HR Business Partner

In this HR Business Partner role, you collaborate with Engineering Center leaders to translate business priorities into people strategies. You'll drive organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent development, and performance management across U.S. engineering sites. You'll partner on talent processes, coaching, and change initiatives in a fast-paced, matrixed environment. This role connects HR programs with engineering outcomes to support Magna's mission of smarter, cleaner, safer mobility.

• Translate business priorities into people and organization strategies with engineering leaders
• Provide day-to-day HR guidance on performance, talent, and employee relations
• Support workforce planning, succession, organizational design, and transitions
• Lead talent processes: goal setting, reviews, development, and retention actions
• Coach leaders on accountability, leadership effectiveness, and consistent people management
• Partner with Talent Acquisition for workforce needs and onboarding
• Support compensation planning and job evaluation with HR leadership
• Manage employee relations matters with confidentiality and escalation
• Support organizational change and transformation initiatives in the U.S. Engineering Centers
• Collaborate with Centers of Excellence to deliver consistent programs while adapting to local requirements
• Maintain accurate employee data in Workday and support lifecycle transactions
• Monitor HR metrics, identify risks/opportunities, provide insights to management
• Support engagement, inclusion, and culture initiatives
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and Magna policies
• Participate in cross-functional HR projects to improve processes
• Travel to U.S. sites up to 25%

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, preferably in engineering/tech
• Proven HRBP experience in a matrixed, multi-site or complex organization
• Knowledge of U.S. federal and state employment laws and HR policies
• Experience with workforce planning, talent management, and performance management
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Strong consulting, coaching, influencing and relationship-building skills
• High integrity, confidentiality, professionalism, and customer focus
• Experience supporting engineering centers, product development teams, or technical functions (preferred)
• Strong HR technology knowledge; Workday preferred
• Experience using HR metrics and dashboards for decision making
• Organizational design, change management capability
• Professional HR certification (SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP/PHR/SPHR) preferred (optional)

• Consultative partnership
• Effective communication
• Influence and relationship-building
• Workday
• HRIS
• HR analytics