Senior Human Resources Business Partner - Tech (Remote) - First American Financial Corporation

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for nine consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) is the primary resource to create alignment between talent and organizational development strategy and short and long term business strategy. The HRBP is aligned to business units, business leaders, and corporate functions to provide HR expertise and consulting for building organizational capability to achieve current and future business objectives through the development of proactive Human Resources strategy and practices. Partners with other HR specialty functions to act as a first point of contact and liaison with clients to deliver full HR services. Identifies business needs, gaps and readiness and collaborates with functional HR on talent development, program consultation and design. Drives and influences key workforce planning initiatives with the business and provides advice, counsel and executes key human capital and restructuring initiatives. Builds and maintains effective working relationships with managers and employees to provide advice and counsel on a variety of HR and business related issues on both strategic and tactical levels.

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE

• Provide influence and guidance to client groups through developing partnerships to support achieving business objectives within the assigned client populations.
• Proactively assess risks to business, provides guidance to clients and uses sound judgment to promptly escalate potential concerns.
• Partners with other HR specialty functions (Compensation, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development) acting as a point of contact and liaison with clients to deliver full HR services.
• Implement HR best practices to include performance management, compensation planning, workforce/succession planning, and talent management.
• Provides consultation to managers on performance, talent development, and employee relations.
• Oversee all employee relation issue resolution including conducting investigations, external communications, maintain accurate and complete documentation of employee counseling/investigations.
• Oversees and directs the rollout/ implementation of business and company-wide initiatives, including communication, learning materials and training; facilitates workshop and training.
• Provide HR partnership, for both strategic and tactical initiatives, day to day HR support and execution of strategies for business groups.
• Participation in assigned business group’s operational meetings, business reviews, and team building.
• Act as an advisor on HR issues to management of assigned business group.
• Provides project management expertise to clients through the initiation, management and driving of large-scale strategic projects and initiatives, including M&A activities.
• Handle implementation of restructuring events including associated change management.
• Access talent opportunities and performance gaps; oversee talent planning, talent reviews, talent development, and succession planning for assigned business groups.
• Effectively manage and resolve complex employee relations issues, resolution and investigations, performance management, talent/succession planning, 360 feedback with a focus on leadership development, training/ facilitating, developing and implementing strategic and tactical initiatives that drive and support desired short and long-term business goals and objectives.
• Execute large scale projects and initiatives, M&A activities, and mentoring HRBPs.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Required Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required
• Master's Degree preferred
• Prior experience working in a fast paced, tech environment advising with tech engineering professionals specifically
• 7-10+ years progressive HRBP experience providing advice, counsel and coaching to senior leaders with the ability to influence and champion effective leadership and change, developing strong business partnerships to support achievement of business objectives within assigned business groups.
• Additional functional expertise gained through experience in a Center of Excellence role (i.e., L&D, Talent Acquisition, Compensation) is desired.
• PHR or other professional designation preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs)

• Outstanding verbal and communication skills, with poise and confidence to interact with all levels of management.
• Motivated self-starter, confident, and able to navigate through change.
• Ability to management high volumes of work, execute flawlessly, and understand HR processes.
• Strong team player, internally with HR team and with the business.
• Organizational Effectiveness – able to collaboratively engage with leaders to create, identify, and implement solutions to further the effectiveness of the business. Provide options and ability to influence organizational direction.
• Develops, Plans and Initiates – involves the right people to develop plans, establish clear project goals and accountabilities; develops realistic action steps, identifies potential problems and solutions.
• Continually Open, Flexible and Adaptive – ability to effectively work within a diverse and often ambiguous work environment while exhibiting adaptability and flexibility in response to business decisions and initiatives; applying good judgment; ability to shift priorities and rapid change; recovers quickly from setbacks.
• Works Collaboratively – willingly shares information; facilitates the discussion and resolution of different viewpoints, promotes teamwork, works for best solution rather than own solution; express disagreement tactfully and sensitively. Builds trusting and collaborative relationships with business leaders and HR team.
• Consultative Approach – provides advice, and counsel by listening and absorbing input from others, responding based on the input, provide full expression and support of ideas, opinions and concerns and uncovering and considering all facts, issues, and behaviors involved in a situation.

Pay Range: $79,950- $166,050 Annually

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting.  Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

What We Offer

By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.

Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.