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Director, Human Resources

Smithfield, RI
Full-Time

Job Description

Job Description:

The Role

The HR Director plays a key role within the Human Resources team, serving as a strategic advisor and partner to a major segment of the business. In this role, you will contribute to shaping and executing the HR talent strategy, while also leading cross-functional HR initiatives that drive organizational priorities and enhance employee experience.

The Expertise You Have

  • Develops, aligns and executes HR programs and initiatives; seeks successful completion in support of business unit plans.
  • Assess organizational effectiveness from multiple views of impact and develop solutions to support business improvements
  • Identifies talent needs, risks and gaps; builds and coordinates execution of a plan to address using talent management tools and resources. Facilitates, implements and/or participates in Talent Review/Succession Planning roundtables for business partners, owning the entire process across the BU/ Function as required.
  • Helps business ensure bench strength by advising with leaders on decisions to build, buy or develop talent addressing benefits and risks of each strategy.
  • Reviews trends in compensation and recommends opportunities and interventions for better alignment of programs to meet business needs
  • Identifies organizational capabilities needed to deliver against business results, using and integrating Fidelity's Leadership principles and Manager Effectiveness

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Skills You Bring

  • Demonstrate strong business acumen and how HR and talent strategies can drive business results
  • Partner with business leaders to influence strategic decisions and provide solutions to sophisticated issues
  • Excel at interpreting data, recognizing trends and themes, and advising with the business using measures and results
  • Ability to connect and integrate priorities to ensure aligned, and scalable service delivery
  • Excellent project coordinator and can think end-to-end about the work to be implemented
  • Ability to easily build relationships and have strong emotional intelligence
  • Proficient in organizational change and understand key points of engagement, communication, and influence
  • Confident in stepping forward to confront difficult issues and can view colleagues as "clients"
  • Thrive with the opportunity to master new concepts and simplify sophisticated ideas into easily understood concepts
  • Demonstrate vitality and dedication to progress and not satisfied with the status quo
  • Ability to be pragmatic and results oriented with experience driving execution of service within matrix organizations

The Value You Deliver

  • Working with leaders to ensure our associates are positioned for success - planning, hiring, training, mentor, and developing them to meet significant business goals
  • Participating in talent management initiatives to identify, assess, develop, engage, and reward hard-working and high potential talent and ensure development solutions are in place to build capability vital for future leaders of the business
  • Assessing the organization and participating in the development and execution of a talent strategy and key priorities to increase organizational performance and efficiency
  • Bringing data, measures, and analytics to influence decisions and guide prioritization of attention and investment of resources
  • Coordinating staffing strategies and assisting in the sourcing strategy and selection process for key roles
  • Crafting effective organizations, learning strategies and actions to ensure they perform well
  • Advising leaders on sensitive performance-related situations and their business implications

The Team

At Fidelity, we know our greatest asset is our associates. This position will give you an opportunity to have a direct impact on HR associates while providing strategic support to HR senior leadership. Reporting to the VP, HR you will have a wide variety of responsibilities including but not limited to workforce planning, organization design, talent development, compensation, and employee relations.

Certifications:

Category:

Human Resources

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity's business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

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Job Description:

The Role

The HR Director plays a key role within the Human Resources team, serving as a strategic advisor and partner to a major segment of the business. In this role, you will contribute to shaping and executing the HR talent strategy, while also leading cross-functional HR initiatives that drive organizational priorities and enhance employee experience.

The Expertise You Have

  • Develops, aligns and executes HR programs and initiatives; seeks successful completion in support of business unit plans.
  • Assess organizational effectiveness from multiple views of impact and develop solutions to support business improvements
  • Identifies talent needs, risks and gaps; builds and coordinates execution of a plan to address using talent management tools and resources. Facilitates, implements and/or participates in Talent Review/Succession Planning roundtables for business partners, owning the entire process across the BU/ Function as required.
  • Helps business ensure bench strength by advising with leaders on decisions to build, buy or develop talent addressing benefits and risks of each strategy.
  • Reviews trends in compensation and recommends opportunities and interventions for better alignment of programs to meet business needs
  • Identifies organizational capabilities needed to deliver against business results, using and integrating Fidelity's Leadership principles and Manager Effectiveness

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Skills You Bring

  • Demonstrate strong business acumen and how HR and talent strategies can drive business results
  • Partner with business leaders to influence strategic decisions and provide solutions to sophisticated issues
  • Excel at interpreting data, recognizing trends and themes, and advising with the business using measures and results
  • Ability to connect and integrate priorities to ensure aligned, and scalable service delivery
  • Excellent project coordinator and can think end-to-end about the work to be implemented
  • Ability to easily build relationships and have strong emotional intelligence
  • Proficient in organizational change and understand key points of engagement, communication, and influence
  • Confident in stepping forward to confront difficult issues and can view colleagues as "clients"
  • Thrive with the opportunity to master new concepts and simplify sophisticated ideas into easily understood concepts
  • Demonstrate vitality and dedication to progress and not satisfied with the status quo
  • Ability to be pragmatic and results oriented with experience driving execution of service within matrix organizations

The Value You Deliver

  • Working with leaders to ensure our associates are positioned for success - planning, hiring, training, mentor, and developing them to meet significant business goals
  • Participating in talent management initiatives to identify, assess, develop, engage, and reward hard-working and high potential talent and ensure development solutions are in place to build capability vital for future leaders of the business
  • Assessing the organization and participating in the development and execution of a talent strategy and key priorities to increase organizational performance and efficiency
  • Bringing data, measures, and analytics to influence decisions and guide prioritization of attention and investment of resources
  • Coordinating staffing strategies and assisting in the sourcing strategy and selection process for key roles
  • Crafting effective organizations, learning strategies and actions to ensure they perform well
  • Advising leaders on sensitive performance-related situations and their business implications

The Team

At Fidelity, we know our greatest asset is our associates. This position will give you an opportunity to have a direct impact on HR associates while providing strategic support to HR senior leadership. Reporting to the VP, HR you will have a wide variety of responsibilities including but not limited to workforce planning, organization design, talent development, compensation, and employee relations.

Certifications:

Category:

Human Resources

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity's business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

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About Fidelity Investments

At Fidelity, since our founding in 1946, we have been dedicated to strengthening and security our clients’ financial well-being through exceptional service and innovative solutions. We empower over ~50 million people to achieve their most important financial goals, manage employee benefit programs for nearly 24,000 businesses, and support more than 16,000 wealth management firms and institutions with cutting-edge investments and technology. Our diverse business portfolio and independence provide us with a comprehensive view of the market and the stability to deliver long-term value for our customers. As the financial industry evolves and customer needs grow more complex, Fidelity continues to reinvent, innovate, and transform to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s financial landscape.
 

*Specifically serviced by our Clearing & Custody team within Fidelity Institutional

 

Fidelity TalentSource, is the in-house temporary staffing provider for Fidelity Investments. Unlike traditional staffing agencies, we are an internal business unit within Fidelity’s Talent Acquisition team, dedicated to recruiting talent from various backgrounds for roles in Fidelity’s regional and investor center locations. Our mission is to help you experience Fidelity’s diverse and inclusive workplace while expanding your skill set and professional network, with the ultimate goal of conversion to full-time employment as part of Fidelity’s long-term strategy. To learn more about temporary positions at Fidelity Investments, visit FidelityTalentSource.com.

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