Senior Business Partner, Engineering

About Us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

The Senior Business Partner is a trusted advisor and thought leader aligned directly to our functional business leaders. Reporting directly to the People Leader for each function, this role sits at the intersection of people strategy and execution. You will partner closely with senior leadership to design and deliver bespoke people strategies that drive organizational performance, capability, and growth. Operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast‑paced global environment, you will balance high‑level strategic consulting with the hands‑on delivery of core P&C programs.

You will translate global people strategies into highly effective functional actions, ensuring consistency, compliance, and excellence in execution while enabling our people to be brilliant. This role reports to the P&C Leader, Engineering.

• Executive Advisory:
  Partner with senior leaders to deeply understand business priorities and architect tailored people strategies that maximize engagement and performance.
• Leadership
  
  Coaching:
  
  Act as a critical sounding board and thought partner to senior leaders, driving change management, building leadership capability, and enabling teams to deliver complex business results.

• Org Architecture:
  Lead functional organization design, team effectiveness, and workforce optimization initiatives to ensure structures, roles, and processes foster agility and support future scaling.
• Transformation Support:
  Guide senior leaders through business transformations, structural shifts, and ambiguity from an organizational development and process‑oriented perspective.

• Pipeline Planning:
  Partner with Talent Partners, Talent CoE and business leaders to identify, develop, and retain critical, high‑potential talent.
• Succession & Performance:
  Lead and execute comprehensive talent reviews, performance management cycles, and succession planning activities to build a sustainable, future‑ready leadership pipeline.

• Unified P&C Delivery:
  Work closely with specialized P&C Centers of Excellence (COEs) and People Operations to seamlessly implement corporate initiatives (e.g., compensation and performance cycles) across your assigned client groups.

• AI‑Enabled Diagnostics:
  Leverage advanced AI tools and people analytics platforms to predict talent trends, proactively identify workforce friction, and generate data‑driven insights that inform strategic business decisions.
• Operational Enablement:
  Embrace and champion generative AI and modern HR technologies to streamline core lifecycle processes, automate administrative workflows, and elevate overall operational excellence.

• Culture Stewardship:
  Champion company values and inclusion initiatives that elevate the employee experience, promote collaboration, and foster a diverse workforce.
• Data‑Driven Strategy:
  Leverage workforce data, analytics, and employee feedback to uncover trends, measure initiative impact, and proactively inform strategic workforce planning.

• Complexity:
  Works on and leads projects and programs of significant, unique, and complex scope. Exercises independent judgment, highly advanced concepts, and specialized HR expertise to resolve systemic issues and achieve long‑term objectives.
• Supervision:
  Operates with a high degree of independence to define organizational problems, select appropriate methodologies, and execute solutions. Anticipates future talent and functional needs with minimal to no direction.
• Leadership/Influence:
  Contributes as an established thought leader. Constructively…