Strategic HR Business Partner

**Job Description** ***Metrolinx*** is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario. At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team. **About Us** We are seeking a highly strategic, inclusive, and relationship oriented Strategic HR Business Partner to act as a trusted advisor and organizational thought partner to executive and senior leaders, delivering enterprise\-focused people strategies that directly enable business performance, workforce sustainability, and organizational effectiveness. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Strategic HR Business Partnerships, this role will deliver at a strategic and operational level, translating business priorities into integrated HR strategies that influence organizational outcomes across a large, complex, and multistakeholder environment. The Strategic HR Business Partner plays a critical role in shaping leadership effectiveness, workforce design, and change initiatives aligned to long term organizational objectives. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience partnering with senior leaders, strong commercial and organizational acumen, and the confidence to challenge thinking, influence decision making, and navigate complexity with credibility and discretion. Success in this role requires the ability to balance strategy with execution while maintaining a clear focus on measurable outcomes and enterprise impact. This role is an in‑office position (5 days per week) based at our downtown Toronto location, and will require occasional travel to work sites within the GTHA. Our HR team is highly collaborative, and much of our work benefits from in‑person co‑creation, relationship‑building, and hands‑on partnership with leaders across the organization. We offer flexibility in start and end times while maintaining core business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for shared availability across HR. **About The Role** This Strategic Human Resources Business Partner (SHRBP) will provide strategic HR advice, expertise, planning, and project and change management to senior leaders (Directors, Vice Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents) delivering enterprise focused HR leadership that enables business performance, workforce sustainability, and organizational effectiveness. The successful candidate will partner with leaders to promote positive union relationships, guide the application of progressive discipline, and support workforce management within the terms of the collective agreement. The SHRBP partners with leaders to translate business strategy into workforce and people strategies, leading the design, implementation, and evaluation of HR solutions aligned to the unique operating context of each function. This role requires strong business acumen, sound judgment, and the ability to influence decision making in complex and evolving environments. Preference will be given to those candidates with labour relations experience and those with experience supporting front line operational leaders. **What will I be doing?** * Strategic HR Programs \& Initiatives: As a Strategic HR Business Partner, you will support senior divisional leadership to shape and execute integrated people and workforce strategies, including in talent and performance management, strategic workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, leadership coaching, and organizational design and transformation. * Employee Engagement \& Organizational Effectiveness: Leads a deliberate, data‑informed approach to employee engagement, including the interpretation of engagement insights, facilitation of leader‑driven action planning, and ongoing evaluation to strengthen accountability, culture, and employee experience. * Data Analytics \& Fluency: Utilizing the full range of HR metrics, to diagnose workforce and organizational risks, identify trends, test hypotheses, and develop evidence‑based recommendations that inform strategic decision‑making and business outcomes. * HR Programs \& CoE Partnerships: Acts as a strategic partner to leaders on HR policies, programs, assessing risk and business impact, and partnering with HR Centres of Expertise to deliver integrated, fit‑for‑purpose solutions. Work closely with leaders on HR program delivery and leveraging deep knowledge of divisional talent, while partnering with COEs to anticipate needs and drive business outcomes. * Change Management: Advises and partners with leaders on change management strategies to support enterprise initiatives, restructures, and transformational projects, ensuring alignment between people impacts and business objectives. * HR Leadership: partner as an active and collaborative member of the entire HR organization to advance strategic people discussions and shape divisional people strategies, culture, and workforce planning. * Continuous Improvement: With a continuous improvement mindset, leads and manages interdisciplinary teams/working groups to improve processes and programs as applicable for clients and within HR. * Labour and Employee Relations: Partner with colleagues in Labour Relations to deliver sound advice and counsel, supporting leaders in following the collective agreement, applying consistent and progressive discipline, and engaging in non\-WHD investigations as required. **What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?** * Completion of a university degree or college diploma in a related discipline to Human Resources Management/Business Administration, or equivalent experience; * 10\-15 years of progressive HR experience with a minimum of 5 years directly supporting senior business leaders in a unionized environment, having developed strong influence, relationship management, and business understanding in a large, unionized, multi\-service organization. * Advanced knowledge of organizational design, change management, and project management principles to lead business transformation and restructuring projects. * Exceptional business acumen and ability to translate business strategy into practical and relevant human capital plans and actions * Robust understanding of total rewards, job design and evaluation, budget planning, and employment cost. * Excellent critical thinking skills and capabilities to test hypotheses and draw insights from data to inform talent and engagement strategies and decisions * Ability to partner effectively and deliver in a fast\-paced environment and comfortably manage ambiguity * Demonstrated experience coaching and developing senior leaders * Applied expertise across the full range of HR functions (talent acquisition, organizational development and design, total rewards, performance management, and labour relations) * Excellent oral and written communication skills to present \& consult effectively and prepare business cases. * Able to influence and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels * Advanced business acumen, able to apply data\-based insights to organizational strategic goals and align people management practices accordingly * Equivalent senior\-level experience in a non\-HR discipline in a major transit or capital construction organization (e.g., operations, finance, organizational change, or people leadership roles) with demonstrated accountability for complex people, workforce, or organizational outcomes, and a clear progression into HR business partnership responsibilities. **Why Join Metrolinx?** Metrolinx HR team has been recognized by HRD Canada as one of the **2025 Top HR Innovators and Most Innovative HR Teams** , celebrated for reshaping the HR landscape with pioneering strategies in wellness, talent management, and recruitment. **What We Offer** * Work that makes an impact across all of Metrolinx as well as the GTHA * Learning and development opportunities * An open and inclusive work environment * Comprehensive health and dental benefits, and wellness spending account * Defined Benefit OMERS Pension plan **Metrolinx is committed to helping our leaders achieve their goals through continuous learning, professional development, and support.** **Don’t Meet Every Requirement?** If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team. We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity\-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations. **Accommodation** We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416\-202\-5601 or email hr.recruitment@metrolinx.com . **Application Process** All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any background information provided be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. **WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.**