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HR Business Partner Leader

HR Business Partner Leader

CompanyGuardian Life
LocationNew York, NY, USA
Salary$151950 – $249630
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s, MBA
Experience LevelExpert or higher

Requirements

  • 10 plus years of progressive human resources business partner experience with a strong business acumen and ability to contribute to the business strategy.
  • BA/BS or equivalent work experience, MBA.MS in Human Resources or related field highly desirable.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for multiple audiences including staff, management, and senior executives.
  • Proven project leader experience in a highly matrixed organization working across many businesses.
  • High degree of self-motivation, demonstrating initiative and an ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency and results orientation.
  • Detail oriented mindset with a disciplined approach to process.
  • Track record of instilling best practices and innovation into the HR function.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a strategic thought leader for respective client groups within the Individual Markets organization. Provide trusted consultation and thought leadership to leaders and their teams and develop and implement talent strategies both short and long-term.
  • Anticipate future organization and talent requirements and in partnership with leaders, make actionable organization design recommendations to enable the business to achieve its objectives while leveraging organizational talent.
  • Design and implement retention strategies focusing on key leaders and individuals with core competencies or skills critical to the organization – now and for the future.
  • Develop effective leaders within the organization, focusing on leadership needs and key themes identified as part of talent discussions; creating strategies to close talent gaps, develop bench strength for succession and talent management.
  • Support the leadership team through deployment of change management strategies and communication plans as the business grows and evolves.
  • Establish and monitor organization and talent metrics aligned that align with the business strategy.
  • Recommend solutions to improve processes, team dynamics, etc. to optimize organizational effectiveness.
  • Coach leaders on their personal efficacy and leadership impact.
  • Maintain an effective level of business literacy to be able to substantively contribute to the success of the business.
  • Leverage enterprise and HR Center of Excellence (COE) resources to bring comprehensive HR solutions to the business.
  • Execute enterprise HR initiatives and processes in partnership with COEs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proven experience in driving change, negotiating, and influencing leaders and key stakeholders across levels.
  • Demonstrated courage to make difficult decisions by establishing high trust and credibility with the business leaders.