Director, HR Business Partner, Global Specialty

You are a driven and motivated problem solver ready to pursue meaningful work. You strive to make an impact every day & not only at work, but in your personal life and community too. If that sounds like you, then you've landed in the right place.

The Hartford has an exciting, strategic, and highly visible Director-level HR Business Partner role supporting our Global Specialty business segment (GS) and enterprise Sales and Distribution function (S&D). Along with enterprise Sales and Distribution, within Global Specialty this role will partner with Financial Lines, Environmental, Ocean Marine businesses and the Strategy function. The HRBP will build a strong understanding of the Global Specialty and the Sales and Distribution organizations and a deep acumen in the business lines. The HRBP will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive workforce strategies across these groups, including talent identification, succession planning, organizational design and effectiveness, contemporary rewards, career paths, skills development, optimal geographic footprint, employee engagement and retention approaches. In addition to client strategic support and partnership, this HRBP is responsible for end-to-end ownership of Culture and DEI as a practice lead in the organization and as the partner to the segment and function leaders and the next evolution of our culture work in the segment. This role reports to the Group VP of HR.

Due to majority of client locations, the candidate should be in the Eastern time zone if not located in our Hartford, CT, New York, NY, Stamford, CT, or our Charlotte, NC office.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to business performance by providing thoughtful consulting & coaching on people strategies, organizational design/effectiveness, and other human capital and/or business initiatives
• Leverage strong executive coaching & influencing skills to enhance leadership and organizational performance
• Promote, facilitate, and support an environment that is inclusive and diverse through recruitment, selection, and retention strategies
• Help build and drive the strategic Diversity & Inclusion plan for GS and S&D
• Help shape and implement the next evolution of GS Culture
• Leverage data and analytics for the identification of trends and opportunities and provide input into the metrics used to track effectiveness of initiatives
• Help leaders optimize compensation, reward, and recognition programs with strategic planning on these and all HR-stewarded people processes to develop approach and implementation
• Identify work environment strategies to increase employee performance and engagement. Participate as a member of project teams focusing on both HR and cross-organizational initiatives
• Support superior adoption of Workday including fully leveraging the skilling capabilities
• Build a strong understanding of the business to enable aligned talent strategy

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 10 years' experience as a human resources business partner in a large corporate setting. Insurance industry and/or financial services experience preferred
• Seasoned professional with proven experience and an optimistic approach to:
  
  • Effectively consulting with, coaching, and influencing senior executives
  • Pragmatic yet proactive problem-solver: Balance between policy and reality and deeply understands what we are trying to accomplish
  • Building and maintaining trusted relationships with the ability to influence business outcomes
  • Leveraging data analytics to support business case for change and understands how to identify and leverage partners to drive movement forward to outcomes
  • Successfully leading cross-enterprise communities of practice strongly preferred
  • Developing and implementing effective organization structures; including job design
  • Creating talent management and talent development strategies
  • Successfully leading organizations through change management
  • Creating human capital strategies to align and support tangible business outcomes
  • Being proactive and taking initiative; examples of leading the change and work and making movement happen
  • Displaying excellent judgment
  • Managing projects - ability to create project plans, identify key stakeholders, define criteria for success, and effectively manage scope, teams, and deadlines
• Working knowledge of and strategic application of
  
  • Compensation practices
  • Employment Law and/or HR Compliance
  • Learning and development practices
  • Organizational effectiveness programming
  • Organization design and communication planning
  • Performance calibration and retention assessments
  • Evidence of end-to-end ownership of these processes from planning, change management communication framework, and completion through multiple cycles
• Highly organized and drives self vs awaiting direction
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Domestic travel is needed from time to time to meet with clients averaging 10% in a year; expect to be heavier in the first 30 to 90 days of the role to engage with clients and develop relationships

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$121,840 - $182,760

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