Jade Breskvar

About Jade Breskvar

Senior HR Business Partner with 10+ years of progressive experience supporting executive and senior leaders in complex, heavily matrixed, fast-moving organizations. Known for building trusted relationships and partnering closely with leaders to coach, advise, and navigate people challenges thoughtfully and effectively. Brings a balanced approach that combines sound judgment, practical problem-solving, and hands-on execution across performance, compensation, talent planning, engagement, and employee relations. Experienced supporting distributed, multi-state teams and designing people programs with an employee-first mindset to drive clarity, adoption, and meaningful business impact.

Experience

1. Senior Human Resources Business Partner

   Brookfield Properties

   Jan 2023 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   Strategic HR Business Partner providing both high-level counsel and hands-on operational support to ~400 associates across corporate functions and on-site operations nationwide, including Accounting, Asset Management, Data Science, ESG, Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement, Tax, and Technology. Trusted advisor to senior leaders on organizational health, team effectiveness, and people risk, translating insights into practical actions that drive performance, engagement, and talent development.Coach and guide leaders through core people processes including goal setting, performance management, compensation and merit planning, talent calibration, succession planning, employee relations, and corrective action. Independently investigate employee concerns and ensure fair, compliant, and thoughtful resolution. Partner closely with leaders on workforce planning, role design, job architecture, market pricing, grading, and pay equity across geographies.Led major HR technology and transformation initiatives, including the design and rollout of Workday Performance Management and the integration of on-site timeclock systems with Workday Timekeeping across 100+ properties, ensuring compliance with state and union requirements. Serve as entity lead for the global Gallup Employee Engagement Survey, collaborating with HR teams across sectors, states, and countries to execute the survey and support action planning using engagement and talent data.Lead onboarding, leader assimilation, and management development programs with a strong employee-experience and change-management lens. Serve as HR representative on corporate interview panels, assessing cultural and behavioral fit and advising on compensation offers. Act as subject matter expert for immigration matters and support leaders through employee separations, exits, and severance processes with a focus on fairness, risk mitigation, and dignity.

Education

• Penn State University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies