Temporary HR Business Partner

Temporary Westbrook, Maine

• Location: Westbrook, Maine
• Type: Temporary
• Job #20636

Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Westbrook, ME

Overview

The Senior Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) partners with senior leadership, including two SVPs, to translate business strategy into effective people strategies. This role focuses on talent planning, hiring, retention, and organizational effectiveness while enabling leaders to build high-performing teams in a global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, and talent decisions.

• Translate business goals into practical people plans that support hiring, engagement, and retention.

• Lead talent planning processes including calibration, succession planning, and targeted development actions.

• Partner with leaders to identify capability gaps and build strong talent pipelines.

• Support organizational change initiatives and coach leaders on performance, engagement, and team effectiveness.

• Manage day-to-day HR partnership activities including employee relations, talent movement, and organizational changes.

• Leverage people analytics (attrition, engagement, talent flow, DEI metrics) to identify trends and guide decision-making.

• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver programs across talent acquisition, leadership development, compensation, employee relations, and organizational development.

• Maintain awareness of employment laws, policies, and HR best practices to ensure compliant and effective HR operations.

Required Experience

• 3-5+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner or in a comparable HR role supporting business leaders.

• Experience working in a fast-paced or global organization.

Core Skills

• Business Partnering & Execution: Translate business priorities into actionable people strategies and manage day-to-day HR execution.

• Change Enablement & Coaching: Support organizational change and coach leaders on performance and team health.

• HR Operational Acumen: Strong understanding of HR policies, compliance basics, and employee relations practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting organizational design initiatives such as restructures or spans and layers optimization.

• Ability to use people analytics to inform decisions and measure outcomes.

• Experience facilitating talent reviews, succession planning, and leadership development discussions.

What Success Looks Like

• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

• Business acumen with the ability to connect people strategies to business outcomes.

• Strategic mindset with strong judgment and problem-solving capabilities.

• Excellent communication, coaching, and influencing skills.

• Ability to balance employee advocacy with business priorities in a dynamic environment.
  
  Pay rate dependent upon expeirence.
  Hybrid (1-2 days remote/wk)
  6+ month assignment