Director, Strategic HR Business Partner (Technology)

Supporting Information Technology
Hybrid/Flex | Worcester, MA
Full Time, Exempt

Why This Role
Join The Hanover as aDirector, Strategic HR Business Partner and help shape the talent, leadership, and organizational strategies that drive business performance across our Technology organization.

In this role, you will partner with senior technology leaders to translate business priorities into workforce strategies and organizational solutions that strengthen leadership capability, organizational effectiveness, and long-term business results. You'll serve as a trusted advisor, helping leaders navigate growth, transformation, and evolving talent needs while influencing decisions through insight, partnership, and data.

This is an opportunity to make a visible impact on a critical business function while working at the intersection of business strategy, leadership, talent, and organizational effectiveness. 

Why Join The Hanover
•    Meaningful work with direct impact on business performance
•    Opportunity to partner with senior leaders and influence strategic decisions
•    Collaborative culture focused on accountability, learning, and continuous improvement
•    Career growth and development opportunities across HR and the enterprise
•    Competitive compensation, benefits, and flexible work arrangements

About the Team
The Strategic HR Business Partner team serves as a key partner to business leaders across The Hanover. We help leaders build high-performing organizations through workforce strategy, leadership development, succession planning, organizational design, change leadership, and talent management.

This role supports Hanover's Technology organization and works closely with business leaders and Centers of Excellence across Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards, Employee Relations, and HR Operations. 

What You'll Do

Strategic Business Partnership
•    Partner with senior technology leaders to understand business priorities, organizational challenges, and workforce needs.
•    Provide strategic counsel on talent, leadership, organizational effectiveness, and change management.
•    Influence business decisions through data, insights, and practical recommendations.

Workforce & Talent Strategy
•    Lead workforce planning efforts to ensure the organization has the capabilities needed to achieve current and future business objectives.
•    Partner with leaders on succession planning, talent reviews, and leadership development strategies.
•    Support performance and talent strategies that strengthen organizational capability and readiness.

Organizational Effectiveness
•    Lead organizational design and change initiatives that enable business outcomes.
•    Help leaders navigate growth, transformation, restructuring, and evolving workforce needs.
•    Drive efforts that improve team effectiveness, employee engagement, and organizational performance.

Data & Insights
•    Leverage workforce and organizational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
•    Translate insights into actionable recommendations that support business priorities.
•    Measure the impact and effectiveness of people and organizational strategies.

Enterprise Leadership
•    Lead or contribute to enterprise-wide HR and cross-functional initiatives.
•    Share best practices and insights that improve HR partnership across the organization.
•    Serve as a role model for collaboration, accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement. 

What Success Looks Like
Within your first year, you will:
•    Establish trusted advisor relationships with senior technology leaders.
•    Influence talent, workforce, and organizational decisions that support business objectives.
•    Deliver workforce planning and talent strategies aligned to future capability needs.
•    Lead organizational design and change initiatives with measurable business impact.
•    Translate workforce data into meaningful insights and action.
•    Balance strategic thinking with practical execution to achieve results. 

Qualifications

Required

•    Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
•    10+ years of progressive HR experience, including partnership with senior leaders.
•    Experience in workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, organizational design, and change leadership.
•    Strong business acumen and understanding of how people strategies support business outcomes.
•    Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and navigate complex organizational challenges.
•    Strong consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
•    Experience leveraging data and analytics to inform recommendations and decisions.

Preferred
•    Advanced degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field.
•    Experience supporting technology, digital, or transformation-focused organizations.
•    Experience leading large-scale organizational change initiatives

Career Growth
This role provides opportunities to deepen expertise in workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, executive partnership, and enterprise talent practices while expanding influence and impact across the HR function.

Core Capabilities:

• Strategic Consulting: Establish credibility as a trusted advisor to senior leaders by influencing senior leadershipdecisions and providingstrategic solutions that drive business outcomes.
• Business Acumen: Cultivating a deepunderstanding of industry, organizational and financial knowledge and innovation to drive strategy
• Relationship Building: Build strong relationships with senior leaders, influencing key strategic decisions
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Advanced data analytics and strategic insights that lead to the development of strategic plans that support business goals and address short term concerns.
• Willingness to learn and ask questions; displays natural curiosity.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Ability to use a personal computer and other standard office equipment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced or stressful environment
• Ability to travel as necessary
• Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods
• Ability to work cooperatively