Position Overview:

The Senior Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for developing and driving the People & Organization (or “P&O” – what we call Human Resources) strategy for across two major commercial organizations – our EMEA Zone and our Global Mendix-RapidMiner (MXRM) business within Siemens Digital Industries Software (DI SW) and works closely with senior leadership in this capacity. This individual will act as a trusted partner to the business, bringing deep insights, an independent viewpoint, and P&O expertise to business issues. This individual will bring a proven track record of translating business strategies into P&O initiatives that effectively drive and support business performance including profit, growth, and customer and people engagement across the organization.

This role can be remote from any major DI SW site in Europe, with a preference for Rotterdam. Key senior-level customers are based throughout Europe, with select MXRM leadership based in the US and Asia. 15-20% travel is required, as necessary. This role reports to the VP, P&O for Global Sales.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively engage with senior business leadership to understand key objectives, challenges, and opportunities and recommend P&O priorities and initiatives to support the direction the business is taking.
• Partner with leaders and their teams to provide coaching and counsel on matters related to organization design, organization development, workforce planning, talent management, and all aspects of the people lifecycle.
• Drive and manage significant organizational change management and culture development initiatives that support the business in its growth objectives.
• Partner with senior leadership to embed a continuous focus on a high-performance culture to ensure our teams deliver high-impact results and to build a robust talent pipeline. Drive the performance management process, including target setting, performance, people development and Talent Reviews.
• Collaborate with Zone and COE P&O colleagues to ensure our work serves the needs of our customers within the business.
• Maintain working knowledge of country legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the legal and works councils as needed.
• Understand organizational health; use data to uncover insights and make recommendations to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on organization’s recruitment efforts.
• Own talent & employee development, including the identification of L&D/training needs for business units. Collaborate with Talent Development team to select and implement training.
• Manage special HR projects as needed, including M&A activities.
• Management responsibility for one P&O Business Partner, matrix management responsibility for a broader team of P&O partners in EMEA, with potential to take on additional direct reports in the future.
• Identifies training needs for business units and individual executive coaching needs.
• Partner with P&O Managers in other locations and countries to ensure P&O-related business needs are met globally at the business division level.
• Partner closely with Finance on various matters, including headcount approval process.