Job Title: Human Resources Director - Executive Functions & Culture
Company Name:
BAE Systems
Location:
Falls Church, VA United States
Position Type:
Full Time
Post Date:
01/02/2026
Expire Date:
02/01/2026
Job Categories:
Human Resources
Job Description
Human Resources Director - Executive Functions & Culture Job Description Are you passionate about developing and executing talent initiatives that build highly effective leaders? Have you been proactive in driving organizations to attain and maintain an inclusive culture where creative ideas are brought forward and turned into solutions to support important customer missions? Then we would love to meet you!
BAE Systems is hiring a Human Resources Director who will support a collection of our C-Suite executives and their functional teams. The position is based in Falls Church, VA and will require in office presence at least three days per week. In this role, the Human Resources Director is responsible for strategizing, planning, organizing, and coordinating all aspects of HR Management, including the implementation of key activities related to succession planning, talent management, benefits, compensation, performance management, and high potential assessment and development.
This role will own the HR strategy for a subset of the headquarter functions, identifying solutions and tackling the most pressing talent opportunities and challenges at a strategic level, successfully partnering with functional leaders to create value for the business. This role is pivotal to ensuring the organization's ability to create an inclusive culture, accelerate development for our employees, build people leader capability, forecast and develop our critical skills roadmap and implement solutions that result in a strong retention for our talent.
This role also has responsibility to serve as the People & Culture partner for our HQ teams, serving as an expert consultant and trusted advisor to key stakeholders, including senior business and HR leaders.
This is an on-site role and the selected candidate is expected to be on-site at least 3-4 days per week.
Responsibilities:
Serve as a coach, strategic advisor and business partner to the sector senior leadership
Identify and develop key talent to grow the business, build current and future capability, and achieve long-term business success
Build relationships with business leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution
Execute HR strategies to progress the ESS People Strategy and deliver value to the business
Understand the business strategy and identify opportunities to increase alignment with the strategy by helping business leaders identify, prioritize and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures and processes.
Diagnose gaps between current and desired organization performance and deploy actions to resolve gaps, including organization redesign, process change, coaching and training
Analyze workforce trends to model and forecast future labor requirements to support senior leaders in workforce planning and succession management.
Align performance management and reward strategies to reinforce an environment of dedication and innovation
Coach senior leaders to improve leadership abilities, relationships among teams/individuals and interpersonal communications, as well as deliver effective performance feedback.
Partner closely with sector Human Resources colleagues and leadership, as well as colleagues in the Centers of Expertise (COEs) and others across the company
Develop and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders to foster trust and influence key decisions
Influence leaders to action and understand business strategies
Translate strategies into an executable plan that will help Sector leadership address key human capital needs that are directly related to the successful delivery of business outcomes and performance
Serve as a project manager, including strategizing, planning, organizing, and coordinating all aspects of Human Resources
Serve as a creative problem solver; formulate recommendations using data to clearly demonstrate the value of the solution
Must be results oriented and resilient, delivering consistent results while exhibiting behaviors in line with our ESS culture
Provide strong people leadership by serving as a direct supervisor to HR manager
Intentionally guide, support, and leverage leaders to drive execution of strategic People & Culture-related efforts
Lead efforts to support people leaders achievement of the Impactful Leader Objective
Leverage data to determine belonging-focused learning needs and plans, including measurement of efforts and outcomes
Leverage data to determine employee development needs and strategically identify talent for participation in programs, opportunities, and career support offerings
Raise awareness about holistic well-being and resilience practices and provide support with respect to embedding them within team norms
Leverage data, insights, and themes from surveys and other feedback collection efforts to recommend and support leader action plans to improve the employee experience
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Typically, a bachelors degree and 12 years of experience, or Masters and 10 years experience or a PhD with 8 years experience or 14 years experience with an associates degree or 16+ years experience with a High school diploma.
Experience in Human Resources Management/Leadership
Experience in Strategic HR development and execution
Experience in Human Resources including inclusive culture, succession planning, talent management, benefits, compensation, performance management, etc.
Clear, comprehensive understanding of the link between talent and other HR initiatives and business strategy as well as deep knowledge of HR policies, processes (e.g., workforce planning and talent management) and talent management practices
Ability to identify new ways for HR to support the business strategy and develop clear, actionable steps in support of the overall business strategy
Ability to synthesize large quantities of quantitative and qualitative data, recognize trends, tie back to business priorities and develop recommendations based on data analysis
Experience in Program/Project Management
Experience in People Management/Leadership
Ability to develop effective relationships
Ability to lead change and organizational transformation
Strong business acumen
Strong communication and presentation skills
Strong partnership skills and the ability to influence aligned business unit or functional leader
Effective team player and networker
Strong interpersonal, communication and customer service skills
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Graduate Degree
HR Certification
Experience in Defense/Government Contracting
Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $135556 - $230444
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics. About BAE Systems, Inc.BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but its what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a teammaking a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, youll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
