Cornerstone OnDemand
People Business Partnership Director
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $147K - $235K
💻 Project Management
🗓️ August 27th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Cornerstone is hiring a People Business Partnership Director to serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and drive people strategy that supports sustainable business growth. This role involves partnering across functions to implement modern HR practices, foster an inclusive culture, and lead organizational development initiatives that align with Cornerstone's long-term vision.
Highlights
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to C-level executives, aligning people plans with business objectives and workforce needs.
- Drive organizational performance through workforce planning, culture enhancement, and change management.
- Champion inclusion, employee engagement, and well-being initiatives.
- Design and implement talent development, leadership growth, and succession planning programs.
- Lead high-performance culture initiatives using modern, feedback-rich performance management approaches.
- Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters ensuring compliance and ethical HR practices.
- Require 10+ years of experience in people management or strategic HR partnering and a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Must have strong analytical, influencing, communication, and business literacy skills.
- Work closely with global functional teams and HR Centers of Excellence to deliver seamless employee experiences.
- Compensation range of $146,900 to $235,000 USD plus potential bonuses and comprehensive benefits.
People Business Partnership Director Full Description
People Business Partnership Director
United States
We're looking for a
People Business Partnership Director
This role is Remote, United States
We are seeking a progressive, forward-thinking, and commercially minded People Business Partner, Director to act as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and their direct reports, shaping people strategy and enabling sustainable business growth. This role is pivotal in driving organizational performance, fostering an inclusive culture, and ensuring our people agenda aligns with our long-term vision.
You will balance strategic influence with hands-on delivery, embedding modern HR practices that embrace innovation, agility, and employee experience as competitive advantages.
This role will be based in the USA reporting to the VP, People Business Partners. The PBP is skilled in building effective partnerships with all levels of employees and has a demonstrated history of implementing successful programs that drive business results. This is an individual contributor role which requires influence with matrixed groups across the globe.
Key skills and abilities include coaching, influencing, facilitation, presentation, communication, process development, analysis and problem solving.
In this role you will:
Strategic Partnering & Thought Leadership
We are seeking a progressive, forward-thinking, and commercially minded People Business Partner, Director to act as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and their direct reports, shaping people strategy and enabling sustainable business growth. This role is pivotal in driving organizational performance, fostering an inclusive culture, and ensuring our people agenda aligns with our long-term vision.
You will balance strategic influence with hands-on delivery, embedding modern HR practices that embrace innovation, agility, and employee experience as competitive advantages.
This role will be based in the USA reporting to the VP, People Business Partners. The PBP is skilled in building effective partnerships with all levels of employees and has a demonstrated history of implementing successful programs that drive business results. This is an individual contributor role which requires influence with matrixed groups across the globe.
Key skills and abilities include coaching, influencing, facilitation, presentation, communication, process development, analysis and problem solving.
In this role you will:
Strategic Partnering & Thought Leadership
- Act as a strategic thought partner to leadership, aligning people plans with business objectives and future workforce needs.
- Anticipate organisational shifts, design future-ready structures, and enable change through robust workforce planning.
- Analyze business unit trends and metrics in partnership with the broader People Organization to develop solutions, programs, and policies to improve the People Organizations contribution to Cornerstone's goals.
Culture, Engagement & Inclusion
- Champion a progressive, inclusive culture where employees thrive and diverse perspectives are celebrated.
- Partner with leaders to embed values-based behaviours into ways of working.
- Drive initiatives that enhance employee engagement, well-being, and belonging.
Talent, Capability & Organizational Development
- Partner with both the business unit and People Organization to assess and effectively address needs in areas such as organizational design, workforce planning, performance management, compensation, career, competency, and leadership development.
- Identify future skill needs and co-create strategies for capability building, leadership growth, and career development pathways.
- Partner with L&D to design innovative learning solutions and coaching interventions for leaders and teams.
- Support succession planning and talent pipelines for critical roles.
Performance & Transformation
- Enable a high-performance culture through modern, feedback-rich performance management approaches.
- Partner on organisational change and transformation projects, ensuring employee-centric change management.
- Lead initiatives that improve productivity, innovation, and adaptability.
Employee Relations & People Operations
- Assess and anticipate employee related needs and communicate those needs to business unit leaders. Develop and integrate solutions to address the people objectives while maintaining focus on the business unit’s goals.
- Provide expert guidance on complex people matters with a balanced, pragmatic approach.
- Ensure legal compliance and ethical practice while promoting progressive HR solutions.
- Partner with HR Centres of Excellence and Shared Services to deliver seamless employee experiences.
You’ve got what it takes if you have:
- 10+ years' experience in general people management and/or a strategic partner role
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent post-secondary degree, or equivalent work experience
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate client business plans and goals into a Human Capital Strategy, solutions, and programs.
- Experience supporting a variety of functional teams for a global company
- Excellent client management and business literacy skills
- Exhibited commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment
- Demonstrated success in utilizing influencing skills and working with senior members of the business, voicing an opinion even when not popular
- Strong influence and negotiation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A depth of experience in employee development, management coaching, organizational design, compensation, employee relations, training, project management and program implementation
- Business Insight – proven ability to diagnose problems and identify and drive appropriate solutions
- Proven leadership in driving and executing people initiatives to achieve strategic objectives
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with all levels of the organization
- Successful change management and team development experience
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Who We Are:
Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered workforce agility platform, meets organizations where they are. With Galaxy, organizations can identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern workforce. More than 7,000 organizations and 100 million+ users in 180+ countries and in nearly 50 languages use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.
Total Rewards:
At Cornerstone, we are dedicated to inspiring excellence and pushing boundaries in everything we do. Our compensation strategy is based on three fundamental principles: equitable pay, market-driven research, and skill-based appraisals. As part of our mission to share success and empower individuals to thrive in an ever-changing world, the listed salary range is just one element of Cornerstone’s comprehensive compensation package. This compensation package may also include annual bonuses, short- and program-specific awards depending on the role, and a comprehensive benefit offering. The disclosed salary range reflects the geographic differential based on the location of the position if applicable. The starting salary for the successful applicant will depend on several job-related factors, including education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, and market demands. This range is based on a full-time position and may be adjusted in the future. Join us in shaping the future of work — tomorrow, together. Experience flexibility and empowerment in your career at Cornerstone. The BASE salary range for this position is: 146900 - 235000 USD.
Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental commitment at Cornerstone OnDemand. All qualified applicants are given consideration regardless of race, religion, color, gender, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class as provided in applicable Federal, State, or Local fair employment laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at careers@csod.com or +1 855 454 8433.
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