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Vice President, HR Business Partner - Digital Technology & Data

Cargill
Cargill Salary
Wayzata, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 6/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/15/2026
Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Vice President, HR Business Partner – Digital Technology & Data serves as the strategic people and culture partner to the Chief Information & Digital Officer and the Digital Technology & Data leadership team. This role shapes and executes the people strategy required to accelerate digital transformation, strengthen technology and data capabilities, evolve the operating model, and build a high-performing, inclusive organization. The role advises senior leaders on complex organization, talent, leadership, workforce and culture priorities; connects enterprise HR strategies with functional business needs; and ensures disciplined execution of core people processes. As a member of the Digital Technology & Data leadership team, this role leads and develops a team of HR professionals and partners closely with centers of expertise to deliver integrated, business-relevant solutions that advance strategic priorities, mitigate risk and enable sustainable performance.

Key Accountabilities

  • BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP: Partners with CIDO and Digital Technology & Data, along with Process Excellence senior leadership team to define, prioritize and execute the people and culture strategy, ensuring talent, organization and leadership strategies directly enable the function’s objectives, transformation roadmap and operating cadence.
  • TEAM LEADERSHIP: Directs and influences a team of senior human resources professionals to deliver business results and support human resources priorities.
  • PEOPLE PROCESS EXECUTION: Leads and ensures execution of core people processes, including goal setting, talent review, succession planning, compensation, performance management, engagement surveys and action planning.
  • DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION: Partners with leaders, employees and centers of expertise to support diversity, equity and inclusion strategies and related initiatives.
  • METRICS & ANALYSIS: Uses human resources data, metrics and insights to identify trends, diagnose issues and recommend solutions that support business and people priorities.
  • PROCESS PLANNING & DELIVERY: Leads evaluation and evolution of operating models, talent strategies and capability plans required to deliver Digital Technology & Data priorities; recommends, designs and implements organization solutions across resource planning, succession, talent assessment, organization design, change management and capability building.
  • STRATEGY & SOLUTION CONNECTION: Partners with and influences senior leaders and centers of expertise to translate enterprise HR strategies into integrated solutions that address Digital Technology & Data needs, improve execution and strengthen leadership effectiveness.
  • TEAM MANAGEMENT: Manages team members to achieve organizational goals by setting clear expectations, aligning priorities, coaching and developing talent, measuring progress, holding people accountable, recognizing achievement and creating enabling conditions for an inclusive, high-performing HR team.

Qualifications

MINIMUM & TYPICAL YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Minimum requirement of 10 years of relevant human resources experience, including strategic HR business partnership with senior leaders, organization design, talent management, workforce planning, leadership development and change management.
  • Demonstrated experience driving senior leadership team effectiveness, including aligning leaders around shared priorities, strengthening decision-making, improving accountability and building high-performing executive team dynamics.
  • Proven track record leading global, matrixed teams, including building inclusive team cultures, developing talent across regions and enabling effective collaboration across geographies, functions and business priorities.

Qualifications Continued

PREFERRED & TYPICAL YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Experience supporting a CIO, technology, digital, data, analytics or enterprise transformation organization, including demonstrated success partnering with executive teams through operating model evolution, capability building, strategic workforce planning and large-scale change.
  • Preferred experience leading HR teams and influencing across matrixed, global environments, with the ability to translate business strategy into practical talent, leadership, culture and organization solutions.

The expected salary for this position is $250,000.00 - $290,000.00. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance.

At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

Salary : $250,000 - $290,000

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