About The Team And The Role:The People team is responsible for all aspects of the candidate and employee experience across eBay! We drive business performance, recruiting, learning and development, compensation, benefits, people experience shared services, and people tools and technologies - and be responsible for the continuing evolution of the company's culture.
The role of
Director, People Business Partner (PBP) at eBay supports
Vice Presidents or specific organizations. It provides dedicated strategic and hands-on support to lead and grow their business. PBPs bring deep expertise and problem-solving skills to work with company executives. They diagnose needs and apply broad experience to tackle important business challenges.
PBPs play a significant role in activating enterprise people programs and human capital plans. You will apply your expertise in the areas of business, talent management, team effectiveness, organizational transformation and change, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement and other people-related fields to deliver scalable solutions.
What You Will Accomplish:This People Business Partner role will be aligned to support our leaders and personnel within our Global Focus Categories business (Parts & Accessories, Vehicles, Fashion and Electronics, Home Improvement plus Business & Industrial). You will support a leadership team primarily based in San Jose, California and with groups operating in our three largest markets: US, UK and Germany.
This organization is commercial in nature with leaders and teams focused on working with our seller community to drive business growth.
- Organizational Effectiveness: Partner with senior business leaders to translate their strategy and goals into implications for talent and organizational capabilities, and facilitate the changes needed to enable them to deliver the desired outcomes.
- People Program Activation: Support the delivery of our People team programs, systems and procedures. Partner with COE account teams to influence program design and deliver enterprise programs, employee engagement support planning, and organizational restructuring and change management support.
- Insights that Lead to Action: Use data, discern patterns and connections in information, identify themes, and effectively influence executive leaders to develop clear and focused plans of action for improvement.
- Relationship Management: Quickly build trusting relationships that allow you to provide practical, as well as forward-thinking, solutions and services. Apply emotional intelligence and situational awareness to adapt your approach, build credibility and confidence with senior executives.
- Proactive Problem Solving: Apply critical thinking skills, sound judgment with minimal direction, and take appropriate action on highly complex organizational issues.
- Change and Transition Management: Advise and facilitate through the full lifecycle of change: planning, implementation, and reinforcement, ensuring there is minimal disruption to the business and the desired impact of changes are achieved. Offer a systemic approach to managing change for both individuals and organizations.
- Leadership Development and Coaching: Build high-performing teams, partnering with executive leaders to support team development at all stages, including new organization set up and teams leading significant business initiatives.
- Team Effectiveness and Performance: Partner with senior leadership teams by developing and facilitating customized interventions that enhance team performance and effectiveness. Provide analysis, consultation, gap assessment, team facilitation and solutions. Develop, design and collaborate on organizational effectiveness services and tools.
- Project Management: Lead complex and multi-faceted human capital initiatives across organizations and global sites through the full lifecycle of projects.
What You Will Bring:- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of relevant experience in Human Resources or Organizational Development within a complex global organization.
- Experience partnering with Vice President-level leaders and supporting global leadership teams.
- Experience with talent management, leadership development and coaching, team facilitation, organizational design, employee engagement, organizational sensing and diagnosis, and learning and development.
- Strong critical thinking, strategic problem-solving and project management capabilities.
- Seeks new opportunities and challenges with an action orientation, high energy and dedication.
- Significant expertise in organizational change and culture building, with experience leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
- Moves with agility through people, process and policy-related dynamics.
- Ability to maintain productive interpersonal relationships and help others do the same. Strong executive partnership skills with the ability to quickly build trusted relationships, establish credibility, bring a proactive point of view, and influence senior business leaders.
- Skilled at using effective listening, probing and investigatory skills to navigate sophisticated, highly sensitive conversations and organizational challenges.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to effectively communicate, collaborate and influence at all levels of the organization, including executive leadership.
- Strong analytical approach and proactive problem solver, adept at analyzing information, extracting and communicating insights, diagnosing organizational challenges, and recommending strategic solutions to People partners and business leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural, global organization and to build strong trust-based relationships with geographically dispersed client groups and colleagues.
- Willingness to travel globally to meet business needs.
Additional DetailsThe base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:
$244,000 - $260,000
Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, employees will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.
