Mgr, HR Business Partner

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is pleased to offer a competitive compensation & benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

The Senior HR Business Partner should be a strategic HR professional that partners with executives and senior management to develop and implement companywide human resource strategies and programs that are in line with the individual business unit and organizational mission and vision. Must be proficient in all aspects of HR administration, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, organizational development, learning, employment law, compensation, benefits, international HR management, and HR systems.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works closely with executives and senior management throughout the organization to develop and implement organizational strategies that optimize the performance and overall effectiveness of human resources.

• Provides guidance to executives and senior management pertaining to organizational development, specifically career paths, succession planning, and organizational learning. Also works with employees providing guidance relating to their individual career path, performance management, organizational learning opportunities and other HR related issues.

• Analyzes employee relations issues, recommends effective solutions, and works with the business to implement those solutions.

• Partners with HR knowledge experts in compensation, total rewards, recruitment, and organizational learning to develop and implement best practices and monitors their application throughout the organization.

• Works closely with Internal Audit, Global Security, and Information Technology on investigations of ethics, discrimination, harassment, or other workplace issues.

• Ensures that hiring practices and are innovative, diverse, and compliant with employment laws specific to business units state or country.

• Evaluates and interprets existing policies and procedures and makes recommendations for changes and implementation throughout the organization based on industry best practices.

• Keeps abreast of the organizational culture and partners with HR knowledge experts to make organization wide changes that reduce turnover, develop our employees, and maintain the company as an employer of choice throughout the world.

• Works with in house legal department to represent the organization in matters of labor disputes, EEOC complaints, wage and hour compliance, etc.

• Partners with executives and senior management on organizational changes such as mergers and acquisitions, to ensure seamless transitions for employees pertaining to cultural assimilation, close work with expatriates, etc.
• Performs other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

QUALIFICATIONS:

8+ years of progressive experience in human resources with a focus on employee relations.

Bachelor’s degree in business with a specialty in Human Resources Management. Master’s degree preferred.

International HR management experience required including knowledge of international employment, tax and immigration laws.

HR/SPHR Certification preferred

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Candidate must have experience in human resources management or consulting in a dynamic, highly complex global environment.

Must be able to show a successful track record of strategic work with business partners at all levels.

Strong analytical and written communication skills for policy creation, implementation and analysis

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. RCL and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.