Senior Strategic HR Business Partner, Evernorth Finance - Hybrid

The Senior Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) delivers HR solutions and expertise to the Evernorth Finance function through the design and implementation of Human Resources strategies that support key initiatives to achieve business results and enable sustainable growth.

This role drives and facilitates the development of culture and key capabilities to maintain a productive, diverse and engaged workforce, comprised of the best talent available.  The HRBP provides an enterprise-wide perspective for leaders to align talent strategy with corporate and business unit goals and objectives ensuring a return on investment.  

This role will partner with key stakeholders in the business and human resources, to drive program recommendations, development, prioritization and deployment in talent management, employee development, compensation, performance management, organizational transformation, change management and workforce effectiveness for their assigned client group.  This partnership will represent the Voice of the Business within HR as well as the Voice of HR for the Business.

Key Accountabilities include:
Business Partnership
•    Provides strategic HR consulting and problem-solving solutions on the most complex issues to business leaders
•    Assists in the creation of development plans for high potential employees and identifies high potentials at all levels for current- and future-state critical roles
•    Deliver solutions to improve processes, team dynamics, etc. to optimize organizational effectiveness
•    Provide thought leadership and drives execution of business strategy, goals and priorities 
•    Leadership Effectiveness and Key Talent Management
•    Develops effective leaders within the organization, focusing on leadership needs and key themes identified as part of the business strategy and organizational and talent review processes. Initiatives include working with leaders to create strategies to close talent gaps, developing a highly effective leadership team; developing bench strength for succession and talent management.
 

Encourages Building Strength Through Diversity
•    Designs and implements retention strategies focusing on key leaders and individuals with core competencies or skills critical to the organization. Coach leaders on their personal efficacy and leadership impact.
 

Employee Involvement and Engagement
•    Identifies through elements of the work environment strategies to increase productivity, employee performance, and employee satisfaction and design metrics to track the effectiveness of these initiatives. 
•    Creates processes and solutions in partnership with management which support a positive employee relations environment through effective communications, policies and practices.

Talent and Capability Development
•    Partner and coordinate with functionally aligned HR Business Partners and Center of Excellence (COE) resources to identify requirements and execute actions in support of building talent and capabilities across all functions in the market.
•    Responsible for partnering closely with the client-aligned human resource business partner and business leaders in the development, management and delivery of functional and/or local market strategic workforce plans
•    Drive facilitation, development and ongoing execution of strategic workforce planning deliverables
Project Management
•    Responsible for project managing HR work streams associated with existing and future delivery system alliance engagements (i.e., acquisitions, joint ventures, etc)
•    May also participate in enterprise-wide special project initiatives
Change Leadership
•    Acts as a change agent to client groups, partners and project teams to drive organizational change through the application of a common framework, process and set of best practice tools, which prepare employees for ongoing change and transformation.

Qualifications
•    Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.  Masters preferred from a progressive Human Resources and/or business program.
•    Minimum of 8 years of experience in a HR Business Partner or COE role demonstrating increased levels of responsibility required.   
•    Strong proficiency and proven success leading human resource organizations to further business strategies and create competitive advantage; global experience preferred
•    Proven track record of leading large, complex, organizational changes
•    Ability to think strategically and transform strategy into action
•    Strong business acumen with the ability to understand, discuss and work with leaders on Cigna's business strategy and human capital implication
•    Credibility as a trusted advisor and confidant to senior leadership
•    Knowledge of, and proven capability in organizational development techniques and performance management
•    Experience leading organizations through change management
•    Strong business acumen project management skills, successful teaming with colleagues, and a strong results orientation
•    A highly effective communicator with the ability to clearly and concisely articulate ideas, concepts, and proposals
•    Capable of quantitative analysis, with a proven ability to work with numbers and financial data
•    Experience in Workday strongly preferred

Critical Success Factors
•    Broad Human Resource functional expertise
•    Strong project management skills
•    Successfully led change management
•    Designed organizational processes, structure, and/or systems
•    Large capacity for work; high work ethic
•    Politically savvy; able to navigate and influence
•    Ability to "move the needle" and leadership toward accomplishment of the strategy
•    Passion for a talent mindset and driving performance
•    Capacity for influence across multiple stakeholders
•    Courage to take a stand and conviction to take risks
•    Commitment to inclusion and diversity
•    Proven collaborative style

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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