Manager - Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) in Toronto, Ontario at Hines

When you join Hines, you will embark on a career journey fueled by vision and guided by leaders who set the standards of our industry. Our legacy is rooted in innovation and excellence, earning us a spot on Fast Company’s esteemed annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, as well as recognition as one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Companies to Work For in 2024. Discover endless opportunities to grow and make your mark at Hines.

As the Manager, HR Business Partner – Canada, you will be a trusted thought partner and key operational driver supporting the Managing Director, HR Business Partner – Americas Management Services. You’ll bring a sharp analytical and presentation toolkit, attention to detail, and strong communication skills to help deliver people strategies and organizational solutions that drive business outcomes.

This role requires a strong foundation in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia employment legislation, employee relations, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness. You will proactively identify emerging people-related risks, trends, and opportunities, ensuring leaders are equipped with the information they need to make sound decisions before issues arise.

You’ll be helping to lead HR strategy and execution across a large, high-impact group of senior stakeholders, including all leaders in Canada. This is a critical role for scaling HR partnership across a broad and growing client group. You’ll also serve as a key liaison to HR centers of excellence, ensuring smooth execution of day-to-day HR activities and issue resolution

• Serve as the primary HR advisor to Canadian leaders, providing practical and legally compliant guidance on people-related matters.
• Build strong relationships with business leaders to understand operational priorities and workforce challenges.
• Proactively identify emerging employee relations, talent, culture, engagement, retention, and compliance risks and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Coach leaders on employee relations, performance management, communication, conflict resolution, and leadership effectiveness.
• Serve as a key partner to the Managing Director, HRBP to deliver a coordinated HR strategy across the Canadian teams.
• Attend and represent HR in senior-level meetings, providing thoughtful input and clear follow-up to ensure continuity across workstreams.
• Partner with senior leaders to support org design, compensation strategy, talent planning, and headcount / resource decisions.
• Draft and refine key communications and presentations on a variety of topics, job descriptions, and other materials for senior audiences.
• Drive HR workstreams in partnership with stakeholders.
• Own end-to-end execution for people-related projects and initiatives, including talent reviews, workforce planning, and all other change initiatives.
• Quality check all HR deliverables before they are shared with senior leadership — ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment.
• Serve as the primary interface with HR centers of excellence (e.g., Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Benefits, Employee Relations), ensuring that escalations and execution needs are met in a timely and coordinated way.
• Coordinate and track progress on open HR cases, approvals, and communications with COE partners.
• Build and analyze headcount, compensation, hiring, and performance management data to inform decision-making.
• Analyze and transform data into clear, compelling recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree required; HR degree or certifications strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including HR Business Partner or Employee Relations experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior stakeholders and managing confidential or sensitive topics.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian employment legislation and HR best practices.
• Experience with compensation, performance management, and organizational planning preferred.
• Strong knowledge of provincial and federal employment legislation, workplace investigations, accommodations, leaves, and employee relations practices.
• Exceptional judgment and ability to assess organizational risk while balancing business needs and employee experience.
• Precise attention to detail and attentive project management skills, meeting deadlines and following through executing as promised.
• Ability to synthesize complex people and business topics into clear and actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence and coach leaders through complex people situations.
• At least foundational Excel and PowerPoint skills (strong skills preferable).
• Experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Compensation: $88,000 - $130,000 (depending on experience) + 20% annual bonus potential

At Hines, we strive for excellence as a leading global real estate investment manager, driven by our by our belief that real estate is fundamentally about people. Our diverse portfolio spans $93.2 billion¹ of assets across such property types as living, office, retail, mixed-use, logistics and life science projects – all designed to enhance value, connection and inspiration. Our strategic approach integrates local expertise with global knowledge, taking calculated risks aligned with our convictions to exceed expectations and tailor solutions to our clients' needs.

While our projects are renowned for enhancing cities and pioneering sustainable practices, we recognize that the true driving force behind Hines' success is our 5,000 dedicated employees in 30 countries who draw on our 65-year history to build the world forward. This is why we prioritize investing in our people, offering comprehensive training, competitive compensation, robust benefits and generous vacation packages. By centering our focus on the growth and wellbeing of our team, we cultivate an inclusive environment where everyone, including our clients, can thrive.

Hines is proud to be named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2024. ¹Includes both the global Hines organization and RIA AUM as of December 31, 2023.

We are an equal opportunity employer and support workforce diversity.

No calls or emails from third parties at this time please.

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Hines is a global real estate investment, development and property manager. The firm was founded by Gerald D. Hines in 1957 and now operates in 28 countries. We manage a $92.3B¹ portfolio of high-performing assets across residential, logistics, retail, office and mixed-use strategies. Our local teams serve 634 properties totaling over 225 million square feet globally. We are committed to a net zero carbon target by 2040 without buying offsets. To learn more about Hines, visit www.hines.com and follow @Hines on social media. ¹Includes both the global Hines organization as well as RIA AUM as of June 30, 2022.

Visit www.hines.com for more information.

We are an equal opportunity employer and support workforce diversity.

No calls or emails from third parties at this time please.