Senior Manager, Human Resources Business Partner

Nice to see you here. If you enjoy developing the senior leadership team, this role is for you!.

Overview: As the senior HR partner for all LifeLabs corporate functions—including Finance, IT, Government Markets, HR, and Business and Consumer Markets—you’ll be responsible for crafting and implementing HR strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, employee engagement, and labour relations. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your HR expertise, strategic thinking, coaching abilities, and change management knowledge. You will work closely with senior leaders to tackle complex people challenges and seize opportunities that drive LifeLabs’ transformation and growth. You will provide strategic guidance and proactive support to leaders, helping them achieve their business goals.

The Position: As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will be the go-to advisor for business leaders, helping them navigate complex people issues with strategic insight. Your mission is to align HR with business goals, translating big-picture ideas into actionable HR plans. You'll spot trends, analyze data, and offer solutions to keep us ahead of the curve. As a key player you will advance HR goals and drive initiatives like Diversity, Talent, and Engagement within your assigned teams. Whether it’s rolling out new talent programs or crafting change management strategies, you will be at the forefront, ensuring everything runs smoothly. On the employee relations front, you will work closely with the Employee and Labour Relations team to handle tricky situations, ensuring policies are followed and issues are resolved in line with company values. Finally, as a leader in HR, you’ll help shape the future by coaching and developing the team, building a pipeline of future stars, and fostering strong partnerships across the organization. In short, you keep things running smoothly and everyone smiling. View additional details at www.nafor.com/lifelabs

Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders providing strategic and consultative advice and coaching on complex people matters.
• Understand business priorities and translate them into an HR agenda that supports the business as it transforms.
• Identify emerging people issues and trends to inform decision-making. Break down strategic problems and analyze data and information to provide insights and recommendations, partnering with HR Centres of Expertise as required.
• Identify, assess, develop and evaluate overall business impacts, risk and change management strategies associated with achieving business plans; develop and recommend changes in organizational capacities, restructuring and organizational and business changes.
• Monitor the talent health and provide strategic advice to enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with the HR COEs to leverage digital tools and analytics to provide data-based insights in support of data-driven decision- making.

• Champion the HR plan and identify and lead opportunities to advance HR goals and priorities across the organization.
• Key partner to business leaders and HR lead within assigned client function(s) in delivering the People and Culture strategy; execute the strategy and plan in alignment with broader HR and COE teams.
• Guide, coach and lead delivery within assigned client function(s) of Corporate HR initiatives, including Diversity, Performance, Talent and Engagement, with a lens of continuous improvement.
• Build change management strategies and plans to support transformation initiatives.
• Lead the implementation of new talent programs and models within assigned client function(s).
• Work with your partners across HR to develop and implement integrated talent strategies and solutions to support the business in acquiring, developing and retaining the best talent to meet current and future business needs and help them in tackling their top talent priorities. Support leaders in building employee capabilities and enabling team performance.
• Strive for continuous improvement and participates/lead HR projects

• Proactively analyze situations and partner with Employee and Labour Relations COE to develop employee and labour relation strategies and tactics that enable business results and deliver our people and culture strategy.
• Reinforce the appropriate application of HR policies, standards and procedures to ensure alignment with LifeLabs vision, mission and values and to ensure adherence with legislative requirements.
• With guidance from the ER/LR COE, lead the management of complex employee relations issues within assigned client(s).
• Ensure that findings from investigations conducted by ER/LR COE and Tier 2 / HR Specialized Services are understood by business leaders, implementation plans are developed in partnership with groups from across HR and results/impacts of plans are assessed.

• As a leader within our HR team, support ongoing capability development to support the building of a talent pipeline for future HR leaders
• Model our vision and values and capability model and support the development of strong partnerships with HR functions and LifeLabs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Human Resources or a related field. We want to hear from you regardless of your education if you can do the job.
• Significant progressive HR / business experience, with a focus on HR generalist / business partner support, organization effectiveness and program management
• Proven track record in building strong relationships with executives/senior leaders, with the ability to provide robust recommendations, coach, influence and drive change in pursuit of best practice
• Experience using data and analysis to support decision making
• Strategic thinker with demonstrated business acumen and consulting skills
• Experience with change management and supporting leaders with developing change plans
• Strong problem identification and resolution skills
• Excellent communication skills with strong ability to build executive summaries
• Experience working within a unionized environment is an asset

About LifeLabs: LifeLabs is the largest community diagnostics laboratory in Canada, serving the healthcare needs of Canadians for over 50 years. Our team members are truly centred around our customers, and we know that behind every lab requisition, sample being tested, or investment in technology is an individual and their family counting on us. Consistently named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes, LifeLabs has also been recognized for having an award-winning Mental Health Program from Benefits Canada. The passion and commitment of over 6,000 diverse and innovative team members unites and motivates us to ensure our customers receive high quality tests and results that they can trust. Agile, customer-centred, caring and teamwork: we live these values every day in what we do to support our customers and healthcare providers, driving forward our vision of empowering a healthier you. With its recent acquisition by Quest Diagnostics, LifeLabs is now poised to broaden its offerings and accelerate its growth. LifeLabs will retain its brand, Canadian headquarters, and management after the acquisition is closed. Quest will provide LifeLabs with new expertise, innovations and resources to strengthen the services provided by LifeLabs'.

Reports to: VP of Human Resources and Talent

Location: This is a hybrid role.

Salary Range: $93,000 - $136,000 The hiring range has been established, however, the final salary recommendation will be determined based off the level of experience, education requirement, external market conditions and internal equity. In this position, you will be eligible for LifeLabs annual bonus.

Employee Benefits: In this position, you will be eligible to participate LifeLabs’ group benefits plan which is available to LifeLabs employees in accordance with the terms and conditions of those plans. In addition, LifeLabs offers professional development and membership reimbursement, access to preferred rates and discount programs - WorkPerks, Home and Auto Insurance, Costco Membership, etc. - and Optional Health-related Benefits.

Retirement Savings Plan: The LifeLabs plans provide members with an easy way to save for retirement. By participating in the plan, you receive contributions made to your account on your behalf from LifeLabs.

Vacation Entitlement: In this position, you will be entitled to vacation. We promote a healthy work-life balance and expect your full vacation to be taken each year.

Employee Wellness: LifeLabs offers an award-winning Wellness Program focused on supporting your total health and well-being under our physical, emotional, and financial wellness pillars. We have been recognized in the industry for our focus on mental health supports.

Employee Giving program: Designed to support any employee who donates, fundraises or volunteers for a Canadian Registered Charity or Non-Profit Organization.

DEI, Accommodations and Vaccines:

• We are committed to the ongoing development of our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program and have taken steps to strengthen our commitment to our team members and customers, to challenge ourselves to act with courage and integrity, and to create an environment where people can be their true selves. At LifeLabs, we know that we are Stronger Together and that we will benefit from the unique perspectives and experiences that each team member offers. At LifeLabs, we strive to create an inclusive and equitable workplace where our team members and the communities we serve feel accepted, valued, and respected.
  
  
• In accordance with LifeLabs’ Accessibility Policy, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and the Ontario Human Rights Code, accommodations are available by request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. For a confidential inquiry or to request an accommodation, please contact your recruiter at jrichmond@nafor.com or email careers@lifelabs.com.
  
  
• Vaccinations are highly encouraged at LifeLabs’. Vaccinations may be mandatory for selected employees if regulated by provincial or regional governments, or through employer-led vaccination policies in the facilities we service. Please ensure you ask if this position requires the successful candidate to be fully vaccinated with the current Government approved COVID-19 vaccinations.