HR Business Partner (Manager)

An HR Business Partner (HRBP) is a senior HR professional who works with business leaders and managers to align HR strategies with business goals:

• Develop strategies: HRBPs create people plans and strategies to improve organizational objectives. They also develop human resource strategies with different departments and senior leadership.
• Provide guidance: HRBPs advise employees and managers on HR policies, procedures, and best practices. They also help with employee conflicts, compliance questions, and worker classifications.
• Perform tasks: HRBPs may perform tasks on behalf of their client, such as training employees or evaluating benefits packages.
• Build partnerships: HRBPs build partnerships across the HR function to deliver value-added services to employees and management.
• Manage employee retention: HRBPs use people analytics data to manage employee retention.
• Ensure HR policies align: HRBPs ensure that the company's HR policies align with the business goals.
• Maintain business literacy: HRBPs maintain business literacy about the business unit's financial position, culture, and competition.

HRBPs are usually aligned with a particular department and act as the point of people expertise for that business area.