[Hiring] Director HR Business Partner @Symetra

Role Description

Symetra is seeking a Director, HR Business Partner to lead an HR team and help shape the talent and organizational strategies that move our business forward.

In this role, you’ll lead HR Business Partners and HR Generalists supporting a functional business area and serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. Combining business insight with HR expertise, you’ll strengthen leadership capability, guide organizational change, and build an inclusive, high-performing workplace.

What you will do

• Lead and develop your team:
  • Coach HRBPs and HR Generalists to deliver effective consultation grounded in business acumen, HR expertise, influence, talent planning, inclusion, and people analytics.
• Advise senior leaders:
  • Translate business priorities into talent strategies, including workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, and change management.
• Guide employee relations:
  • Help leaders address complex employee matters, resolve concerns, and apply policies and employment requirements consistently.
• Advance inclusion:
  • Integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into leadership practices, talent decisions, and the employee experience.
• Turn insights into action:
  • Use people data and business metrics to identify risks, recommend solutions, and assess results.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience, deep HR expertise, and experience leading through managers and senior managers.
• Experience managing people is a plus.
• College degree or equivalent work experience, with a high school diploma. Professional certifications or designations relevant to the role are a plus.
• Experience in the Group Insurance industry (highly preferred).
• Ability to connect talent decisions to business performance, translating strategy into practical plans and anticipating risks.
• Build credibility with senior leaders, influence decisions, and collaborate effectively across functions.
• Develop strong leaders and teams through coaching, performance management, talent assessment, and succession planning.
• Exercise sound judgment in complex situations, balancing competing priorities and managing budgets, resources, and departmental operations.
• Lead change from planning through execution and demonstrate inclusive leadership in everyday decisions and talent practices.
• Leverage HR analytics data to drive and consult on effective business outcomes.
• Willing and able to travel periodically to meet the needs of the business.

Requirements

• Human Resources employees may not have a family relationship with any current Symetra employee.
• All newly hired people leaders with direct reports are required to complete a comprehensive leadership development program within their first year.
• Symetra covers all travel and accommodation expenses.

Benefits

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements.
• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%.
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days, and eleven paid holidays.
• Company matching for community contributions.

Company Description

Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. In our daily work, we're guided by the principles of Value, Transparency, and Sustainability.

• We provide products and services people need at a competitive price.
• We communicate clearly and openly so people understand what they're buying.
• We design products—and operate our company—to stand the test of time.
• We're committed to showing up for our communities, lifting up our employees, and standing up for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).