HR Director - Senior Vice President

Role : HR Director USA (Senior Vice President)

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Location : New York, United States (On-site)

Manager : This role will report directly to the CEO and will be a member of the HR Senior Leadership team (SLT) for the Group Chief People Officer.

Compensation : up to $250,000 + annual discretionary bonus, and LTIP.

Level : This role will sit as a member of the Executive Committee for the USA.

ROLE SUMMARY :

Network HR (the search firm) has been retained by their client to recruit an experienced, US-based Human Resources Director (SVP) to join a global financial services firm and partner directly with the local (US) CEO to drive a growth agenda for North America (approximately 500 FTE).

The client is a mid-sized employer (less than 1200 FTE globally) operating in the financial services sector which generates over $1Bn in annual revenues.

The strategy for the US is focused on continued revenue growth which we anticipate will feature M&A activities. As a business partner and confidant to the US CEO, it will be your job to translate the corporate strategy into a robust People and Culture plan for the US which you will deliver via specialist support from a global Centre of Excellence (COE) and some local in-country HR support to handle the BAU.

This role is broad in scope and therefore will require a true HR generalist with substantial previous experience to draw down from.

Some of the responsibilities will include, but not be limited to :

• Translating regional strategy into focused functional people plans that support business goals and priorities and that add commercial value.
• Understanding external market conditions and potential challenges, making recommendations to mitigate and offset as required.
• Supporting and managing, from a people perspective, TUPE’s and M&A activity, liaising with the Centres of Expertise as required.
• Creating succession plans, talent pools / management for your functions as guided by the Centres of Expertise, Learning and Development.
• Supporting Executive Leadership on key HR issues, escalating complex ER issues.
• Balancing commercial thinking with an HR governance and policy mindset.
• Acting as a trusted advisor, coach, and consultant for senior leaders to improve leadership capability.
• Utilising and working closely with the Centres of Expertise to understand and analyse a range of data with personal experience to develop insight into your business areas, its customers, and the external context it operates within.
• Using insights to identify opportunities, priorities, and potential risks, creating mitigation and optimisation plans, influencing leaders and colleagues to implement them with a view to enhance the long-term health and reputation of the business.
• Coaching and building the capability of senior managers to anticipate and pre-empt organisational issues.

To be eligible for this position you will need to meet the following, mandatory criteria :

• 15+ years’ experience in an HR leadership position where you have partnered with an executive committee (ExCo) level member.
• Experience of sitting as an ExCo member.
• Experience in a global matrix organisation.
• Experience in the Financial Services sector.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach and mentor HR team members.
• Experience of M&A and Change Management.
• An ability to develop and lead strategic HR agendas along with having a practical hands-on’ approach to all HR issues.
• Strong commercial literacy and an ability to present to Boards and Senior Management teams.
• A demonstrable commercial mindset.

To apply for this position, please click "apply" via LinkedIn. You can also contact the retained search consultant via E : [email protected].

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