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Ford Motor Company
Posted 6 days ago · Jobs at Ford Motor Company
Senior Director, HR Business Partner
Ford Motor Company · Dearborn, Michigan, United States
In short
The Senior Director, HR Business Partner serves as a strategic leader for global Finance organizations, shaping talent agendas and executing workforce plans. They act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on organizational effectiveness, succession planning, and culture initiatives to drive business performance.
What they're looking for
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Candidates must have at least 10 to 12 years of experience in Human Resources or a related field, depending on their educational background. A Bachelor's degree is required, while a Master's degree in a relevant discipline is preferred.
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Questions about this role
- Is this Ford Motor Company role remote?
- Tagged hybrid · 4 days in office.
- Does it sponsor visas?
- Listed as no visa sponsorship.
- What experience does it ask for?
- Listed as 10+ years.
The posting, in full
In this position... The Senior Director, HR Business Partner – Finance serves as the strategic people leader for global Finance organizations, partnering with senior Finance and HR leadership to shape and execute a talent agenda that enables business performance, transformation, and leadership continuity. This role translates
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In this position...
- The Senior Director, HR Business Partner – Finance serves as the strategic
- people leader for global Finance organizations, partnering with senior Finance
- and HR leadership to shape and execute a talent agenda that enables business
- performance, transformation, and leadership continuity. This role translates
- business strategy into workforce plans, organization design, succession
- priorities, leadership effectiveness actions, and culture initiatives. The
- leader will bring enterprise HRBP depth, strong executive influence, data-driven
- workforce insight, and the ability to operate in a global matrix environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Partner with Finance leadership to define the people strategy required to
- deliver business priorities, including transformation, operating model
- effectiveness, succession strength, and critical capability development.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organization effectiveness,
- leadership capability, talent movement, workforce risk, and culture
- priorities that materially affect business performance.
- Translate business strategy and workforce data into actionable talent plans,
- using workforce analytics, succession insights, engagement trends, and HR
- dashboards to identify risks, opportunities, and required interventions.
- Lead strategic workforce planning for global skill teams, including role
design, capability assessment, build/buy/borrow talent strategies.
- Drive enterprise change management and organization transformation, ensuring
- leaders are equipped to communicate, adopt, and sustain new ways of working
- across regions and functions.
- Advise leaders on executive succession, leadership development, technical
capability pipelines, and talent readiness for future Finance roles.
- Partner across HR centers of excellence to deliver integrated solutions
- across talent management, rewards, employee relations, performance
- management, culture, and organization development.
- Coach senior leaders through sensitive people decisions, performance issues,
- employee relations matters, and employment-risk considerations with sound
- judgment and regulatory discipline.
QUALIFICATIONS
- You'll have...
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in Human Resources,
- Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related discipline,
- or commensurate work experience.
- Minimum 10 years of work experience with a Master’s degree or 12 years of
- work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Human Resources,
- talent strategy, organization development, employee relations, or a related
- field.
Licenses and Certifications
- Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (Preferred)
Even better, you may have...
- Executive HRBP and Business Partnership Depth: Demonstrated success advising
- senior executives in a complex, global, matrixed organization with material
- business transformation, leadership, and workforce implications.
- Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Strategy: Experience translating
- business strategy into talent priorities, succession plans, organization
- design choices, and emerging talent profiles.
- Executive Talent Acquisition Alignment: Partner with Talent Acquisition and
- business leaders to sharpen role scope, define must-have experiences, and
- pressure-test candidate requirements.
- AI and Digital Fluency: Practical fluency using AI, analytics, and digital HR
- tools to improve decision quality, accelerate transformation, and increase HR
- delivery effectiveness.
- Digital and Finance Transformation Exposure: Experience supporting
- organizations building pipelines for digital finance, data strategy, AI risk,
- governance, compliance, and other emerging capabilities.
- Global and Multi-Market Experience: Experience supporting global teams,
- navigating regional complexity, and driving consistent talent outcomes across
- markets.
Work Requirements
- Involves occasional (defined as one-third or less of the time) lifting of no
- more than 10 pounds at a time. Work is performed primarily in a seated position
- and entails no significant stooping, standing, climbing, walking, etc. Many
- sedentary jobs require good use of the hands and fingers for repetitive
- hand-finger actions. Working conditions occur within low to moderate noise
- levels related to the use of standard office or classroom equipment.
Skills
- Executive Influence
- Strategic Talent Planning
- Workforce Analytics
- Organization Design
- Change Leadership
- Succession Planning
- Executive Talent Acquisition Partnership
- Talent Management
- Performance Management
- Employee Relations
- HR Strategy
- Business Strategy
- Leadership Coaching
- Relationship Building
- Project Management
- Business Process Management
- HR Information Systems
- AI and Digital HR Fluency
- You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from
- what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company,
- we encourage you to apply!
- As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose
- what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep
- you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a
- series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a
- technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you
- choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs,
subsidized back-up child care and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense
reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management
leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and
New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a leadership level 4.
- Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and
- experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to
- job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
- For more information on salary and benefits, click here:
- https://fordcareers.co/LL4Benefits
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to
- work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be
- required at the time of hire.
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive
- consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex,
- national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or
- protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable
- accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please
- call 1-888-336-0660.
- This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per
- week.
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