Senior Director, People & Culture Business Partner

Job Description

Senior Director, People & Culture Business Partner | Greystar

The Tone:
This is a full-time, hybrid role for Greystar, supporting the East Coast and Canada regions. Greystar is a leading global real estate platform, managing over $350 billion of real estate and operating over one million units/beds globally, making it the largest operator of apartments in the United States. This Senior Director role is critical for driving people strategy and outcomes, serving as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to business leaders. The position focuses on enhancing the team member experience while strengthening operational performance, leadership capability, and organizational effectiveness across its designated territory.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, supporting East Coast & Canada regions
• Pay: $150000–$200000 yearly
• Team: Reporting 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 territory.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategic Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to regional leadership on workforce strategy, organizational design, and culture, demonstrating strong business acumen and leveraging data to anticipate needs and drive positive business outcomes.
• Talent & Workforce Development: Lead workforce planning, strengthen succession planning, and champion talent reviews, with a focus on key leadership roles, to ensure the organization has the right capabilities.
• Culture & Experience Enhancement: Champion Greystar’s values and utilize engagement data to foster an inclusive, high-performing culture, partner with leaders to improve retention, and support M&A integration efforts.
• Performance & Change Management: Coach and challenge leaders to strengthen performance, decision-making, and leadership effectiveness, while driving consistent, high-quality performance management practices and organizational change initiatives.
• Risk Management & Compliance: Partner with Employee Relations and Legal to proactively manage complex employee issues, mitigate risk, and ensure consistent application of policies and compliance with labor laws.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. This role represents an executive level of HR leadership.
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, specifically within property management, real estate, hospitality, or multi-site environments. Requires past experience supporting Canada, leading organizational change, talent development, and workforce optimization at scale, with deep expertise in employee relations, performance management, leadership coaching, and end-to-end M&A.
• Skills: Strong business acumen including P&L drivers and operational performance, analytical skills to translate data into actionable insights, excellent communication and influencing skills, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, complex environment. Requires knowledge of employment laws and compliance requirements across multiple states.
• Bonus: PHR, SPHR, or SHRM-SCP certification is preferred.