HR Business Partner Sr. Professional

The HR Talent Partner (HRTP) – Digital &Technology is a strategic partner to leaders across Guardian’s Digital & Technology (D&T) organization, enabling the execution of business and transformation priorities through effective talent, organizational, and leadership strategies.

This role works closely with senior Technology leaders to align talent strategy with enterprise priorities, support operating model evolution, and drive organizational effectiveness. The HRTP will play a critical role in enabling Guardian’s transformation agenda, including digital modernization, AI transformation, and the evolution to product- and platform-based ways of working while readying the workforce for the future.

You have:

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner or Talent Partner roles and developing junior HRTPs.
• Experience supporting Technology, Digital, Engineering, or Data organizations
• Demonstrated experience in organizational design, talent strategy, and large-scale transformation
• Experience in agile or product-platform based operating models preferred

You will

Candidate Responsibilities:

Strategic Talent Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Technology, Data, Digital, and Product leadership teams
• Translate business and transformation priorities into actionable talent strategies
• Partner with leaders to drive execution against business goals through organizational effectiveness
• Enable alignment between Talent & Culture COE priorities and enterprise strategy

Organizational Design & Operating Model

• Lead organizational design and restructuring efforts aligned to business needs and future-state operating models and future of work
• Assess organization effectiveness (spans, layers, roles, and capabilities) and recommend improvements
• Support transition to agile, product- and platform-based models where applicable
• Ensure clarity of roles, accountabilities, and decision-making structures

Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy

• Develop and execute workforce plans aligned to current and future capability needs
• Identify skills gaps and implement build/buy/borrow talent strategies
• Partner on hiring strategies to support digital, engineering, and data capabilities
• Drive internal mobility and career pathing across Technology

Talent Management & Succession

• Lead talent review processes, including succession planning and pipeline development
• Identify and develop high-potential talent and critical role successors
• Drive capability planning aligned to enterprise and D&T needs
• Strengthen leadership bench and readiness for future roles

Leadership Coaching & Development

• Coach leaders on performance management, team effectiveness, and leadership behaviors
• Support leaders in navigating organizational change and transformation initiatives
• Partner with COEs to deliver leadership and capability development programs
• Enable development of future-ready skills (digital, data, AI, product)

Performance & Employee Experience

• Guide leaders through performance management processes
• Analyze engagement and Voice of Colleague insights
• Improve team health, culture, and engagement
• Support retention strategies for critical talent

Change Management & Transformation

• Lead HR partnership for transformation initiatives
• Design and execute change strategies
• Enable leaders to lead through change
• Reinforce Guardian culture and behaviors

HR Delivery & Integration

• Ensure consistent execution of Talent & Culture programs
• Partner with HR COEs
• Support and lead annual processes (compensation, promotions)
• Leverage data and insights to improve outcomes

Reporting Relationships

• Will report to the Talent Partner Executive

Travel

• Hybrid, at least 3-days in office, preferably
• NY – Hudson Yards, or NJ - Holmdel
• May leverage CT-Stamford office 1-day per week
• Travel as needed to other locations

Salary Range:

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.  Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MyHR@glic.com. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.

Visa Sponsorship

Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.

Notice Regarding Guardian’s Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

As part of Guardian’s job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian’s jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.

Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to MyHR@glic.com, making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian’s document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via MyHR@glic.com.

Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here. 

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