Job Description Summary

The Senior HR Business Partner provides HR leadership and strategic partnership to Avio Aero Engineering and also Digital Technology, and FLIGHT DECK Operations, supporting approximately 1,400 employees across 10 sites in Italy, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The role drives an integrated people strategy and strategic workforce plan, translating business roadmaps into long-term capability, organization, and talent plans. It leads core HR cycles, coaches leaders, and manages complex organizational and employee matters to enable strong Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) performance.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering, Digital Technology, and FLIGHT DECK Operations leaders to define and execute an integrated people strategy that enables business, technology, and FLIGHT DECK roadmaps.

• Lead strategic workforce planning, identifying critical capabilities, risks, and long-term staffing and growth plans across countries and sites.

• Lead or co-lead change initiatives, ensuring clear communication, engagement, and risk management.

• Lead talent reviews and succession planning for critical roles.

• Identify high-potential talent and define targeted development and retention actions.

• Coach leaders on people leadership, inclusion, performance, and organizational effectiveness.

• Lead and continuously improve performance management processes

• Manage complex employee relations matters with HR, Legal, and Works Councils (where applicable).

• Foster a culture of safety, respect, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

• Partner with Total Rewards on competitive and equitable reward decisions.

• Advise leaders on compensation, recognition, and retention strategies.

• Own or co-lead core HR calendar activities (salary planning, promotions, talent reviews, engagement surveys, workforce analytics).

• Ensure compliance with company policies and labor/regulatory requirements in Italy, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

• Support deployment of FLIGHT DECK and lean principles into HR processes.

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and improve HR practices.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Significant HR experience in multinational or matrix organizations, including substantial time in an HR Business Partner or similar strategic role.

• Strong knowledge of talent management, organization design, performance management, employee relations, compensation, and learning and development.

• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders to shape and deliver people strategies that enable business outcomes.

• Experience supporting engineering, technology, manufacturing, or operations; exposure to lean or continuous improvement cultures is a plus.

• Strong analytical skills, able to interpret HR and business data and turn insights into practical actions.

• Experience in leading or supporting organizational change and transformation.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited university or college in Human resources, Labor Relations, Business Administration, Psychology, Economics, Law, related fields or equivalent experience in HR leadership roles 

• Strong verbal and written English; proficiency in Italian required.

• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally to sites in Italy, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Desired Characteristics

• Professional HR certification (e.g., SHRM, CIPD, or local equivalent).

• Experience in aerospace, industrial, or high-technology sectors.

• Experience working across countries, cultures, legal frameworks, and complex matrix organizations.

• Familiarity with lean methodologies and/or lean operating systems and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Experience with works councils, unions, or employee representative bodies in Europe.

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