Lead People & Culture Partner

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What you will do

The Lead People & Culture Business Partner (PCBP) provides strategic P&C partnership to Global Functions and specialty business areas within Volvo Group North America (VGNA). This role influences organizational effectiveness by building strong relationships with senior leaders and delivering practical, forward-looking people solutions aligned to the business strategy and VGNA’s culture of inclusion, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Location: Greensboro, NC (onsite)

The People & Culture Partner brings the people perspective into business decisions, serving as a trusted advisor to leaders and teams. The role provides coaching and guidance across core P&C practices (including employee relations, leadership development, and health, safety, and wellbeing), helps leaders build high-performing teams, and improves the employee experience. The PCBP also promotes effective use of digital/self-service solutions to connect employees and leaders to the right resources and support channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a deep understanding of business strategy to anticipate organizational needs and shape a positive employee experience.
• Partner with leaders to translate People Strategy into clear, tailored action plans for the business
• Advise on complex people and organizational topics, helping leaders address strategic dilemmas with balanced, practical solutions.
• Use people analytics to support workforce planning, skills forecasting, and short-, mid-, and long-term decision making.
• Identify, assess, and develop next-generation leaders and critical talent.
• Drive capability and competence shifts through a growth mindset, continuous improvement, and lifelong learning.
• Contribute to organizational design and development to improve effectiveness, clarity, and speed of execution.
• Increase organizational agility by embedding new ways of working and enabling teams to adapt to change.
• Lead and support change initiatives aligned to business objectives, advocating for the people side of change.
• Coach leaders to model desired behaviors aligned to Volvo values and Leadership Principles.
• Translate workforce insights into recommendations that proactively guide business decisions.
• Interpret root causes behind key metrics and propose organizational development initiatives to deliver desired outcomes.
• Monitor external trends and assess their impact on the workforce to shape timely business recommendations.
• Strengthen employee experience and engagement, ensuring Volvo remains an attractive and competitive place to work.
• Navigate VGNA P&C services and solutions end-to-end, engaging specialists as needed to address business needs.
• Lead and execute day-to-day P&C activities, including labor/employment law, wellbeing, health & safety, compensation & benefits, and sustainability-related people topics.

Who are you?

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 5-10 years of progressive HR generalist experience (business partner experience preferred).
• Professional HR certification (PHR, SPHR, or GPHR) preferred.
• Demonstrated coaching and consultative skills with leaders at multiple levels.
• Proven track record of proactive leadership, sound judgment, and creative problem solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills.
• Thorough knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR best practices.
• Strong conflict resolution and employee relations capabilities, with a focus on fair and timely outcomes.
• High integrity, discretion, and ability to manage sensitive information.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

Ready for the next move?

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For this position, the base pay is set at $111,100 - $137,200 $0.00 - $0.00 annually, and where applicable, bonus eligible. The range for this role, as well as final salary offered, is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, work-related knowledge, certifications, skills, education, and experience. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

In addition to a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy: • Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance. • Generous paid time off. • Competitive matching retirement savings plans. • Working environment where your safety, health and wellbeing come first. • Focus on professional and personal development through Volvo Group University. • Programs that make today’s challenging reality of combining work and personal life easier.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

At Group People & Culture, a part of Volvo Group, we create the foundation and frameworks for people growth and organizational development, to drive the people agenda that enables the realization of the Volvo Group aspirations through people strategy and commitment. You will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead.