🚀 Senior HR Business Partner

Corp Center Building 1717 W Broadway Madison, WI 53713, USA

Corp Center Building 1717 W Broadway Madison, WI 53713, USA

Role Snapshot

Ready to elevate your impact? As an HR Business Partner, you’ll work side by side with leaders to connect people strategies to business goals. You’ll bring insight, curiosity, and clarity to complex situations—helping teams grow stronger, adapt faster, and perform at their best. This is an opportunity to use your HR expertise to drive real business results while shaping a culture where people thrive.

Salary Range

The base pay offered for this position may vary within the posted range based on your job-related knowledge, skills, experience and may fall outside the posted range. $80,000 ~ $100,000

Work Location

Our first consideration will be Hybrid, to have this new employee live in the state of Wisconsin to take advantage of Hybrid work and collaboration. Employees living within 45 miles of WPS Headquarters (1717 W. Broadway in Madison, WI) will be expected to be able to work Hybrid 2 days a week on a regular basis. Secondary priority will be given to remote candidates in WI, IL, MN or IA. If not regionally local to Madison, WI, frequent monthly travel to our WPS Headquarters (1717 W. Broadway in Madison, WI) will be expected.

How do I know this opportunity is right for me?

• Building strong relationships with leaders to understand goals, challenges, and opportunities.
• The ability to successfully influence without authority.
• Proven experiencing translating business objectives into people strategies (talent strategy, engagement, retention, capability building, etc.).
• Leading leaders and teams through change with clarity, consistency, and empathy.
• Partnering with hiring managers to create job descriptions that clearly define role success.
• Advising managers on performance management, employee relations, and policy interpretation.
• Coaching on leadership behaviors and effectiveness, team performance, and culture.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or equivalate degree or work experience.
• 5 or more years of progressive Human Resources experience, including experience as an HR Business Partner or Generalist in a multi-state environment.
• Working knowledge of employment law, compliance, and HR policies.
• Solid knowledge of workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, and employee relations best practices.
• Ability to build relationships and influence managers through sound judgment and HR expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7 or more years of experience working in Human Recourses in a large enterprise level environment.
• Certification as a Professional of Human Resources (PHR), SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), or Certified Performance Technologist (CPT).
• Exposure to Unions/Bargaining Units.

Remote Work Requirements

• High speed cable or fiber internet
• Minimum of 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream internet connection (can be checked at )
• Remote and hybrid work options available
• Performance bonus and/or merit increase opportunities
• 401(k) with a 100% match for the first 3% of your salary and a 50% match for the next 2% of your salary (100% vested immediately)
• Competitive paid time off
• Health insurance, dental insurance, and telehealth services start DAY 1
• Professional and Leadership Development Programs

Culture Drives Our Success

WPS’ culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an open and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of employee engagement as an investment in our workforce—both current and future—to effectively seek, leverage, and include differing and unique perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.

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