Who We Are:
At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.
Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.
Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:
· Runner First
We act in the best interest of the runner
· Word is Bond
We do what we say we’ll do
· Champion Heart
We give our all in everything we do
· There is no “I” in Run
We stay generous with our humanity
· Keep Moving
We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!
We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.
Your Job:
As Senior HRBP, you will provide strategic and hands-on organizational guidance across all several key functional areas at Brooks. In this role, you will demonstrate business acumen and innovative thinking that supports Brooks high growth and advise functional leaders in the evolution of their departments. You will champion the creation of strong partnerships across Brooks to deliver value-added support to leaders and employees aligned to the Brooks strategic road map. You will balance the need to be a tactical, data driven business partner, along with a roll up your sleeves attitude.
Your Responsibilities:
- Partner with Business leaders to provide thought leadership regarding organizational and people-related execution that’s aligned with Brooks strategic roadmap. Advise leaders on creating organizations positioned to scale with Brooks growth.
- Take risk, innovate, and come up with solutions to creatively solve business challenges in areas such as employee engagement, talent design, workforce planning, cultural change, organizational design, and change management.
- Champion DEI in every aspect of your job, from 1:1 conversations with employees to participation in programs connected to Brooks DEI Strategy.
- Align on KPI’s for the HRBP team that promote that achievement of the talent team’s goals within the broader HR Strategy.
- Gather feedback and draw insights from the business to contribute to the design and priorities of the HR strategic roadmap.
- Facilitate the annual Brooks Cultural Strengths Survey. Perform analysis, draw insights and identify themes. Facilitate meetings to share results with client groups, and partner with functional leadership teams to develop specific action plans, responding to employee feedback and trends.
- Monitor the "pulse" of the employees to deliver a high level of employee engagement and connection with our culture and brand and to identify areas of opportunity.
- Promote a culture of feedback, listening, transparency, and accountability, reinforcing Brooks values and Connect Leadership principles.
- Work closely with HR Operations, People Programs and Recruitment teams in a way that supports and projects an integrated HR methodology and partnership. Lead a regular ongoing partnership with the Asia HR team and liaise with the DC and EMEA HR teams as appropriate.
- Lead workforce planning efforts for assigned functional groups.
- Directly support hiring managers to meet recruiting needs:
- Partner with hiring manager to understand organizational implications of newly created positions, backfills, etc. Advise on org and structure and aid in job descriptions review and feedback.
- Partner closely with the compensation team providing information on the team, the headcount and any context relevant for recruitment of a role.
- Maintain knowledge of employment laws, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Additionally, stay up to date on trends affecting the workforce and how that could affect Brooks (both in HR as well as with the general workforce), such as generative AI.
- Facilitate the yearly talent review and merit increase processes for assigned functional groups.
- Lead and facilitate timelines, deadlines and conversations for your client groups through key HR processes such as Cultural Strengths, Talent Review and Merit.
- Serve as a first line resource to managers and employees on employee relations issues. Provide advice, counsel and support in resolving employee performance issues, disputes and other sensitive matters. Manage simple to complex situations while mitigating risk.
- Drive complex, strategic programs and projects while also facilitating HR operational workflows to ensure timely and accurate management of day to day HR data and processes for client groups.
- Communicate HR initiatives and serve as a liaison between partner groups and HR functional areas regarding service delivery. Proactively maintain an open line of communication with managers and employees on new and existing HR services.
- Lead and manage projects to deliver upon HR and company initiatives or to support client group talent needs.
- Act as a mentor and share experiences and knowledge with other HRBPs and the broader HR team.
- Provide expert HR guidance and support to our retail leadership team as we expand our footprint across the North America region.
- Play a key role in developing and executing our retail store strategy, working closely with our retail leadership team.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in HR or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 7+ years of progressive HR experience.
- Ability to see patterns, diagnose issues, and recommend both immediate and long-term solutions across functions.
- Demonstrated ability to see the big picture and be comfortable getting into the details (can operationalize a strategy).
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data to influence strategic decisions.
- Impeccable judgment and ability to balance the needs of the company, leaders, and employees.
- Leadership skills along with the ability to mentor HRBPs and other more junior members across the HR team
- Genuine curiosity and strong desire to continuously learn, grow, and develop others.
- Ability to work in and navigate a matrixed environment.
- Comfortable with open communication, giving and receiving open, constructive feedback respectfully.
- Unquestioned integrity and a confident presence to effectively resolve sensitive issues.
- Strong program management, change management and facilitation skills along with the ability to support and mentor others in these domains.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven track record of partnering with marketing teams and supporting organizational growth
- Experience working in a retail environment, preferably during a period of rapid expansion. Including experience working with a retail leader in developing a retail store strategy from the ground up.
- A passion for Brooks values!
Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $114,944 - $172,469 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Other:
Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!
Benefits- including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.
Paid Time Off- Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.
Bonus-in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.
Perks- including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.
Location- You will spend 3 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.
At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.
