Director, HR Business Partner (Hybrid)

Job Classification:

Corporate - Human Resources

At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions!

Do you have exceptional analytical skills, a team orientation, and a desire to work in an inclusive manner, serving as a positive and motivating force to teammates and partners?

Prudential’s People Team is responsible for partnering with the business to deliver on our four commitments to drive business value and customer impact:

• We have world class talent in our critical roles.

• Our organizations are built with the capabilities to win.

• We are a standout company known for driving culture and an inclusive environment.

• We have a unique, tough to replicate and compelling culture that drives competitive advantage.

We are seeking an experienced professional with the emerging skills of the future to be a Director, HR Business Partner supporting teams across the Finance and Actuarial Community. You will partner with the Senior Business Leaders, SLT, People Team Squad members, People Team CoEs, and HR Delivery to implement strategies, based on the business and functional strategy, focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, culture, and engagement. You will support teams at the PFI level Globally and functionally within the empowered teams’ model.

The current employee work arrangement for this position is hybrid and requires your on-site presence on a reoccurring basis as determined by your business in our Newark, NJ office. While a hybrid work arrangement is strongly preferred, remote candidates with the ability to travel to Newark periodically will be considered. Your manager will provide additional details relative to the specific number of days you are expected to be on-site.

What you can expect:

• Be an active member of the Leadership Team(s) for the Controllers and Global P&A organizations responsible for creating and driving the talent strategy to deliver business objectives.

• Own the business relationship; have a solid understanding of the business and functions to advise leaders on organizational design and effectiveness – with an eye towards identifying, building, and sustaining a capability led organization.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and “day-to-day” coach to the senior leaders in assigned organizations.

• Build impactful senior leadership teams to increase engagement and productivity for the organization.

• Deliver on talent priorities by partnering with squad and COE partners, utilizing tools and resources from the CoEs

• Use talent data to develop and measure relevant and valuable talent strategies and solutions.

• Direct and enable senior business leaders to fulfill all cyclical processes: annual compensation process, performance management, talent and succession planning and the Engagement Quotient (EQ)

• Establish and maintain constructive relationships with key partners across the Prudential People Team; collaborate and build alignment cross-functionally to ensure we are bringing to bear Prudential’s People Team capabilities.

What you’ll need:

• 7+ years progressive HR experience with at least 3 years as an HR Business Partner

• Demonstrated leadership experience collaborating with senior leaders to influence and execute on business strategy with a focus on talent management, organizational effectiveness, culture transformation and employee engagement.

Competencies – Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Business and Financial Savvy: high ability for business judgement and understands business strategy, the needs of customers and the broader marketplace.

• Strategic Thought Leadership: possesses an innovative, insightful mentality with a willingness to challenge the status quo.

• Talent Capabilities and Expertise: relevant experience in talent management, organizational effectiveness/design, change management and coaching; proven ability to expand & execute on talent strategy.

• Influence with Impact: successful in influencing leaders and employees in making the right talent and business decisions to drive business outcomes; demonstrates a combination of impeccable verbal and written communication skills, advanced emotional intelligence, and savvy navigation of complex business structures.

• Consultative Problem Solving: ability to identify and develop solutions with the business, CoEs and enterprise goals in min