Director, Organizational Talent Advisor

Specifically, this role reports to the VP, Principal Talent Advisor for Personal Property Liability (PL) and Protection Products & Enterprise Services (PPES) and will support the EVPs and General Managers (GMs) of the East and West Go-to-Market (GTM) teams within Allstate.
The HR leader for this area must be an innovative and flexible business partner to lead strategic HR initiatives in a sales and distribution organization. This organization is centered on driving results and building an innovative culture to address customers' needs to help Allstate grow profitably. Of principal importance is ensuring consistent delivery of standardized services and the agile development of new services in support of business priorities unique to this dynamic environment, while also remaining aligned with broader enterprise HR strategies.
As a member of the Organizational Talent Advisor team, this individual will play a vital role in support of Allstate's Transformative Growth plan. The successful candidate typically has a minimum of 10 to 15 years of human capital consulting and business partnership experience in complex organizations with a reputation for excellence, as well as experience leading HR for technology enabled, high-growth organizations. They should be skilled in integrating themselves into an existing organization in a diplomatic and productive fashion while being an effective agent for change. Additionally, they should possess a reputation as a strategically oriented leader who delivers results, has proven leadership skills, and strong business acumen.

This is a remote role with occasional travel to office locations as requested

Key Responsibilities

• Lead talent strategy development, focusing on the allocation and deployment of human capital, to maximize talent investment and drive superior execution
• Align Allstate's HR strategy with key business drivers (i.e.: clients, revenue growth areas, emerging markets and products, operational risk restructure, and people) and enterprise priorities
• Work across HR, with their peers to design and deliver innovative and adaptive talent strategies and products across all aspects of the employee life cycle
• Drive accelerated cultural and operational change within HR to become a more collaborative, analytical, and customer-focused HR product-based function
• Deliver Allstate's Talent Management system to the business; attracting, developing, motivating, and retaining key talent to drive business growth and transformation imperatives
• Consults with executive leadership on talent management strategies, and leads/develops a high performing team of talent advisors who deliver those strategies at all levels of the organization
• Lead and develop teams to ensure the OTA function is a high-performing, trusted talent advisor resource within the enterprise.

To effectively accomplish this work, this OTA will exemplify the following skills and behaviors:

• Demonstrate deep knowledge of business priorities to drive business strategies
• Has led through transformational changes, developing a compelling vision and executing against a plan
• Embeds the use of data and insights in people-related decision making. Analytical, uses data and insights to inform decisions and promotes and environment that does the same.
• Influences up, down and across varying levels of front-line to executive leadership
• Is a natural collaborator who is authentic, transparent, and honest, aligned with company values and leadership principles
• Strong change agility - thrives in a complex, fast paced, rapidly evolving environment. Can shift between thinking strategically and consulting with HR centralized resources on operational issues. Fosters a culture of excellence, accountability, empowerment, and belonging.
• Influential communicator - clear, honest, effective - across all levels, internally and externally
• Expertise in HR best practices with the ability to build sustainable long-term strategies
• Bachelor's Degree is required; advanced degree with a human resources emphasis preferred (e.g. MBA, OD, I/O)

Education

4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

Experience

12 or more years of experience (Preferred)

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory duties.

Education & Experience (in lieu)

In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Skills
Business Acumen, Global Business Acumen, HR Employee Relations, Human Resource Management, Human Resources Functions, Leadership, Organizational Talent, People Management, Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning

Compensation

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.

You'll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we've proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.

Good Hands. Greater Together.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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