HR Business Partner (Manager)

This hybrid position will be based in our Boston office Monday Thursday with remote flexibility on Fridays.

Our mission as a Global Talent Management organization is to support our people as individuals members of teams and as part of Wayfair. We seek to enhance productivity and retention by promoting employee welfare and inclusion fostering collaboration and innovation and driving employee professional growth reflecting our commitment to our key business drivers our customers and our shareholders.

As a true business partner to our leaders you will be tasked with providing strategic input insight and advice on the people pillars and the impacts that our people have on the success of our site. You will tackle existing and potential future challenges through detailed understanding of the business objectives key metrics and KPIs driving success across your site(s).

What Youll Do

Serve as a business partner to key midlevel stakeholders in the corporate supply chain and physical retail organizations. This is a global role which will require partnership with talent functions abroad and basic international employment concepts. You will support your departments with the employee lifecycle which includes selection onboarding development performance management and off boarding. You will also own project management program development compliance monitoring and analytical reviews; along with leading and developing your own team.

• Lead develop and manage local Talent team
• Serve as the business partner for stakeholders (line managers) providing objective advice coaching and counseling on talent programs policy and procedures employment/labor laws conflict resolution change management and organizational development to those stakeholders but also to all employees
• Lead and resolve employee relations matters to include harassment and ethics investigations escalating when appropriate while considering risk mitigation.
• Manage performance related activities and compensation modifications
• Superuser of data to identify and report out on trends and insights making recommendations to stakeholders and crossfunctional partners and contributing to solutions that improve business results
• Support execution of established and cyclical programs such as Performance and Compensation Cycles Talent Planning etc. initiating talent intervention to drive success
• Develop and implement new talent programs tied to engagement and retention strategies
• Support org design and structural changes to ensure consistency.
• Lead the Retail organizations expansion strategies serving as the Project Manager for Talent initiatives (program development policy creation etc.) and drive scalability. This would include new store openings and closings which requires some travel.
• Serve as a backup for our Supply Chain Communications function editing content and deploying communications as needed
• Proactively stay connected to the business and Operations teams by attending regularly occurring meetings and identify relevant initiatives that require communication and/or talent support and guidance
• Participate on additional project teams workstreams SteerCos tasks and initiatives as assigned.

What Youll Need

• 5 years in a dedicated HR role with 3 years of HR management experience
• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Management or related field required
• Ability to travel approximately / an average of 25% of the time
• PHR SPHR or SHRMCP preferred
• Program design and project management experience preferred
• Experience leading and developing a direct team
• Ability to build productive relationships and influence all levels of the organization
• Outstanding interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
• Service orientation with a consultative lens
• Ability to analyze interpret manipulate data as it relates to the HR function
• Comfortable adapting to change in a fastpaced dynamic and ambiguous environment
• Ability to use independent judgment problemsolve be creative and committed to results