Senior People Business Partner

Janus Henderson Investors

$140K — $160K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of HR experience, especially in employee relations and management development.
  • Strong knowledge of HR management policies and regulatory requirements (FMLA, ADA, Title VII).
  • Analytical and critical thinking skills for navigating complex employment laws.
  • Exceptional communication skills for conveying sensitive information clearly and diplomatically.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects efficiently.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for building relationships and providing feedback.

Responsibilities

  • Support business units with strategic HR insights to meet objectives.
  • Develop a People Strategy aligned with Corporate strategy.
  • Coach and mediate to resolve workplace issues and facilitate a positive culture.
  • Guide management in employee performance and development opportunities.
  • Implement feedback mechanisms to enhance communication between employees and management.
  • Collaborate with Talent Development to address learning opportunities.
  • Analyze employee trends to identify root causes and propose solutions.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working arrangements and reasonable accommodations.
  • Generous holiday policies.
  • Corporate health and wellbeing benefits, including Wellhub membership.
  • Paid volunteer hours to engage with the community.
  • Professional development support, including tuition reimbursement.
  • Family leave benefits and services.
  • Unique employee events and complimentary snacks and happy hours.
Full Job Description
  • Support assigned business units by providing strategic insights on Human Resource initiatives, policies and programs to achieve business objectives.
  • Develop a business focused People Strategy, aligned to the Corporate People Strategy.
  • Provide coaching, facilitation, advice and/or mediation to employees and managers to resolve workplace issues. Facilitate a strong leadership and coaching culture
  • Accelerate employee performance by guiding management on goal setting, rewards, recognition, compensation, delivering feedback and looking for employee development opportunities that align with current and future performance standards.
  • Promote ongoing feedback mechanisms for employees and look for ways to create two-way dialogues between employees and management to ensure open and effective communications
  • Partner with the Talent Development team to identify, implement and deliver learning and development opportunities designed to address business issues.
  • Support managers in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the function or business strategy. Provide challenge on organizational design decisions
  • Analyze employee trends (i.e. turnover, employee relations issues, staffing challenges, etc.) to identify root causes and propose solutions
  • Employee relations issues including disciplinaries, investigations, conduct, performance, redundancies etc.
  • Desire and ability to work in a truly global structure and team.
  • Carry out other duties as assigned


What to expect when you join our firm

  • Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
  • Generous Holiday policies
  • Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub
  • Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
  • Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
  • Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
  • Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
  • Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours


Must have skills

  • Strong communication skills, with particular ability to communicate complex and/or sensitive information in a clear, concise, diplomatic and professional manner.
  • Requires analytical, critical thinking, and interpretive skills to apply various employment situations against numerous complicated employment laws and regulations.
  • Strong working knowledge of Human Resource Management and HR policies; especially employee relations and regulatory requirements such as FMLA, ADA, Title VII, FLSA, and EEO regulations.
  • Ability to drive projects through to completion; develop clear, actionable steps and engage, inspire, and influence people to meet deliverables.
  • Ability to work independently, manage multiple competing priorities and manage desk effectively to meet all deadlines.
  • Strong interpersonal and coaching skills; ability to build effective relationships with employees, leadership and HR peers; ability to deliver authentic feedback, experience assessing and leading various coaching arrangements, is a strong team player and good networker.
  • 10 or more years of HR experience required, preferring a combination of experience in employee relations, management development, organizational design, compensation and/or recruiting.


Nice to have skills

  • Knowledge of SAP and SuccessFactors would be beneficial but not required
  • Experience of working globally


Supervisory responsibilities

  • No


Potential for growth

  • Mentoring
  • Leadership development programs
  • Regular training
  • Career development services
  • Continuing education courses


Compensation information

The base salary range for this position is $140,000-$160,000. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different. This position will be open through September 30, 2026.

Colorado law requires an estimated closing date for job postings. Please don't be discouraged from applying if you see this date has passed.

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Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.

Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page here.

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