Workforce Strategy & Talent Development Director (HRBP)Your ImpactShape the future of the organization through workforce, talent, and organizational strategy. As a Workforce Strategy & Talent Development Director, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, influencing critical business decisions, driving global workforce transformation, strengthening leadership capability, and delivering people strategies that accelerate business performance. You'll lead workforce planning, organization design, talent strategy, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives while tackling complex challenges and delivering meaningful, measurable business impact.
This is an individual contributor role requiring five days per week onsite, offering the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and colleagues across the organization.
What You Will Do- Partner with senior leaders to align people strategies with business priorities and organizational needs.
- Lead global workforce planning, organization design, talent strategy, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
- Provide executive coaching, consultation, and trusted counsel to leaders, influencing decisions and constructively challenging thinking when needed.
- Drive organizational transformation and change initiatives from planning through execution.
- Use workforce and talent analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
- Lead complex, cross-functional people initiatives with strong program and stakeholder management discipline.
- Drive alignment and consistency on function-specific priorities and global HR programs across all regions.
- Partner with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), including Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and HR Shared Services, to deliver integrated solutions and talent advisory to business leaders.
What Success Looks Like- Senior and executive leaders see you as a trusted advisor and strategic partner.
- Business strategy, workforce plans, and talent priorities are strongly aligned.
- Leadership pipelines are strengthened and succession plans are robust and future-ready.
- Organizational changes and transformation initiatives are delivered effectively and on schedule.
- Complex people initiatives are managed with clear governance, milestones, stakeholder alignment, and measurable outcomes.
- Risks and dependencies are anticipated early, enabling faster, better-informed decisions.
- Workforce and talent insights translate into recommendations that improve business performance and organizational effectiveness.
- Strong collaboration and alignment across the HR team and broader organization.
What It Takes- Significant HR Business Partner experience supporting senior and executive leaders in complex, global organizations.
- Expertise in workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational design.
- Strong business acumen, executive presence, and consulting capability.
- Ability to coach, influence, and constructively challenge leaders.
- Experience leading large-scale transformation, organizational change, and strategic initiatives.
- Strong project and program management skills, including planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, governance, and execution.
- Ability to connect strategy to action and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Enterprise mindset with strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
One Last ThingIf you're ready to shape the workforce, develop talent, and help drive meaningful organizational changes, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the organization, the talent, and the future of the business.
Compensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. As you move through the hiring process, we're happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.
Salary Range: Depending on the candidate's education, experience, skills, geographical location, and alignment with internal equity and external market, actual salary may vary and be higher or lower than the range posted.
