Senior People Business Partner, PDMS

Role Summary

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26WD100578

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26WD100578, Senior People Business Partner, PDMS

We are seeking a Senior People Business Partner, an advanced People strategist and trusted advisor who operates at senior leadership altitude and brings independent judgment, enterprise perspective, and strong executive influence.

This role is designed for an experienced PBP who goes beyond program execution to shape people strategy, influence leadership decisions, and proactively address complex organizational challenges. You will partner closely with Vice Presidents in a dynamic, global, and evolving business environment, helping leaders translate business strategy into sustainable organizational outcomes.

As a Senior PBP, you will be expected to think ahead of the business, diagnose root causes, frame complex people and organizational issues, and recommend integrated, forward-looking solutions. You will also represent the PBP community in strategic initiatives and help elevate how People & Places work is delivered across the organization.

This role reports to the Senior Director, People Business Partner, Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions. This position may be remote within Canada.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders at the VP level, providing independent perspective, challenge, and counsel on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and talent strategy
• Translate business strategy into an integrated people strategy spanning workforce planning, organizational design, leadership capability, talent, and performance
• Proactively identify emerging organizational risks and opportunities, frame ambiguity, and present clear options and trade-offs to leaders
• Drive and influence established organizational interventions to support business objectives, ensuring solutions are contextually grounded and scalable
• Anticipate organizational reactions to change and guide leaders through complex transitions with clarity and discipline
• Partner with leaders to build operating models, structures, and capabilities that enable execution today while preparing for future-state needs
• Provide executive coaching and consultation to senior leaders, influencing leadership behavior, decision-making, and effectiveness
• Support leaders through moments of tension, trade-offs, and ambiguity, helping turn disagreement into aligned decisions
• Elevate leadership capability across performance, talent decisions, and team dynamics
• Assess current and emerging talent needs; contribute to and shape talent initiatives aligned to business priorities
• Guide performance, development, and career processes to ensure leadership depth and future readiness
• Ensure total rewards and recognition approaches are aligned with performance, business outcomes, and organizational values
• Leverage people and business data to extract meaning, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable recommendations
• Apply strong judgment in selecting the most relevant data to inform decisions without slowing execution
• Connect people insights to business outcomes, including efficiency, growth capacity, and leadership effectiveness
• Partner closely with Centers of Excellence (OE, L&D, Compensation, Talent Acquisition, Inclusion & Belonging) to address complex or novel business needs
• Represent the PBP community on strategic, cross-functional initiatives and influence how People & Places solutions are delivered
• Collaborate with internal partners to support M&A, integration, and other enterprise initiatives as required
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives at the VP level, providing an independent perspective, challenging conventional wisdom and providing advice on organizational effectiveness, leadership capabilities and talent management strategy
• Translate business strategy into an integrated HR strategy covering workforce planning, organizational design, leadership capabilities, talent and performance
• Proactively identify emerging organizational risks and opportunities, clarify areas of ambiguity and present clear options and trade-offs to leadership
• Drive and influence organizational interventions put in place to support business objectives, ensuring solutions are contextually anchored and scalable
• Anticipate organizational reactions to change and guide leaders through complex transitions with clarity and rigor
• Collaborate with leadership to establish operating models, structures and capabilities that enable task execution today while preparing the business for future needs
• Provide support and advice to senior managers, influencing their behavior, decision-making and effectiveness
• Support leaders in moments of tension, compromise and ambiguity, helping to transform disagreements into concerted decisions
• Strengthen leadership capabilities in performance, talent decisions and team dynamics
• Assess current and emerging talent needs; contribute to and shape talent management initiatives aligned with business priorities
• Guide performance, development and career processes to ensure leadership pipeline depth and future readiness
• Ensure approaches to total compensation and recognition are aligned with performance, business results and organizational values
• Use HR and business data to draw lessons, identify trends and translate this information into concrete recommendations
• Demonstrate sound judgment in selecting the most relevant data to inform decisions without slowing down implementation
• Establish a link between employee information and business results, including efficiency, growth capacity and leadership effectiveness
• Work closely with centers of excellence (Organization and Efficiency, Training and Development, Remuneration, Recruitment, Inclusion and Belonging) to meet complex or new business needs
• Represent the PBP community in strategic and cross-functional initiatives and influence how People & Places solutions are implemented
• Collaborate with internal partners to support M&A, integration and other corporate initiatives as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• 10+ years of HR experience, including 7+ years as an HRBP/PBP supporting senior leaders in complex, global environments
• Demonstrated expertise across multiple HR disciplines, including organizational design, talent strategy, workforce planning, performance management, executive coaching, employee relations, and change management
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, frame complex organizational problems, and recommend strategic solutions
• Strong business acumen, including understanding of operating models, organizational structures, and the implications of people decisions on business outcomes
• Ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions and shape leadership thinking
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and fast-paced, evolving environments
• Curiosity and appetite to leverage AI and emerging tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Organizational Development, Business Administration, Industrial/Labor Relations, or related field
• Executive or professional coaching accreditation
• Experience partnering with technology, engineering, or product-driven organizations
• Demonstrated success operating across matrixed, global organizations
• Experience influencing or representing People strategy at an enterprise or cross-functional level
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• 26WD100578, Partenaire senior en ressources humaines, PDMS

Aperçu du Poste

Nous recherchons un Partenaire senior en ressources humaines (PBP), un stratège chevronné en matière de ressources humaines et un conseiller de confiance capable d'évoluer au plus haut niveau de la direction, faisant preuve d'un jugement indépendant, d'une vision d'entreprise et d'une forte influence auprès des dirigeants.

Ce poste est destiné à un PBP expérimenté qui va au-delà de la simple exécution de programmes pour façonner la stratégie RH, influencer les décisions de la direction et relever de manière proactive des défis organisationnels complexes. Vous travaillerez en étroite collaboration avec les vice-présidents dans un environnement commercial dynamique, international et en constante évolution, en aidant les dirigeants à traduire la stratégie commerciale en résultats organisationnels durables.

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• License required
• More than 10 years of experience in HR, including at least 7 years as HRBP/PBP serving senior executives in complex international environments
• Proven expertise in several areas of HR, including organizational design, talent management strategy, workforce planning, performance management, executive coaching, employee relations and change management
• Proven ability to influence senior management, identify complex organizational issues and recommend strategic solutions
• Strong business acumen, including a good understanding of operating models, organizational structures and the implications of human resources decisions on business results
• Ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions and shape executive thinking
• Comfortable working in ambiguous contexts and constantly evolving environments at a fast pace
• Curiosity and willingness to leverage AI and emerging tools to improve effectiveness and efficiency

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in organizational development, business administration, industrial/social relations or a related field
• Certification in executive or professional coaching
• Experience working with technology, engineering or product focused organizations
• Expérience avérée au sein d'organisations matricielles et internationales
• Expérience dans l'influence ou la représentation de la stratégie RH au niveau de l'entreprise ou de manière transversale

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - it's at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you're an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate's experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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