HR Business Partner II

At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth – by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all.

You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.

Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies. To learn more about Stewart, visit stewart.com / about.

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Job Description

Job Summary

Focused on aligning overall business objectives with organizational and talent strategies, acting as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees by driving business initiatives, identifying talent needs, enabling development, and aligning HR practices to support long-term organizational growth. Acts as liaison across all functional areas within HR and designated business units and / or departments to strategically align business objectives with talent strategy. This position will report to the Senior Talent Business Leader and align to a hybrid schedule in the Houston Home Office.

Job Responsibilities

• Acts as a strategic partner to designated business units and / or departments to develop and implement the people strategy and workforce objectives; identify issues, predict outcomes, and evaluate the results of solutions ​
• Implements change initiatives, talent planning and development, and other HR strategies to achieve organization goals and objectives​
• Creates alignment between talent, people and organizational development strategy and objectives by utilizing data from key trends, engagement surveys, people relations analysis, talent planning and learning evaluations​
• Identifies key trends and takeaways from engagement survey data, facilitates results sharing and action planning, and maintains and on-going pulse on progress
• Intentionally engages leadership and management on strategy to attract, retain, and motivate talent; educates business leaders on compensation philosophy and strategizes compensation alignment within business unit​ / department
• Maintains an in-depth understanding of business operations and alignment with business strategy with consideration for operational and financial impacts​
• Acts as an escalation point for people relations matters and / or investigations; proficient in federal and state laws, regulations, and requirements
• Applies working knowledge of business and best practices gained through understanding of key business drivers and recognition of how own area integrates within organization​
• Ensures accountable decisions are taken at the right level in the organization, and individuals making decisions are suitably informed about the level of legal risk on all legal related matters​
• Applies excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as influencing skills, to effectively partner with business leaders and employees
• Applies strong analytical skills to interpret data and make informed decisions
• Solves moderately complex to complex problems and analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgement and precedent
• Explains complex and / or sensitive information in a straightforward manner​
• Performs a range of assignments and may lead or manage complex projects
• Individual contributor working with limited oversight​
• Performs all other duties as assigned by management​

Education

Experience

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at careers@stewart.com.

Benefits

Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.