HR Talent Partner - Business Enablement

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MSIG USA, a leading global insurance group, seeks an HR Talent Partner – Corporate Functions to translate business strategy into enterprise talent initiatives and governance. This leader partners with the Executive Leadership Team to enable growth, organizational effectiveness, and leadership capability.

They will design and lead talent strategies for corporate functions, including organizational design, succession planning, employee relations, investigations, and workforce analytics, driving a

Responsibilities

• Execute the enterprise talent strategy aligned with the company's long-term objectives.
• Partner with senior leaders to identify talent priorities and capability gaps.
• Build an integrated talent management framework spanning planning, development, succession, mobility and performance.
• Establish governance for talent reviews and organizational planning.
• Provide strategic consulting to executives on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and change management.
• Lead enterprise talent reviews and succession discussions with leadership and the Board as appropriate.
• Develop enterprise standards for mobility and leadership readiness.
• Oversee employee relations strategy, governance, and investigations.

Job description

MSIG USA continues to grow!

Company Overview

MSIG USA is the US-based subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., one of the world’s top P&C carriers and a global Class 15 insurer, with A+ ratings and a reach that spans 40+ countries and regions. Leveraging our 350-year heritage, MSIG USA brings the financial strength, expertise, and global footprint to offer commercial insurance solutions that address your business’s unique risks.

The HR Talent Partner – Corporate Functions (HRTP-CS) reports directly to CHRO, and partners closely with the Executive Leadership Team to translate business strategy into enterprise talent strategies that enable growth, organizational effectiveness, and leadership capability.

The role is responsible for designing and leading the company's corporate functions talent strategy including organizational design, talent assessment, succession planning, leadership effectiveness, employee relations, workplace investigations, and organizational effectiveness. The HRTP- CS ensures the organization has the leadership capability, bench strength, governance, and people practices necessary to execute business priorities while fostering a high-performing, inclusive, values-driven culture.

This leader serves as the strategic advisor to senior executives on workforce planning, organizational health, organizational transformation, and complex employee matters. They establish enterprise standards and governance while building scalable talent practices that support MSIG’s continued growth.

Major Responsibilities

Enterprise and Corporate Functions Talent Strategy

• Execute the enterprise talent strategy aligned with the company's long-term business objectives.
• Partner with the CFO, CIO, Chief Claims Officer, General Counsel and Chief Audit Executive, and business leaders to identify talent priorities and organizational capability gaps.
• Build integrated talent management framework connecting workforce planning, leadership development, succession, assessment, mobility, and performance.
• Establish governance for talent reviews and organizational planning.

HR Business Partner Leadership

• Establish a consistent strategic consulting model across all business units.
• Become a trusted advisor capable of influencing senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce planning, and change management.
• Ensure consistent execution of enterprise people practices while allowing flexibility for business-specific needs.
• Partner with business leaders to improve organizational effectiveness, productivity, and employee engagement.

Talent Assessment & Succession Planning

• Execute enterprise talent assessment philosophy, methodology, and governance.
• Establish consistent processes for leadership potential identification and talent calibration.
• Lead annual enterprise talent reviews and succession planning discussions with executive leadership and the Board, as appropriate.
• Build succession pipelines for executive and critical roles.
• Develop enterprise standards for internal mobility and leadership readiness.

Employee Relations & Workplace Investigations

• Establish enterprise employee relations strategy, philosophy, and governance.
• Partner with Legal, Risk and Compliance on sensitive, complex, or high-risk employment matters.
• Oversee workplace investigations ensuring consistency, fairness, legal compliance, and timely resolution.
• Develop policies and manager capability that proactively reduce employee relations risk.
• Establish governance, policies, and practices around talent decisions to ensure consistency across business units.

Organizational Effectiveness

• Advise executives on organizational design, operating models, team effectiveness, and organizational health.
• Lead organizational redesign efforts resulting from growth, acquisitions, restructuring, or strategic transformation.
• Partner with executive leadership on workforce planning and organizational optimization.
• Support enterprise change initiatives through effective organizational change strategies.

Leadership Advisory

• Serve as executive coach and trusted advisor to senior leaders.
• Influence leadership decisions using organizational data, talent insights, and workforce analytics.
• Foster leadership accountability for talent development and organizational health.

Talent Analytics & Governance

• Develop enterprise talent dashboards measuring leadership pipeline health, succession readiness, internal mobility, engagement, turnover, and organizational effectiveness.
• Use workforce analytics to identify emerging risks and inform executive decision-making.
• Present talent insights and recommendations to executive leadership and the Board.

It's an exciting time for our company and a great opportunity to join a financially sound and growing global insurance group!

It is the policy of MSIG USA to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, MSIG USA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.