Job Details

Position Summary

The Senior HR Business Partner at Chord Energy plays a strategic and consultative role supporting business leaders and employees across all aspects of the employee lifecycle. This role focuses on workforce planning, talent development, organizational effectiveness, and promoting a culture aligned with Chord's values. The ideal candidate brings strong relationship-building skills, a deep understanding of HR fundamentals, and the ability to provide practical, forward-thinking support to their assigned client groups. This position is based in downtown Houston, TX, and reports to the Human Resources Manager. A hybrid work schedule (remote Mondays and Fridays) is available. Level and salary commensurate with experience.

Essential Job Functions

• Partner with business leaders and teams to understand organizational priorities, provide strategic workforce insights, and support ongoing team and leadership development.
• Facilitate workforce planning by identifying current and future talent needs and advising on organizational structure, succession strategies, and capability building.
• Support the full employee lifecycle, including goal setting, performance management, career development, engagement, and transitions.
• Champion and embed Chord's culture and values across daily operations, communications, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Maintain regular, proactive connections with client groups to provide guidance, surface emerging issues, and serve as a trusted advisor on HR-related matters.
• Coordinate and support recruitment efforts, including requisition creation, interview planning, and offer facilitation in partnership with hiring managers-ensuring a strong candidate experience.
• Lead and support employee experience initiatives, such as onboarding, talent reviews, manager coaching, and change management.
• Provide expert guidance on HR policies, performance concerns, and employee relations matters-escalating when needed and ensuring consistency and compliance.
• Collaborate with the HR team to optimize systems and processes, ensuring operational efficiency, data integrity, and meaningful analytics.
• Contribute to cross-functional HR projects and initiatives aligned with company growth, culture, and talent strategies.
• Stay up to date on employment legislation and HR best practices to inform recommendations and ensure compliance.
• Become well-versed in Chord Energy's HR fundamentals to serve as a point of contact for employee and manager inquiries, including:
• Recruiting and onboarding processes
• Employee relations and investigations
• Benefit and payroll basics
• Workday processes and self-service functions

This job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the position.Incumbents will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and duties outside of their normal responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including business partnership or HR generalist responsibilities.
• Strong track record of building trusted relationships across all levels of an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead workforce planning, employee development, and performance enablement efforts.
• Experience supporting recruitment processes, including partnering with hiring managers, facilitating interviews, and coordinating offers; ability to deliver a strong candidate experience in alignment with organizational goals.
• Proficiency with HRIS and talent management systems; Workday experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of employment laws, HR policies, and people operations.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information.
• Experience with internal investigations preferred.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to field locations or other company sites.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Workday
• Oil and gas experience
• SPHR, PHR, SHRM-SCP, or SHRM-CP designation

EEO Statement:

Chord Energy does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.