Director, Business Partner

Our Story

Launched in 2015, Sol de Janeiro is a globally recognized, award-winning beauty brand, drawing inspiration from Brazil’s beauty rituals, warmth, and spirit. Sol de Janeiro delivers a sensory experience beloved by multi-generational consumers worldwide, with clinically proven results, transformative textures, and transportive fragrances.

Headquartered in New York and launched as a digitally native brand, we have expanded globally with teams in Paris, London, and Germany. Our commitment to excellence has earned high-profile honors, including being named one of TIME 2024 Most Influential Companies, Fast Company’s 2024 World’s Most Innovative Companies, and WWD Beauty Inc’s Power Brands of 2024, underscoring its leadership in the beauty industry and outstanding workplace.

As a Director, People Experience you will serve as a strategic advisor to executive and functional leaders, aligning people strategies with business objectives to drive performance, growth, and engagement. This role is pivotal in shaping a talent-driven, high-performing, and inclusive culture across a global workforce.

In close collaboration with Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Total Rewards, you will oversee and influence key stages of the employee lifecycle—from talent attraction and onboarding, to development, performance, and retention. This role requires deep HR expertise, a commercial mindset, and the ability to influence at all levels in a fast-paced environment.

The position will report to the Chief People & Impact Officer.

• Partner with senior leaders to design and implement talent strategies aligned with business objectives, including workforce planning, succession, and organizational design.
• Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition CoE to define hiring needs, role profiles, and success criteria for key positions. Participate in calibration sessions and ensure seamless recruiter alignment.
• Advocate for and implement internal mobility practices, succession planning frameworks, and leadership pipeline development in partnership with Learning & Development.

• Work cross-functionally with CoEs to support and execute the full employee lifecycle.
• Talent Attraction:
  Provide input on employer branding and candidate experience in collaboration with Talent Acquisition.
• Onboarding:
  Guide onboarding content and structure to accelerate time-to-productivity in partnership with People Operations and Learning & Development.
• Development:
  Identify learning needs and shape leadership and capability development programs with the Learning & Development CoE.
• Performance Management:
  Embed and lead performance enablement programs focused on continuous feedback, development planning, and recognition.
• Retention:
  Analyze engagement and retention data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. Work with leaders and the Total Rewards CoE to craft compelling retention strategies.
• Offboarding:
  Lead exit analysis and feedback loops to improve employee experience and inform talent strategy.

• Drive organization design and transformation initiatives, including new operating models, M&A integrations, and role scoping.
• Lead team health diagnostics and engagement action planning efforts, ensuring insights lead to measurable improvements.
• Facilitate change leadership strategies to support scalability and cultural alignment.

• Be a culture champion and advisor to leaders—ensuring alignment to values, driving DE&I goals, and nurturing psychological safety.
• Coach leaders to build inclusive, empowered, and accountable teams.
• Recognize and amplify high performance and critical talent through performance reviews and talent calibration.

• Talent Acquisition CoE:
  Align on hiring strategies, DEI goals, and workforce planning. Influence job architecture and market competitiveness.
• Learning & Development CoE:
  Identify and support development programs for leaders and teams; contribute to learning needs assessments and program effectiveness…