About the Role
The HR Business Partner (HRBP) Director serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, aligning people strategy with business objectives and delivering enterprise-level talent outcomes. Success is achieved by leading a team of HRBPs across multiple business lines and partnering with HR COEs to drive workforce planning, succession, capability building, performance, and organizational effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic advisor and coach to executive leaders on human capital strategy, people management, and career development.
- Translate business strategies into integrated human capital plans and lead their execution.
- Lead and develop a high-performing HRBP team, setting vision, standards, and operating rhythm.
- Unify HR Services and COEs to co-create scalable solutions and improve service levels.
- Oversee execution of people programs and processes, providing enterprise-wide insights and recommendations.
- Utilize Talent data to share insights, predict talent risk, quantify skills gaps, and track talent movement.
- Lead change strategies for large transformations, overseeing critical workstreams and outcomes.
- Coach leaders through change with clear, timely, and transparent communication.
- Assess organizational development needs and partner with HR COEs to address capability gaps.
- Provide organizational design expertise to ensure achievement of business goals and financial targets.
- Forecast risks/opportunities and shape solutions that strengthen competitive advantages.
- Exercise managerial authority for staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, compensation, performance management, and terminations.
- Promote an environment that supports engagement and belonging, reflecting the M&T Bank brand.
- Develop strategic workforce plans in collaboration with the business.
- Adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years in HR and/or relevant business roles (or 15+ years combined experience without a degree), including 5+ years leading managers/senior HRBPs.
- Experience across two or more HR disciplines with leadership accountability.
- Proven judgment resolving complex issues in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365/Copilot and HRIS/analytics tools.
- Travel – 10-20%
Skills
- Strategic Consulting
- Business acumen & systems thinking
- Problem structuring & options
- Decision enablement
- Constructive challenge
- Partnership & Collaboration
- Orchestrates the matrix
- Builds alliances
- Influences without authority
- Partnership savvy
- Impact & Influence
- Executive presence & storytelling
- Stakeholder strategy
- Outcome orientation
- Delivers results
- Inspires followers
- Change leadership
- Develops talent
Location
- New York, New York, United States of America
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Senior
- Director
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $188,800.00 - $314,600.00
About the Company
- M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees.
