HR Business Partner

Description and Requirements
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced and strategic HR Business Partner to serve as a trusted business partner to our Government and Legal Affairs and Global Marketing & Communications functions. This role provides critical HR support and partnership to organizations that operate in high-visibility, high-impact areas of the business.
The ideal candidate will bring a balance of strategic thinking, sound judgment, and operational excellence, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, navigate complexity, and support global, high-performing teams.
How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)

• Business Partnership: Serve as a HR business partner to business leaders and their teams. Build strong relationships and provide credible, high-impact support across HR matters. Act as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders, with the ability to translate business needs into optimal people solutions
• Talent Management: Partner with leaders to drive talent strategies including workforce planning, succession planning, performance management, and leadership development.
• Organizational Effectiveness: Support organization design and change management initiatives in alignment with business goals, particularly during periods of transformation, growth, or restructuring.
• HR Programs & Processes: Lead or contribute to the execution of core HR programs (e.g., compensation planning, engagement surveys, talent reviews) across supported functions, ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide goals and timelines.
• Collaboration & Alignment: Work cross-functionally with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) and regional HR teams to deliver integrated HR solutions and ensure compliance with global and local regulations.
• Data-Driven Insights: Leverage data and analytics to inform decisions, identify trends, and recommend proactive solutions to people challenges.

What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Manager in a matrixed, global organization.
• Experience working globally and familiarity with cultures outside of the US and non-US labor practices.
• Change management experience, able to operate effectively in a highly matrixed environment and to exhibit the necessary gravitas in senior staff meetings.
• Ability to build, maintain and influence relationships with leaders and HR leadership team members globally to broker services for clients and to participate positively and actively in the HR global network.
• Strong problem-solving skills in support of senior leaders in working through a path to the delivery of goals & initiatives as it relates to people.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, advise, and build trust with senior stakeholders, including direct reports to the C-suite.
• Strong quantitative measurement, budgeting, and management reporting and analytical skills.
• Undergraduate degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Skills:
  • Strong business acumen and strategic thinking.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills.
  • Proven ability to manage complex issues with discretion and tact.
  • Agile and adaptable with a hands-on, solutions-oriented mindset.

The expected salary range for this position is $105,200 - $150,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$105,200 - $150,000
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