Senior Director, Human Resources – Operations & Leasing

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trinity Industries, Inc. owns market-leading businesses that provide railcar products and services in North America. Over the last 85 years, Trinity Industries has grown to over 9,500 employees strong with the common purpose of Delivering Goods, For the Good of All. We are a company that will bring out your best, with fulfilling jobs and unlimited career opportunities that will move you along the path to success.

Trinity is publicly traded (NYSE\: TRN) with annual revenue of approximately $2 billion. More information on the Company is available at www.trin.net.

Trinity is seeking a Senior Director, Human Resources – Operations & Leasing serves as the strategic HR leader for Trinity's U.S. Operations and Leasing organizations. This role partners closely with executive leadership to align people strategies with business objectives, drive organizational effectiveness, and ensure a high-performing workforce across a large, geographically dispersed employee population.

In addition to serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, this position leads the Field Human Resources team and works collaboratively with Human Resources Centers of Excellence (COEs) to deliver talent, compensation, employee relations, workforce planning, and organizational development initiatives that support business growth and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Human Resources Business Partner to Operations and Leasing executive leadership, providing strategic guidance on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, and business transformation initiatives.
• Lead and develop the Field Human Resources team, including direct oversight of Human Resources Directors, while fostering accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance.
• Partner with business leaders to drive talent review processes, succession planning, leadership development, and workforce pipeline strategies to ensure organizational readiness.
• Support organizational effectiveness efforts, including restructuring activities, change management initiatives, cultural transformation, and merger and acquisition integration as needed.
• Collaborate with Human Resources Centers of Excellence, including Compensation, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Employee Relations, to ensure consistent execution of enterprise-wide programs and processes.
• Leverage workforce analytics, trends, and people metrics to identify risks, develop actionable insights, and recommend solutions that improve employee engagement, retention, productivity, and organizational performance.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex employee relations matters, including investigations, performance management, ADA accommodations, FMLA administration, and other compliance-related issues.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, company policies, and Human Resources practices.
• Influence and support leadership teams in creating an inclusive, engaging, and high-performing work environment.
• Drive alignment between Human Resources initiatives and Trinity's overall business objectives and long-term strategic priorities.