Senior HR Business Partner

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

The Role

As a Senior HR Business Partner at Block, you are joining a team of change agents responsible for scaling and improving our people programs and initiatives across the company. Our HR Business Partners are empathetic, strategic thinkers who excel in a high engagement environment and have an extraordinary desire to innovate.

In this role, you will work closely with business leaders to provide hands-on strategic input and advice around employee relations, performance management, coaching and development, compensation, conflict management, organisational development, training and more.

You will:

• Partner with senior leaders and mid-level managers to develop and implement effective HR policies and practices that will support the strategic growth of the business.
• Provide strategic HR expertise in the areas of compensation, feedback, performance management, employee relations, development and coaching, and organisational design and development.
• Develop people strategies and design approaches for diagnosing and enhancing organisational effectiveness and employee satisfaction.
• Lead core HR processes, such as performance calibrations, compensation cycles and promotions.
• Analyze and interpret various types of employee reports to guide decision-making and provide proactive solutions to client groups.
• Partner with cross functional partners to execute on programmes in areas of performance management, promotions, career development, mobility, training and more.

You have:

• A minimum of 6+ years experience in an HR Business Partner role and a minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience building and improving company culture and increasing employee engagement.
• Superb communication skills, including effective facilitation, listening and writing capabilities.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills.
• Coaching and facilitation expertise and the ability to influence colleagues at all levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of HR programs and practices, including applicable state and federal employment laws and regulations
• Experience supporting business leaders on multi-year company or org-wide people initiatives or projects.

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to identity or other legally protected class. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.Block is a globally distributed company and this role will require working with other employees in multiple time zones. You may be required to perform work outside of normal business as part of this role