Senior Director HR Strategy and Projects EM
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About the Role
Drive cultural and business transformation in Emerging Markets, manage HR projects, and support leadership with strategic HR initiatives and change management.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the organizational development roadmap across Emerging Markets including cultural transformation agenda
- Lead and oversee complex multi continent business transformation projects in partnership with business development and senior leadership
- Collaborate with senior leadership to identify opportunities for organizational change and develop and implement transformation plans
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and adaptability
- Develop and implement change management strategies and plans
- Act as a credible counterpart for all Head Office roles within HR and the business
- Define HR Direction and drive the HR Support to EM Market Hubs
- Manage and mentor the team, ensuring their performance and delivery is aligned with global HR direction
- Collaborate with the VP HR Emerging Markets to design and deliver the people strategy for the EM region
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or a related field (Master's preferred)
- Minimum of 5 years in a Senior HR director role with proven track record of managing complex multi continent business transformation projects
- 20+ years expertise in HR business partnering, employee experience, and HR standards harmonization
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and coaching skills
- Ability to manage and mentor a remote team effectively
- Fluent in English; ideally in other languages
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Job Summary
- The Senior Director HR Business Transformation & Head Office will drive cultural and business transformation for Emerging Markets organization.
- Manage and deliver projects for HR EM, act as strategic advisor for People elements of cross functional and cross cluster initiatives.
- Drive head office activities across HR EM in close alignment with internal counterparts.
- This role plays a pivotal role to driving HR Business Partner direction and supporting HUB in alignment with EM 7 clusters priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the organizational development roadmap across Emerging Markets including cultural transformation agenda.
- Lead and oversee complex multi continent business transformation projects in partnership with business development and senior leadership.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to identify opportunities for organizational change and develop and implement transformation plans.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and adaptability to meet evolving business needs.
- Develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage of required changes.
- Act as a credible counterpart for all Head Office roles within HR and the business.
- Create and maintain frameworks to execute people activities consistently across Emerging Markets.
- Define HR Direction and drive the HR Support to EM Market Hubs.
- Streamline and harmonize HR standards across the Market while adapting to local nuances.
- Manage and mentor the team, ensuring their performance and delivery is aligned with global HR direction.
- Collaborate with the VP HR Emerging Markets to design and deliver the people strategy for the EM region.
- Provide expert HR consultation and guidance to junior HR leaders in the region.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Excellent and proven change management / transformation experience.
- Proven project management skills & ability to coordinate cross functional project teams from concept to implementation.
- Business Capabilities: Commercial awareness, customer focus, understanding HR strategy, understanding business.
- Proven leader with experience leading people (indirectly or directly) and projects.
- Excellent problem solving skills; demonstrate the ability to apply project management principles.
- Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills across all levels of the organization.
- Creative mind with story telling skills; able to develop effective communication materials.
- Ability to see the strategic big picture, while breaking down the complexity into actionable steps.
- Strong strategic and tactical skills with the ability to focus on the details.
- Experience working across multiple cultures; demonstrates global thinking.
- International, cross functional and intercultural experience.
- Strong networking and facilitation skills.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Senior HR director role, with a proven track record of managing complex multi continent business transformation projects.
- 20 years+ expertise in HR business partnering, employee experience, and HR standards harmonization (ideally within and outside sport industry).
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and coaching skills.
- Ability to manage and mentor a remote team effectively.
- Experience working in Emerging Markets Countries is a plus.
- Strong adaptability and agility in a highly complex and volatile market environment.
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