Director, HR Business Partner, Corporate
Listed on 2026-08-08
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HR/Recruitment
HR Manager, HR Generalist / Talent Management
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose,
* Feeding the Future
* , is the reason we come to work each day. We're guided by our culture of care and our core values:
* We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.
* Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.
The Director, HR Business Partner, reporting to the Vice President, HRBP & Employee and Labour Relations is responsible for leading an HRBP team supporting Corporate Business Units. This leadership position supports the enablement of the business strategy through the development and implementation of leading-edge human capital strategies and programs. The role is accountable for establishing the performance expectations and measurements to ensure we are transforming the current operating model in support of providing best-in-class people initiatives.
This role integrates across the Corporate functions and organizational hierarchy to establish a management operating system to attract, retain, and develop our talent and deploy an employee experience that makes Nutrien an employer of choice.
This strategic Director provides leadership across all areas of HR and the business. This position will partner closely with the COE to ensure effective program designs for the Corporate business units. This role partners closely with the HRBP leadership team to provide leadership to the entire function. This will include partnering closely with Total Rewards on compensation and benefit programs, working with Talent Attraction to attract top talent, and collaborating with Talent Development on succession and career development programs and the HRSC to ensure service excellence.
This role is accountable for fostering an environment that is psychologically safe where everyone is seen, heard, and feels like they belong.
This leader's focus will be enabling the business strategy. The successful incumbent must be a process-focused global HR leader, with a proven track record in designing and implementing game-changing people programs for sustainable business growth across multiple geographies. This role requires a combination of strong strategic and analytical orientation, dynamic leadership capability, deep HR knowledge, excellent communication skills, change management expertise, and the proven ability to collaborate and influence across all levels of the organization.
Given the changing environment, this role is instrumental in working with the business to coordinate and oversee large-scale organizational transformation while designing and implementing programs and practices to support Nutrien's business strategy.
- Provide direct leadership to a team of HRBP's with a strong focus on career development, performance management, and employee engagement
- Support a growing global business unit of over 1000 professional and executive-level employees
- Manage a high-performance culture by actively coaching and mentoring direct reports, providing regular feedback, and developing employees for wider roles and responsibilities to foster professional growth and development
- Assist with the integration and change processes as the company meets the challenges of growth and the need to scale including M&A activity
- As a key member of the HR Business Partner leadership team, you will serve as an expert on all things people, offering coaching and guidance to Sr. Leaders and assist to execute on the business strategy
- Participate in recruitment of senior leadership, sit on interview panels, providing critical feedback and thoughtful analysis to select top talent
- Responsible for robust succession planning with senior leadership to ensure we are proactively managing the employee lifecycle by prudently managing performance and identifying and developing successors
- Partner with COE and leadership to create and execute on effective people strategies, programs, and initiatives
- Collaborate with Total Rewards to drive consistent and effective compensation and benefits programs throughout the Corporate and Commercial business units
- Work with leaders to anticipate, request, and design the scope of future human capital requirements based on business, industry, and market conditions
- Provide direction and input to COE to ensure the design and deployment of HR initiatives meet the needs of the Corporate business unit and work closely with leaders to implement them accordingly
- Demonstrate expert knowledge of HR initiatives, strategy, and policies
- Expand HR strategies to have more of a global focus
- Drive talent attraction and retention by…
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