HR / Talent Management Business Partner at ITT Cannon, LLC – Irvine, California

The HR/TM Business Partner drives and delivers Talent Management solutions, facilitates robust talent processes (reviews, succession, IDPs), and coach leaders to elevate performance, engagement, and readiness for growth. This Business Partner will provide strategic HR partnership to Functional and Business leaders with a primary emphasis on building organizational capability, driving change, and advancing performance and talent management outcomes. The role collaborates closely with COEs and site/business leadership to ensure people strategies enable business results. This job is 70% execution of Talent Management projects, initiatives and processes and 30% HRBP support.

Talent Management & Leadership Development

• Under the direction of Talent Management Director, Drive end-to-end Performance Management and Talent Management cycles for the value center. Drive follow-through actions with other HRBP’s and business leaders.
• Works with Talent Management Director to prepare and maintain all Talent Management related databases; decks; succession ensure bench strength and readiness profiles are current and actionable.
• Works closely with business unit HRBP’s and leaders of key talent individuals to ensure they have an Individual Development Plans (IDPSs) in place and holds them accountable for development execution and progress.
• Support HRBP’s efforts and partners with leaders to build a talent pipeline to include college programs; monitor conversion/retention for interns and emerging talent segments.
• Support and at times drive Learning and Development initiatives.

HR Strategic Partnering & Organizational Development

• Coach leaders on culture, engagement, inclusion, performance and talent management practices that enable high performing teams. Track engagement indicators and partner with leaders on action plans that measurably improve team health and retention.
• For assigned client group, diagnose organizational effectiveness using data (structure, spans & layers, capability, engagement), and design or facilitate OD interventions (org design, role clarity, process improvements, team effectiveness, leadership routines).
• Partners with Finance to support CCT workforce planning (capability, capacity, critical roles, ratios, and finance KPIs) and provide insights that link talent decisions to business outcomes.

Overall responsibilities:

• Use data (talent metrics, succession coverage, time to fill for critical roles, internal mobility, performance distribution) to guide decision-making; create dashboards and narratives leaders can act on.
• Ensure compliance with policies and standards across talent and HR operations; drive continuous improvement and simplification
• Supports projects and initiatives across the enterprise

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, OD, I/O Psychology, Business or related field; master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive HRBP experience, with experience in Talent Management and Org Design.
• Proven facilitation/coaching skills with senior leaders; successful track record leading change and talent processes (reviews, succession, IDPs).
• Strong data literacy; able to translate analytics into practical actions.
• Experience in manufacturing/engineering environments strongly preferred
• Experience working in matrix organizations is strongly preferred.