Regional People Business Partner

REGIONAL PEOPLE BUSINESS PARTNER | PEOPLE TEAM | ATLANTA, US

Travelport is a place of opportunity. It’s our incredible team that makes our company great – our people drive our winning culture.

What’s Travelport?

Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform that provides easy ways for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect through personalized content to agencies and travelers. The world is changing, and our industry must change with it. We’re leading the change; we are the change.

We are on a mission to power the future of travel.

Come and be part of an organization that is committed to building a culture of inclusivity built upon a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities in which we operate.

What does a great Regional People Business Partner do?

Using extensive employee relations skills and experience, the Regional People Business Partner will help cultivate a positive work environment by providing expert consultation and guidance to managers and employees on wide range of People matters.

Responsibilities Include:

• Serves as a subject matter expert in the region.
• Provide consultation and guidance to managers and employees on diverse and complex employee related matters including; performance management, attendance issues, disability employee relations issues, corrective action, conflict resolution, policy interpretation, progressive discipline, workplace investigations of misconduct, policy violations and involuntary terminations.
• Oversee resolution of employee related concerns in a manner that mitigates legal exposure and maintains a positive work environment that is fair, safe, engaging, delivers strong business results.
• Lead thorough and timely investigations in a manner that respects all concerned while balancing business needs and will communicate recommendations and outcomes as appropriate.
• Prepare necessary documentation and correspondence for all employee relations matters and correspondence with legal representatives.
• Manage employee relations data to identify measure and analyze trends; diagnose root causes and develop recommendations for proactive corrective strategies.
• Provide regular reports to the Functional Business Partners and business leaders on ER data. Analyses trends and metrics for the organization and helps deploys solutions, programs and policies.
• Act as a credible, trusted advisor to HR leaders and business leaders in the region by leveraging his/her experience, expertise, organizational awareness, business acumen, pragmatic mindset, and ability to effectively partner with and influence others.
• Create and/or update policies and procedures for the region and ensure compliance working with appropriate COE teams within the people org and socializing to get input and alignment across the broader organization.
• Maintain strong relationships with legal and compliance, disability management, and IT and security, as many cases will require integration of efforts across one or more of these areas.
• Maintain collaborative partnerships with Function Business Partners. Share pertinent information on a timely basis, keep Function Business Partner teams abreast of trends in their client groups, and advise on proactive and preventative measures that would contribute to a positive work environment.
• Hybrid Function People Business Partner for regional leadership in aligned business area.

Who we are looking for in this role:

• Serves as a subject matter expert on people-related matters for the US Regional Team.
• Provide expert coaching and guidance to managers and employees on diverse and complex employee related matters including; performance management, attendance issues, disability employee relations issues, corrective action, conflict resolution, policy interpretation, workplace investigations of misconduct, policy violations and involuntary terminations.
• Oversee resolution of employee related concerns in a manner that mitigates legal exposure and maintains a positive work environment that is fair, safe, engaging, delivers strong business results.
• Act as a credible, trusted advisor to People Team leaders and business leaders in the US region by leveraging his/her experience, expertise, organizational awareness, business acumen, pragmatic mindset, and ability to effectively partner with and influence others.
• Create and/or update policies and procedures for the US region and ensure compliance working with appropriate COE teams within the People team and socializing to get input and alignment across the broader organization.
• Builds trust and maintains strong relationships internally and externally as many activities will require efforts across both internal and external partners.
• Has demonstrated success championing people-related projects in a dynamic environment, collaborating across multiple COE's and cross-functional team(s).
• Has 1-2 years relevant work experience as a people business partner, preferably in a tech high growth environment, understands tech employees and the industry's talent demand challenges.

Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you’re likely to succeed if you:

• Are always ready to give it your all and deliver high quality work
• Are excited to use your creativity and innovative thinking to try new things
• Take responsibility and own your work
• Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what’s been done before

Benefits of working at Travelport

We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, a competitive 401(k) match. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off.

Salary Target: $65,000 - $75,000

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training.

Interested? We’d love for you to get in touch!

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.