P6P6 — Principal Professional
Strategic HRBP
Drives enterprise-wide HR strategy; advises executives on long-term people needs. Uses HR insights to influence company direction.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Drives enterprise-wide HR strategy; advises executives on long-term people needs
- Sets tone for culture, equity, and inclusion at the executive level
- Establishes talent philosophy; aligns talent strategy with market trends
- Champions enterprise-wide cultural change; fosters innovation and agility
- Sets global HR analytics vision; leverages big data and AI to forecast talent needs
- Establishes enterprise HR governance standards; engages with regulators and executive leadership on compliance
- Acts as primary HR advisor to CEO and Board; forges strategic partnerships
- Drive HR strategy
- Advise executives
- Set analytics vision
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Enterprise HR strategy
- Executive advising
- Talent strategy alignment
- Cultural change leadership
- Analytics vision setting
- Governance standards
- Strategic partnerships
- Innovation in HR
- Enterprise HR strategy
- Culture and inclusion
- Talent strategy and market trends
- Cultural change management
- Global HR analytics
- HR governance
- Executive HR advising
- Strategic HR partnerships
- Integrity & Confidentiality
- Communication & Influence
- Strategic Orientation
- Change Agility
- Problem Solving & Decision
- Collaboration & Teamwork
What good looks like
- Master’s or MBA; HR executive certifications; continuous learning
- Experience in enterprise HR strategy
- Strong advisory skills
Common titles
Strategic HRBP
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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