Manager, People Business Leader

Prudential Ins Co of America; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive base salary

Annual bonus potential

Medical, dental, vision, life保险

401(k) with company match

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Work/Life resources

Education benefit

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Prudential in Newark, NJ seeks a Manager, People Business Leader (PBL) to serve as a generalist partner within the People team. You will provide day-to-day HR support to directors and VPs, partner with COEs, and help drive talent processes and organizational initiatives.

This hybrid role requires at least a bachelor's degree and strong stakeholder management, project execution, and change management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to influence leaders.
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong business judgment, strategic thinking and decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to synthesize complex information.
• Ability to leverage data and insights to identify trends and risks.
• Change management experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day HR partner to managers and employees.
• Translate strategy into actionable guidance for managers.
• Support onboarding, performance feedback, and engagement.
• Own execution of key people initiatives with timelines.
• Collaborate with COEs to ensure seamless experiences.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Data analysis

Change management

Learning agility

Process improvement

Accountability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Workday

Visier

Nadia

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Job Classification: Corporate - People Team

At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you'll unlock a motivating and impactful career, all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world's leading financial services institutions!

The Manager, People Business Leader (PBL) is a generalist People Team role that is part of a central capability team of manager-level resources reporting into the People COO organization. Managers provide direct, day-to-day support to Director and VP PBLs and their aligned client groups, with talent rotating across businesses to build breadth of experience and enterprise capability.

This role is primarily focused on delivering core people processes, employee relations support, and business partnership activities, while also providing opportunities to contribute to strategic projects and organizational initiatives.

Through team collaboration and learning, the manager pool will have an opportunity to identify best practices as well as opportunities for greater consistency or improvement that can be implemented more consistently across the businesses and functions, including opportunities for automation and process enhancements.

Location: Newark, NJ hybrid (minimum 3 days/week in office is required)

What You Can Expect

HR Partnership and Generalist Support

• Serve as a day-to-day HR partner to managers and employees, providing consistent, practical guidance on policies, programs, performance management, and employee lifecycle events.
• Act as an extension of the PBL team, translating strategic direction into clear actions, communications, and manager guidance.
• Support managers through common people scenarios such as onboarding transitions, performance feedback, role clarity, and engagement challenges.
• Own the operational execution of key people initiatives, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and communications are effectively managed.
• Partner closely with COEs (e.g., Talent, Total Rewards) to coordinate inputs and ensure a seamless experience for leaders and employees.
• Gather, analyze, and synthesize workforce and employee data to support talent discussions, decision-making, and risk identification.
• Maintain proficiency in People Team systems and tools (e.g., Workday, Visier, Nadia, Teams, SharePoint) to support reporting, tracking, documentation, and process consistency.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, reduce friction for managers, and enhance the employee experience.
• Provide front-line manager coaching to resolve issues; elevate as needed to Employee Relations (ER).
• Assist with ER investigations as needed and assist in employee issue resolution in partnership with senior PBL leaders and COEs.
• Support PBLs with organizational changes (as needed) and assist PBLs with the development and execution of business cases.

Talent Management and Cyclical Processes

• Execute and support talent management cycles including talent reviews, succession planning, calibration discussions, engagement activities, and year-end performance and compensation planning.
• Coordinate timelines, communications, tracking, and follow-ups for performance and compensation cycles.
• Serve as a point of contact for manager questions related to cyclical processes.

Strategic Execution & Special Projects

• Support strategic workforce, talent, and organizational initiatives by conducting analysis, developing recommendations, and coordinating execution activities.
• Contribute to workforce planning, organizational design, and change management initiatives in partnership with PBLs and cross-functional teams.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and enhance the employee experience.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build credibility, influence leaders, and partner effectively with employees and business stakeholders.
• Strong project management and execution skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain attention to detail, and deliver results.
• Strong business judgment, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and deliver clear, effective messaging to diverse audiences.
• Ability to leverage data and insights to identify trends, assess risks, and make recommendations.
• Change management experience, including helping leaders and employees navigate organizational and talent-related change.
• Demonstrated learning agility, curiosity, and the ability to quickly understand new businesses, teams, and organizational priorities.
• Process improvement mindset focused on simplifying work, increasing efficiency, and enhancing the employee experience.
• Demonstrated accountability, ownership, and follow-through.

It'd Be a Plus If You Had

• Experience supporting business leaders and employees with initiatives related to talent, culture, workforce, or organizational effectiveness priorities.
• Employee Relations experience.
• Experience supporting compensation and performance management cycles.
• Proficiency with Workday, Visier, or similar HR technology and workforce analytics platforms.

What we offer you:

Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $114,500.00 to $188,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
• Company-funded pension plan.
• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).

Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

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