Culture & People Business Partner - Beazley Management Limited

This is a hybrid position where incumbent will need to work from either West Hartford, CT or Atlanta, GA.

About Us

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years’ experience helping people, communities, and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to provide beautifully designed insurance, innovating to give our clients the maximum benefit with minimum hassle. Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions, and contingency, covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.  

Our Culture 

We employ over 2,000 people globally, hosting a wonderful diversity of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds. We are proud of our family-feel culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work from when and where they want, in an adult environment that is big on collaboration, diversity of thought & personal accountability.  

Our three core values inspire the way we work and how we treat our people & customers – 1) Be bold 2) Strive for better 3) Do the right thing. Upholding these values every day has enabled us to become an innovative and responsive organization in touch with the changing world around us – our ambitious I&D & Sustainability targets are testament to this.  

Job Summary

As a part of the continued evolution of our Employee Experience team, we are looking for a Culture and People Business Partner to support a variety of business units in driving a strong culture and meeting organizational growth targets through strategic talent discussions, planning, and overall execution.

In this role, you’ll provide strategic HR support globally to our business leaders, acting as a hands-on partner when it comes to change management, employee relations support, data analytics & talent management initiatives like succession planning & leadership development.  You will proactively work as part of the global People team, partnering with our Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development functions to support business initiatives.

You will champion our Talent strategy, challenge the status quo and take a diverse & inclusive approach to engaging our workforce.  This role provides a great opportunity to join our growing team and shape the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead our culture and people priorities across multiple business functions globally. Design and execute strategic initiatives that nurture our business objectives. Align HR strategies to effectively link business priorities, maximize talent, minimize risk, and optimize performance.
• Build effective partnerships with leaders and employees to act as a strategic thought partner and support on a variety of business related topics.
• Partner with leaders throughout the hiring process to influence hiring decisions where appropriate, ensuring people needs are met in the process.
• Actively participate in organization design discussions, including workforce planning, headcount approvals and team structure.
• Work with the reward team to benchmark roles across the industry using internal data, externally compiled data, and agency resources.
• Support/Advocate for our employees by building positive working relationships across all levels. Develop and execute team strategies to improve team engagement and culture.
• Support managers to appropriately assess their talent and ensure that they are having effective development conversations, supporting career progression and succession planning within their team.
• Champion change efforts and effectively lead teams through change.  Facilitate change within your business units on all levels, from small scale cultural/mindset changes to redundancies/restructures, ensuring any change is embedded and appropriate mechanisms are in place to assess its effectiveness going forward.
• Lead and actively participate in Inclusion & Diversity initiatives, making sure these are at the forefront of people-focused decisions,
• Leverage data driven insights to provide analysis and recommendations to address people and culture gaps, including monitoring and collecting management information, noting internal and external trends, and using these to proactively inform C&P strategy.
• Provides management consulting surrounding employee relations, performance management, etc.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Professional HR qualification (desirable)
• Graduate or equivalent experience

Skills & Experience

• Ability to rapidly establish close working relationships with a range of professionals
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Working as part of a team in a client-focussed role to meet challenging deadlines in an HR environment
• Strong organisation skills with the ability to manage own time, meet deadlines and prioritise
• Ability to negotiate with and influence colleagues at all levels
• Advanced interviewing skills
• Advanced organisational/process management, problem solving and project management skills
• Detail orientated with an understanding of the need for accurate and timely management information
• Computer skills – good working knowledge of MS Office

Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrable in-depth HR experience
• Proven track record of successful change management
• Awareness of best practice HR principles
• Knowledge of global employment law (desirable) 

Aptitude & Disposition

• Positive
• Enthusiastic and curious
• Proactive
• Self-motivated, flexible
• Customer and business focused

Competencies

• Achievement driven
• Delegation
• Managing resources effectively
• Self-starter
• Integrity and empathy

The Rewards

• The opportunity to connect and build long-lasting professional relationships while advancing your career with a growing, dynamic organization
• Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related annual bonus
• Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance
• Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting
• 22 days annual PTO (full-time, prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), plus paid public holidays with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs. Additional PTO purchase is available up to a maximum of 5 days per calendar year.
• Up to $700 reimbursement towards home office setup
• Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance in support of your wellbeing
• The opportunity to save for, and purchase, shares of Beazley stock
• Six months fully paid parental leave, regardless of how you come to parenthood
• Company paid sabbatical up to 12 weeks after 10 years of continued service
• Support with exam/study leave and fees for relevant qualifications related to furthering education
• Up to 2.5 days matched paid leave for volunteering at a charity of your choice and 5 days paid leave to provide or arrange care for a dependent with a long term care need annually
• Smart working policy and flexible working culture, trusting our employees to do what works best for them, their role and the needs of the business

Salary for this role will be tailored to the successful individual’s location and experience. The expected compensation range for this position is $110k - $130k per year plus discretionary annual bonus. You will be able to discuss your salary expectations should you be contacted about this role.