Description

Job Description

Ready to make a difference? Our employees design, integrate, and test the world's next generation communication and electronic warfare systems for the United States DoD and international customers. You will be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry's most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we're innovating for the future. We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with us.

BAE Systems is seeking Senior Strategic Human Resources Business Partner to support the Advanced Mission Solutions portfolios of our Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance solutions (C4ISRS) business. The role will report directly to the C4ISRS Sr. Director, Human Resources. In this role, you will develop and execute talent strategies and deploy organizational effectiveness tools that attract reward, engage, retain, and develop our talented workforce.

This position is a hybrid role based out of San Diego, CA site. Because this role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of ahybrid work format with 25% travel to key sites other than the core site location (key sites in Virginia, North Carolina, New York, New Hampshire and Texas).

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create and execute an agile people strategy that advances critical business priorities and supports the attraction, development, and retention of our talent - while embracing the future of work.
• Lead and/or partner (with COE's) on items including, but not limited to talent acquisition, talent development, leadership development, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, performance development and total rewards.
• Orchestrate key talent movement while building high performance teams and robust succession fostering a future-ready organization.
• Partner with leaders to evaluate the effectiveness of their teams and their organizational design. Facilitate workshops to re-evaluate existing structures, where needed. Lead change management efforts and new leader onboarding/assimilation activities, as required.
• Counsel / coach leaders across the integrated team on matters concerning development of their organization to enhance effectiveness and potential. Connect leaders to the right resources to support their own development and the development/effectiveness of their teams.
• Serve as a member of the C4ISRS HR Business Partner team, actively partnering with other team members across the function and business to drive innovative, strategic, and consistent people strategies across C4ISRS business area and Electronic Systems sector.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We take pride in important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday Off, Flextime, and Telecommuting. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant experience OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 8+ years of relevant experience OR in absence of a degree, 12+ years of relevant experience is required.
• Strong success in Change Management: Ability to navigate and facilitate change within teams and organizations, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum adoption of new processes or systems.
• Highly experienced in developing and implementing comprehensive succession planning strategies to identify, develop, and prepare future leaders to assume key roles within the organization, ensuring continuity and minimizing disruption to business operations.
• Proven track record of leading with a proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving, delivering practical solutions and driving tangible results.
• Experience working in a manufacturing/operations environment.
• Experience working in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to build relationships and influence.
• Must be willing to travel up to 25%.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. BAE Systems, Inc. will not offer sponsorship for this position.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience in an HR Business Partner role supporting an organization with a population of 500+ employees.
• Previous experience working for a government defense contractor.
• Proven experience serving as a coach to senior leaders for their organization on HR matters relating to organizational strategies and business imperatives.
• Business acumen, be innovative, adapt well to change and work collaboratively with strategic influence to drive initiatives across a matrixed environment.
• Deep knowledge of HR fundamentals (talent acquisition, total rewards, performance management, employee relations, organizational change, learning and development, and organization effectiveness).
• Ability to develop and present senior level leaders with data-driven solutions that will effectively advance business strategies and drive change throughout their organizations.
• Project management and prioritization skills with proven attention to detail.
• Analytical skills to draw appropriate conclusions from data, anticipating second and third order of effects when making recommendations.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $132000 - $224400

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.