HRBP Sr Manager

Verizon; Basking Ridge (NJ); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a strategic HR business partner to coach senior leaders and shape organizational effectiveness. You will drive talent strategies, design agile structures, and support change initiatives across the business.

In this hybrid role, you will partner with finance and business leaders to forecast talent needs, oversee leadership development, and use data to inform decisions that improve performance and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four+ years of work experience.
• Six+ years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience in Human Resources.
• Proven success driving large-scale change management initiatives, organizational redesigns, and talent pipeline strategies that produced measurable business impact.
• Exceptional executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Alignment: align people strategies with business outcomes.
• Leadership Advisory & Organizational Effectiveness: coach senior leaders and improve team dynamics.
• Strategic Workforce Planning: model talent needs and location strategies for multi-year projections.
• Insights, Data & Analytics: translate engagement signals into actionable recommendations.

Skills

Executive presence

HR experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or four+ years of work experience

Job description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely - even if they're daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love - driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together - lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you'll be doing:

Your role is to nurture, develop, and grow our greatest asset-our people. Using your human resources expertise and a solid understanding of our business (don't worry-that will come with time), you'll help guide your clients through all people-related matters as they navigate challenges and embrace opportunities. You'll also help your clients be better leaders by supporting them in mentoring, providing feedback, and managing performance. You will play a key role in building a work environment where everyone can thrive.

In this role, you will move beyond tactical HR execution to drive organizational performance, talent capabilities, and business strategy. You will translate core priorities into proactive people strategies, leveraging data insights, organizational design, and leadership coaching to build high-performing teams.

Key Responsibilities & Capabilities:

1. Strategic Business Alignment & Thought Leadership

• Business Acumen: Develop a deep understanding of business unit goals, financial levers, operational drivers, and industry landscapes to align people strategies directly with business outcomes.

• Strategic & Design Thinking: Apply human-centered design principles and strategic frameworks to solve complex organizational challenges and design innovative, scalable workforce initiatives.

• Trend Adaptability: Monitor macro workforce trends, technological shifts, and evolving work models to proactively adapt talent strategies and maintain market competitiveness.

2. Leadership Advisory & Organizational Effectiveness

• Leadership Counseling & Coaching: Act as a trusted advisor and confidential executive coach to senior leaders, enhancing leadership capability, decision-making, and team dynamics.

• Org Design & Effectiveness: Continuously evaluate team structures, operating models, workflows, and accountabilities to design agile, efficient, and resilient organizations.

• Change Management: Champion enterprise-wide transformation programs by supporting robust change strategies, communication plans, and stakeholder alignment models that minimize friction and drive adoption.

3. Strategic Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy

• Strategic Workforce Planning: Partner with business leaders and finance to model future talent requirements, skill gaps, capacity needs, and location strategies aligned with multi-year business projections.

• Talent Management & Development: Oversee talent reviews, succession planning, high-potential development programs, and performance management strategies that build a deep bench of leadership talent.

• Talent Perspectives: Bring inclusive, multi-faceted talent insights to leadership discussions.

4. Insights, Data & Analytics

• Data Fluency & Storytelling with Data: Translate engagement signals, and turnover data into compelling stories and actionable recommendations.

What we're looking for:

You share our belief that people are our most important asset. You know the value of a great manager-how inspiring and empowering it can be to work for one. You are driven to help your clients be better leaders, and you believe in everyone's potential to grow. You're a great listener, so people naturally come to you for help and advice. You'll enjoy partnering with your clients to solve complex problems and, in the process, make us better every day.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Experience in Human Resources.

• Proven success driving large-scale change management initiatives, organizational redesigns, and talent pipeline strategies that produced measurable business impact.

• Exceptional executive presence.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A degree.

• Strong consulting skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution.

• Demonstrated influence skills with key stakeholders through relationships, expertise and data.

• The ability to quickly establish and maintain rapport with people of diverse backgrounds and professional levels.

• Experience functioning as a Strategic HRBP supporting band 5+ in matrixed organizations.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

Where you'll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $111,500.00 - $194,000.00.