciplinary items, investigations, grievance resolution, and offboards.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Business, or a related field (Master’s/MBA preferred).
10+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in a strategic HRBP capacity supporting global/matrixed organizations.
Matrix Navigation: Proven ability to influence across reporting lines—balancing global functional needs with regional operational realities.
Outside-In Thinking: Ability to develop HR solutions starting with the business client’s needs and moving toward process design.
Strategic Diplomacy: Exceptional communication skills; ability to manage "Functional vs. Regional" tensions and escalate issues via defined protocols.
Systems Fluency: Proficiency with Workday and a data-driven approach to HR analytics.
Discretion: Expert-level judgment in handling highly confidential executive-level matters.
Exceptional Collaboration: This role will need to collaborate with HRBPs, regional HR teams, and COE teams.
The compensation for this position ranges from $100,000 - $120,000, which will vary depending on how well an applicant's skills and experience align with the job description listed above.
Application deadline: 12/11/2026. This is our good-faith estimate of the date the application window is anticipated to close. KnowBe4 reviews applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close the application window early if a qualified candidate for the position is identified.
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