HR Experience Partner

About the role

Step into the role of HR Experience Partner for the Americas region, where you will play a key part in enabling and continuously improving high quality, consistent employee and manager experience. Partnering closely with HR Operations, HR Centers of Excellence, HR Business Partners and Legal, this role serves as the connector that ensures enterprise people strategies, programs, and processes are delivered in a cohesive, intuitive, and experience‑led way. In this role, you will be on the team focused on shaping end-to-end people journeys, strengthening manager effectiveness through scalable experiences, and supporting the activation of talent strategies through thoughtful, localized delivery. You are part of a system that is responsible for ensuring core HR programs are implemented with consistency and clarity, reducing friction for managers and employees while respecting regional and regulatory nuances. You will also provide real‑time coaching and support to managers, reinforcing foundational management practices and helping leaders navigate critical people matters with confidence. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Partner with Talent Development & Inclusion (TD&I) to enable and embed core people leader capabilities through locally relevant, experience led delivery. Strengthen manager confidence by facilitating sessions where managers have the opportunity to practice and receive coaching on managing others. Bolster manager effectiveness through development and adoption of consistent practices, providing guidance on how to be accountable for key programs (i.e., performance management). Ensure managers consistently understand how to apply people practices-not just what to do. Promote and champion key HR programs by helping drive awareness, ensuring consistent adoption, and reinforce alignment with organizational priorities for managers and employees. Provide real‑time coaching and guidance to managers, helping them navigate day‑to‑day people matters, organizational changes, and team dynamics to improve decision‑making and overall leadership effectiveness. Partner with HR Business Partners, Legal, and COE teams to help implement country‑specific and regional talent initiatives and compliance, ensuring local needs and best practices are incorporated into execution. Ad hoc programs and projects as needed. Required: 5+ years of experience in HR program delivery, manager coaching, HR advisory work, or organizational effectiveness; experience in technology or manufacturing environments preferred. Experience working across multiple regions or diverse teams, with an understanding of cultural differences and the ability to support leaders in varied business contexts. Demonstrated ability to partner with managers and cross‑functional stakeholders to assess capability needs, prioritize areas of focus, and support the delivery and facilitation of key initiatives. Strong facilitation and communication skills, capable of engaging diverse audiences, delivering training, and providing clear, practical guidance to leaders at all levels. Sound judgment and a collaborative approach, consistently modeling trust, respect, inclusion, and professionalism in sensitive or complex people situations. Comfort navigating ambiguity and managing multiple priorities, with the ability to manage projects and stay organized, adapt to changing business needs, and deliver high‑quality support in fast‑paced environments WD is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person's gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the " Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal " poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here . WD thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us

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