Senior Principal, HRBP Converse, Sportswear

This role includes responsibility to provide strategic HR leadership and business insight to leaders and teams, and support leaders through change and transformation while fostering an inclusive, engaging, and high-performing culture, and develop and activate people and talent strategies aligned with business priorities, organisational health, and long-term growth.

• Provide strategic HR leadership and business insight to leaders and teams, and support leaders through change and transformation while fostering an inclusive, engaging, and high-performing culture.
• Develop and activate people and talent strategies aligned with business priorities, organisational health, and long-term growth.
• Build organisational alignment and capability through leader-focused interventions, including team effectiveness, goal alignment, manager capability, leadership development, and teammate engagement.
• Lead strategic workforce planning aligned with business objectives, using insights, data, and core metrics to identify needs and shape innovative HR solutions with Centres of Excellence.
• Advise and coach senior leaders on talent, performance, organisational design, change leadership, team effectiveness, and culture.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, career development, and leadership pipeline strategies that strengthen organisational capability and build diverse, high-performing teams.
• Guide organisational design and effectiveness initiatives that clarify accountabilities, improve decision-making, and strengthen ways of working.
• Partner across the HR ecosystem to deliver coordinated, business-focused solutions and a consistent teammate experience.
• Lead and develop HR talent, foster collaboration, and create the conditions for the team to deliver with clarity, confidence, and impact.
• Use teammate insights and organisational data to identify opportunities, influence decisions, and drive meaningful action.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resource Management, or Behavioural Science; willing to accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• Minimum 9 years of demonstrated business-facing HR experience, including HR Business Partner experience, a speciality area, or a similar role.
• Director-level HR leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business priorities into people and talent strategies.
• Trusted advisor with strong business judgment, enterprise thinking, and the ability to lead through ambiguity and change.
• Ability to listen to teammates, coach leaders, and connect the business with the right HR expertise to drive organisational performance and an inclusive teammate experience.
• Well-developed business knowledge, market insight, and proven enterprise thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted partnerships with senior leaders and help them navigate significant organisational change, transformation, and growth.
• Experience supporting complex, matrixed organisations, including business functions, global teams, or corporate environments.
• Experience leading or partnering across organisational design and effectiveness, talent management, employee relations, talent acquisition, and total rewards.
• Proven ability to lead complex organisational effectiveness and design initiatives, as well as multi-year talent and workforce strategies.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, presentation, judgement, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to balance enterprise priorities with evolving business and teammate needs.
• Ability to travel approximately 10%.