Manager, Talent Business Partner

Job Description

Manager, Talent Business Partner | YETI

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at YETI, located in Austin, Texas, USA. YETI crafts high-quality gear designed to make time spent outdoors extraordinary. This role is crucial for creating exceptional, meaningful work by partnering with executive leaders to design and execute forward-looking talent and organizational strategies. You will help enable scalable growth and foster high-performing teams, ensuring YETI has the capabilities and structure needed for future success.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Austin, Texas, USA

• Team: Key member of the Talent team, partnering with Corporate Functions global organization leaders, leading a team of Senior Associate Talent Partners.
• Mission: Design and execute forward-looking talent and organizational strategies to enable scalable growth and high-performing teams across YETI’s Corporate Functions.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategic Talent Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, aligning talent strategy with business priorities and translating long-term business strategy into proactive talent roadmaps.
• Organizational Design & Effectiveness: Lead initiatives including restructures, role clarity efforts, and operating model enhancements, applying data and insights to improve organizational health.
• Employee Relations Leadership: Establish and lead the employee relations function, serving as the senior escalation point for complex matters and ensuring consistent, compliant practices.
• Senior Associate Talent Partner Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a team of Senior Associate Talent Partners responsible for front-line Talent support and day-to-day talent activities.
• Transformation & Change Leadership: Lead complex organizational change initiatives, including end-to-end planning and execution, and building leadership capability to navigate change.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Manager-level professional with progressive HR, Talent Business Partner, or Employee Relations experience, focused on strategic talent and organizational development.
• Experience: 8+ years of experience, including significant experience supporting executive-level stakeholders, leading employee relations programs, and managing or developing talent teams.
• Skills: Deep understanding of employment practices, employee relations risk management, strong strategic thinking, excellent judgment, and executive presence.
• Bonus: Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and balance competing priorities, with experience operating in high-growth or transformational environments.