HR Business/Talent Partner

Is the opportunity to join a culture where “People Count,” “We Do the Right Thing,” and “We Courageously Shape our Future Together” important to you?

If so, Guardian is seeking a Human Resources Talent Partner (“HRTP”) for our growing Group Benefits business. This is a strategic HR role that requires strong consultative skills to facilitate culture change and build leadership capability. This role requires the HRTP to execute many facets of the talent strategy, demonstrating the ability to solve problems, coach leaders through demanding situations and change, while tracking and assessing changes and progress in the organization.

You will

• Partner with leaders and their teams to develop and execute a talent strategy that enables business growth, leadership development, succession planning, employee engagement, equity, and inclusion.

• Collaborate with leaders to identify areas to enhance business performance through strategy, structure, process, people, and rewards.

• Assist in design and implementation of retention strategies focusing on key leaders and individuals with core competencies or skills critical to the organization – now and for the future.

• Support the development of effective leaders within the organization, focusing on leadership needs and key themes identified as part of the business strategy and organizational and talent review processes.

• Play an active role in guiding leaders through ongoing talent review and succession planning activities.

• Work with leaders to create strategies to close talent gaps, developing a highly effective leadership team and bench strength for succession.

• Encourage building organizational and talent strength through diversity.

• Partner with leaders on employee engagement using data to identify factors that drive performance, commitment, and intent to stay; partner with leaders to develop plans in support of improving engagement.

• Recommend solutions to improve processes, team dynamics, etc. to optimize organizational effectiveness.

• Execute and drive plans for organizational change initiatives including organizational design, communication plans, upskilling, training, and problem solving.

• Provide strategic and day-to-day HR consultation to business leaders.

• Coach leaders on their personal efficacy and leadership impact.

• Partner and coordinate with HR Center of Excellence (COE) resources to identify requirements and execute actions in support of building talent and capabilities across assigned functional areas.

• Maintain an effective level of business literacy to be able to substantively contribute to the success of the business.

• Serve as contributing member of Guardian HR community, playing key role in driving key HR processes and initiatives within respective client groups.

• Participate as a member of project teams on enterprise-wide organizational HR initiatives.

You have

Business Acumen

• 10 plus years of human resources experience with solid business acumen and ability to create and implement human capital initiatives that enable the business strategy.

• The ability to work effectively within the organization’s financial and operational context.

• Demonstrated financial and analytical acumen to synthesize and prioritize ranging issues and activities, thus be highly effective in formulating coordinated action plans and activities.

Data Judgment

• Experience leveraging data to influence decision making outcomes with ability to “tell the story” by utilizing data.

• Demonstrated strong analytical and assessment skills.

Strategic Thinking

• The ability to develop and execute solutions to business challenges and to influence strategic business decisions.

• Strategic Human Resource Thought Leadership – are able to execute HR strategies across the organization in an efficient manner.

Relationship Management/ Collaboration

• Ability to build relationships and quickly earn the trust of leaders, partners, key stakeholders, and collaborators, building credibility and becoming their trusted advisor.

• 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.

Talent Management

• Demonstrated expertise in business and talent strategy, culture change, workforce planning, data and analytics, organizational design, talent management, and transformational organizational changes.

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