An HR Business Partner (HRBP) is a senior HR professional who works with business leaders and managers to align HR strategies with business goals:
- Develop strategies: HRBPs create people plans and strategies to improve organizational objectives. They also develop human resource strategies with different departments and senior leadership.
- Provide guidance: HRBPs advise employees and managers on HR policies procedures and best practices. They also help with employee conflicts compliance questions and worker classifications.
- Perform tasks: HRBPs may perform tasks on behalf of their client such as training employees or evaluating benefits packages.
- Build partnerships: HRBPs build partnerships across the HR function to deliver valueadded services to employees and management.
- Manage employee retention: HRBPs use people analytics data to manage employee retention.
- Ensure HR policies align: HRBPs ensure that the companys HR policies align with the business goals.
- Maintain business literacy: HRBPs maintain business literacy about the business units financial position culture and competition.
HRBPs are usually aligned with a particular department and act as the point of people expertise for that business area.