As a key partner to senior managers across multiple organizations and regions, you will help shape the employee experience at REI. In this role, you will manage and develop a team of HR Business Partners (HRBPs), serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and providing valuable organizational insights. You will consult on complex and challenging issues, leveraging your business acumen, organizational knowledge, and HR expertise to develop solutions that align people practices with organizational goals. By analyzing people metrics, you will influence and drive strategies that enhance performance, engagement, and talent development. Building strong relationships and trust at all levels, you will collaborate closely with internal HR teams on business-critical topics, manage employment practices, and ensure compliance with employment laws. You will be expected to resolve issues quickly, exercise sound judgment, and model REI’s guiding values and mission in all your actions.

Travel is a key component of this position and candidates should be prepared to spend 40-50% of their time traveling to stores in the West. While this role is remote, priority consideration will be given to candidates based in the following locations: Seattle, WA; Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles/San Francisco, CA; Dallas/Fort Worth/Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

• Guide and develop a team of HRBPs, fostering exceptional partnerships and focusing on people practices to enhance organizational and team effectiveness.
• Hire, develop, challenge, and inspire team members to excel, ensuring adherence to legal and operational compliance requirements.
• Drive team development, engagement, and growth, while building relationships across teams and levels within the department.
• Use key metrics and data to identify trends and develop appropriate actions.
• Serve as a strategic business advisor to senior managers on organizational and management issues, partnering to drive business results and align integrated HR strategies across multiple divisions.
• Advise on talent management, workforce planning, talent assessment, engagement, organizational design, and change management.
• Coach business leaders to enhance engagement and foster a culture of growth and development.
• Support company HR programs, policies, and practices, utilizing effective change management and communication skills.
• Identify workforce planning needs and help managers address key business priorities.
• Ensure compliance with employment practices, risk mitigation, and policy development.
• Develop collaborative partnerships across divisions and functions to facilitate better business decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of progressive and comprehensive HR/business experience
• Proven ability to autonomously develop and drive strategy and business plans in a rapidly changing environment
• Exceptional customer relationship management skills and experience building consultative relationships with executive managers
• Expertise in HR competencies such as organizational design, performance management, leadership development, talent practices, employment practices, compensation, and total rewards
• Comprehensive knowledge of HR functions, including Business Partner (generalist), Talent Acquisition/Planning, Learning and Development, Employee Relations, Organizational Development, Change Management, and Diversity & Inclusion
• Ability to deliver HR solutions that balance customer and business needs
• Knowledge of employment law and risk management

Preferred Qualifications

• PHR or SPHR certification
• 3+ years of supervisory/management experience
• Experience building and managing an effective HR team, including virtual management

At REI, we believe the outdoors is for all. We are committed to becoming a fully inclusive, anti-racist, multicultural organization. We know that there's strength in our diversity – that each employee brings unique skills, experiences, and perspectives. Every day you are driving change, fostering a culture of respect, and knowing you're backed by benefits that support your whole life. To work towards this commitment and fulfill our brand promise of inspiring and enabling a life outside for everyone, we seek employees who demonstrate different ways of working, create a sense of belonging, and actively listen and learn.  

Pay Transparency 

We are committed to practices that promote pay equity and transparency. As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors.   

REI offers all regular employees a generous employee discount, access to health benefits, a retirement savings plan and accrued time off.  Click here for a detailed overview of benefits plans by employee profile.