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Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Institutional Services (Senior Vice President)

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State Street

Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Institutional Services (Senior Vice President)

London, United Kingdom

Who are we?

As an essential partner to institutional investors, State Street Corporation's purpose is to help create better outcomes for the world's investors and the people they serve. Our clients - asset managers and owners, insurance companies, official institutions and central banks -rely on us to deliver solutions that support their goals across the investment life cycle.

Servicing nearly 10 percent of the world's assets, we give asset managers and owners, insurance companies, official institutions and central banks access to an exclusive perspective on how markets are trending - helping them stay ahead of change - and a breadth of products and services to drive business performance.

We're focused on optimizing for today while solving for where the industry and our clients are headed. Whether creating the first open ecosystem to connect the investment lifecycle, exploring more secure and stable ways to approach tokenization, offering electronic trading platforms, or helping shepherd the ETF industry from launch to its current status as a US $6 trillion industry, we've got our eyes on what's next.

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With deep expertise across the investment lifecycle, our specialists are here to solve clients' toughest challenges with the latest best practices and proven solutions. Pairing more than 230 years of experience with insights from our academic partners and macro experts, we continue to lead industry thinking and help clients make smarter decisions.

Who Are We Looking For?

As Senior HR Business Partner for State Street Institutional Services (IS), you will lead a global team of experienced HR professionals across various disciplines responsible for the strategic development and execution of talent related priorities aligned with key business priorities. This includes a focus on attracting, developing, and retaining talent in alignment with strategic business objectives, delivering a world-class HR experience to our employees, and shaping our culture. You will operate as a key advisor to the IS President and his direct reports team to deliver on the human capital objectives of State Street's largest business unit. This role has responsibility and oversight for GHR-CC teams in our European, APAC, and Emerging Growth regions including legal entity related HR support. In this role, you will participate as a member of State Street's Global Human Resources & Corporate Citizenship (GHR-CC) operating group and leadership team.

This role will report directly into our CHRO and will have a matrix reporting line into the Head of IS.

Key Responsibilities:

▪ Contribute to a global human capital strategy and execute multiple initiatives to drive business success, with a focus on attracting, retaining and developing talent and leadership, evolving and amplifying our culture, enabling manager effectiveness, and leading succession planning initiatives, and delivering a world-class employee experience

▪ Provide advice, coaching and counsel to IS' President and senior management, individually and as a team

▪ Provide leadership to our regional and country GHR/CC teams in Europe, APAC, and Emerging Growth regions/countries. Ensure that country and/or legal entity considerations are accounted for when designing global HR programs, processes, and procedures.

▪ In partnership with fellow GHR-CC colleagues, play a leadership role executing on variety of talent related priorities including learning and development, employee engagement, performance management, employee relations, incentives, and inclusion, diversity, equity

▪ In addition to managing a team of HR Business Partners (aligned to IS and across regions), dually manage a cross functional team of virtual team of HR Centers of Excellence (COE) representatives (e.g., Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development & Learning, Employee Relations)

▪ Maintain a pulse on the employee experience and monitor areas of culture, compensation, employee well-being, and identify and/or initiate programs to ensure that State Street remains competitive

▪ Provide HR subject matter expertise on operating model, organizational design, and workforce planning related to business growth (organic and inorganic) ▪ Serve as highly engaged member of the IS Executive Management Group (IS EMG)

▪ Serve as senior GHR representative for IS external client engagement activities

Job Requirements and Minimum Qualifications:

▪ 15+ years of progressive HR experience in HR strategy development, organizational development, compensation and/or talent acquisition within a large global organization.

▪ Strong business and financial acumen with experience in the financial services industry

▪ Expert in setting and executing HR strategy aligned with business goals ▪ Experience managing teams and supporting clients in Europe and APAC in particular with a knowledge of HR related regulatory requirements

▪ Demonstrated ability to successfully lead teams and engage with stakeholders in a functionalized HR organization

▪ Proven communication, consulting, interpersonal, influencing, negotiating and problem-solving skills

▪ Ability to handle issues with potential client, reputational, and expense related impact

▪ Proven ability to build strong relationships with all levels of management and employees globally

▪ Ability to shift priorities in a fast-paced environment and act as a point of connection across various parts of IS and broader State Street

▪ Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, or related field

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Client-provided location(s): London, UK; Boston, MA, USA; Dublin, Ireland; Munich, Germany; Frankfurt, Germany
Job ID: StateStreet-R-757834
Employment Type: Full Time