Senior Director, People & Culture Business Partner

Job Description

Senior Director, People & Culture Business Partner | Greystar

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Greystar, supporting a leading global real estate platform managing over $350 billion in assets across rental housing. This Senior Director position serves as a critical strategic partner to business leaders, driving essential people strategies and initiatives that enhance the team member experience and strengthen operational performance across a vast territory. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on partnership, requiring a strong connection to the business and the ability to influence leaders at all levels. Success is measured by delivering measurable impact and advancing key initiatives that solve complex business challenges.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, covering East Coast and Canada territory
• Pay: $150000–$200000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Managing Director, People & Culture
• Mission: Owns the full team member lifecycle, enhancing team member experience while strengthening operational performance, leadership capability, and organizational effectiveness across the East Coast and Canada territory.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategic Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to regional leadership on workforce strategy, organizational design, and culture, leveraging data to improve business outcomes.
• Talent & Workforce: Lead workforce planning, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives, ensuring the organization has the right talent in the right roles at the right time.
• Culture & Experience: Champion Greystar’s values by fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture and utilizing engagement data to drive actions that improve team member retention and experience.
• Performance & Change: Coach leaders to strengthen performance, decision-making, and effectiveness, while driving consistent performance management practices and supporting organizational change initiatives.
• Compliance & Relations: Partner with Employee Relations and Legal to manage complex issues, mitigate risk, and ensure consistent application of policies and compliance with applicable labor laws.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, at a Director-level career stage.
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, preferably in property management, real estate, hospitality, or multi-site environments, with past experience supporting Canada and end-to-end M&A.
• Skills: Strong business acumen, proven ability to influence leaders and drive people strategies, experience leading organizational change, deep expertise in employee relations, and strong analytical skills.
• Bonus: PHR, SPHR, or SHRM-SCP certification preferred.