Senior Manager, Business Partner & Strategic Initiatives

Job Description:

The Sr Manager - Business Partner & Strategic Initiatives is a critical hybrid role within Mars Snacking designed to unlock business performance by bridging strategic people initiatives with global business partnering. This role combines the end-to-end delivery of high-impact strategic programs with global strategic business partnering (mapped directly to the Mars Inc BP profile) to enable the execution of Mars Snacking's overall business strategy.

Working in close partnership with the global People & Talent teams, Centers of Expertise (COEs), and the People Data & Analytics (PD&A) team, this leader will drive insight-led decisions, manage change on a global scale, and deliver measurable business value as we build a human-led, digitally powered enterprise.
Key Responsibilities

People Strategic Initiatives & Portfolio Delivery

• Strategic Program Leadership

• Co-lead the design, development, and deployment of global people initiatives, ensuring delivery through robust planning, clear outcomes, effective governance, and measurable impact.

• Scalable Solution Design & Deployment

• Translate enterprise strategies into practical, scalable, and sustainable people solutions that can be effectively implemented across diverse regions, functions, and divisions.

• Complex Stakeholder & Change Navigation

• Drive alignment and co-creation across complex organisational environments, managing interdependencies and ensuring strong adoption and business impact.

• Global COE Collaboration

• Partner closely with Global P&O teams and COEs (including Talent, Rewards, Leadership, and other expertise areas) to move initiatives from strategy through to execution.

• Impact Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Establish measurement frameworks to track progress, outcomes, and value creation, using insights to continuously evolve and improve strategic initiatives.

Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to BP Profile)

• Strategic Leadership Partnership

• Partner with Global P&O Business Partners and senior leaders to shape and deliver people strategies that directly support enterprise and business priorities.

• Trusted Strategic Advisor

• Act as a trusted co-pilot to leaders, balancing immediate business needs with long-term organisational, talent, and culture outcomes.

• Enable Organisational Transformation

• Support strategic shifts across talent, culture, capability, operating model, and organisational design, helping the business adapt and improve performance.

• Insight-Led Decision Making

• Collaborate with PD&A teams to leverage people data, analytics, and insights to inform strategic decisions and identify opportunities across the talent agenda.

• Culture & Behavior Activation

• Champion and embed The Snacking Way culture, co-leading priority initiatives such as HPC and MDR to translate cultural ambition into everyday behaviors, stronger engagement, and leadership.

• Transformation & Change Enablement

• Support change communication, engagement, and capability-building activities that support Associates through transformations, integrations, and digital shifts.

• Ensure change approaches prioritise clarity, connection, and adoption, enabling Associates to navigate uncertainty while maintaining performance and wellbeing.

Required Education & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or a related field preferred.

• Professional Experience: progressive HR/P&O experience, with a proven track record of operating in a highly matrixed, global corporate environment.

• Hybrid Capability: Demonstrated success in both Strategic Business Partnering (BP) and Global Program Management (ideally leading global HR transformations, operating model shifts, or capability-building programs).

• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication, storytelling, and relationship-building skills, with a proven ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional leadership.

• Organizational Agility: Comfort navigating extreme ambiguity, driving alignment across multiple geographies and functional stakeholders without formal authority.

• People Analytics & Fluency: Ability to synthesize complex people data, partnering with PD&A to build data-backed strategic narratives for senior leadership.

• Global Lens: Experience working across diverse cultures and time zones to get results through project teams in an international operating environment.

• Strategic Planning: preferably good expertise in change management and program management methodologies (measurement, continuous improvement, and capability building)

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

• Find out more about what Mars can offer you by visiting our Global Careers site.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 153,600.00 - USD 211,200.00