Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
Tailor your resume to this Director, Human Resources Business Partner role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against The Andrew W Mellon Foundation's job description. Free.
Tailor your resume to this Director, Human Resources Business Partner role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against The Andrew W Mellon Foundation's job description. Free.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Director, Human Resources Business Partner posting at The Andrew W Mellon Foundation — free, in seconds.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Director, Human Resources Business Partner posting at The Andrew W Mellon Foundation — free, in seconds.
About the Role
The Mellon Foundation seeks a Director, Human Resources Business Partner to strengthen and modernize its people practices, organizational structure, HR systems, and employee experience. This role will serve as a strategic advisor and trusted consultant to senior leaders, operating at the intersection of business strategy, organizational effectiveness, talent management, workforce planning, and employee experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on workforce, talent, organizational, and leadership matters.
- Align people strategies with Foundation priorities and departmental objectives.
- Guide leaders through organizational design, team effectiveness, workforce planning, and change initiatives.
- Facilitate regular workforce planning and organizational reviews to strengthen organizational capacity and support business objectives.
- Use workforce data and insights to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and inform decision-making.
- Coach and advise leaders on leadership effectiveness, team performance, employee engagement, and organizational health.
- Support leaders in building high-performing, inclusive teams and strengthening leadership effectiveness.
- Partner with the Director, Talent & Culture to advance talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and performance management practices.
- Foster leader accountability for employee engagement, development, performance, and retention outcomes.
- Translate HR strategies, programs, policies, and practices into effective day-to-day implementation.
- Partner with HR colleagues to deliver coordinated, consistent, and high-quality people solutions.
- Provide feedback and insights to inform the development and continuous improvement of HR programs and services.
- Champion initiatives that enhance employee experience and reinforce the Foundation's culture and values.
- Assess employee feedback and engagement trends to identify opportunities to strengthen organizational culture and effectiveness.
- Lead and support organizational transformation efforts, including introduction of new structures, systems, and ways of working.
- Help leaders assess organizational readiness, drive change adoption, and sustain employee engagement through periods of transition.
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and adaptability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including significant experience partnering with senior leaders in complex, evolving organizations.
- Demonstrated success serving as a strategic advisor and influencing organizational and talent-related decisions.
- Deep expertise in organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, and change leadership.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people strategies to organizational priorities and outcomes.
- Proven ability to lead through growth, transformation, and organizational change, including the implementation of new structures, processes, systems, and ways of working.
- Experience leveraging workforce analytics and data-driven insights to inform decisions and influence leaders.
- Executive presence with exceptional consulting, relationship-building, and influencing skills.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and coaching capabilities, with the ability to challenge and support leaders effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and drive results in dynamic environments.
Skills
- Organizational effectiveness
- Workforce planning
- Organizational design
- Talent management
- Change leadership
- Business acumen
- Workforce analytics
- Data-driven insights
- Consulting
- Relationship-building
- Influencing
- Communication
- Facilitation
- Coaching
Location
- Manhattan offices
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field
- Advanced degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $220,000 - $240,000 usd
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program
- Excellent working environment
About the Company
- The Mellon Foundation is a not-for-profit, grant making organization that believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and we believe that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom to be found there.
- Through its grants, the Foundation seeks to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive.
- The Foundation makes grants in four core program areas - Higher Learning, Arts and Culture, Public Knowledge, and Humanities in Place - and through its signature Presidential Initiatives.
Equal Opportunity
- The Mellon Foundation is committed to building an inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
- Employment opportunities are based on individual qualifications, merit, and organizational need, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds.
- Mellon is committed to access and inclusion for our applicants. If you have accessibility requests to support your participation in the hiring process, please let us know at your earliest convenience.