Manager, HR Business Partnership

We are looking for talented individuals who are passionate about making an impact in the company and the community.

The Manager, HR Business Partnership leads a team of HRBPs who strengthen leader capability, support organizational effectiveness, and deliver consistent, insight‑driven HR partnership across assigned business areas. The role builds strong relationships with senior leaders, develops HRBP capability, and collaborates closely with HR Centers of Expertise and the HR Solutions Center to ensure aligned, high‑quality HR service delivery. The Manager fosters a cohesive, modern HRBP team that models UNS values and contributes to a unified HR ecosystem.

Builds strong, trust‑based relationships with senior leaders to understand business priorities, workforce needs, and organizational dynamics. Strengthens HRBP delivery of modern, consistent, and enterprise‑aligned HR partnership by reinforcing effective collaboration with HR Centers of Expertise and the HR Solutions Center. Guides HRBPs in using workforce data and trends to diagnose talent challenges, identify root causes, and recommend practical, enterprise‑aligned HR solutions.

Supports escalations and serves as HRBP for assigned business areas, maintaining a small portfolio to support business needs that require senior‑level partnership support.

Models effective coaching and advisory practices and guides HRBPs in strengthening leader capability through clear guidance, insight, and practical decision support. Supports HRBPs in helping leaders navigate complex situations with consistency, clarity, fairness, and alignment to UNS values and HR policies. Reinforces HRBP coaching of leaders in using workforce data and employee experience insights to make informed decisions and proactively address workforce challenges.

Guides HRBPs in identifying training, development, and leadership coaching needs within assigned business areas and partnering with Talent Development to support aligned solutions. Partners with HR Centers of Expertise to ensure leaders receive accurate, aligned guidance on HR programs, processes, policies, and changes.

Ensures HRBPs apply employee experience principles to strengthen engagement, support organizational health, and help leaders improve the day‑to‑day experience of employees in assigned business areas. Leads HRBPs in assessing organizational effectiveness needs, including team dynamics, role clarity, and communication patterns. Guides HRBPs in leading organizational design activities for assigned business areas, including assessing structure, role definition, spans of control, and best practices.

Supports HRBPs in partnering with leaders to design and implement organizational changes that impact individuals and teams. Partners with HR COEs to bring business insights, challenges, and workforce needs into program and solution design, ensuring HRBPs and COEs co‑create practical, aligned, high‑quality HR solutions. Ensures HRBPs effectively support communication and execution of annual HR processes and enterprise HR programs, reinforcing consistency and alignment within HR and across the organization.

Ensures HRBPs lead job description development and updates for assigned business areas, maintaining clarity, accuracy, and alignment with organizational design and enterprise HR standards (in partnership with Talent Acquisition and Compensation).

Leads the full Employee Relations function within assigned business areas, guiding HRBPs in managing ER issues (e.g., performance concerns, conflict resolution, behavioral issues, ethics or policy…