Human Resources Business Partner

The Role

About Lord Abbett:

Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.

From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.

We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.

  Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?

Job Overview:

We are looking for a Business Partner to join our Human Capital Management Team.  People are our greatest strength. Our Human Capital Management team partners closely with leaders throughout the firm to align business strategies with talent strategies, perpetuate our values-driven culture, create an environment that is principles-based, performance-oriented, and purpose-driven, and promote a world-class people experience. We coach our leaders on people strategy, performance management, talent acquisition, career growth and mobility, strategic talent planning, and employee relations to ensure that our people can thrive. We operate a leader-led model.

We’ll trust you to:

• Advise and coach leaders on a full range of people issues, providing guidance and challenge leaders on how to effectively manage change and talent within the organization.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, in our leader-led model, to align human resource strategies with business objectives and provide insights and recommendations to support organizational goals and drive performance.
• Partner with the Head of Compensation, Benefit and People-Operations to deliver a seamless human resources experience to employees – combining rewards and data initiatives with the evolving talent objectives of the organization.
• Drive results based on business goals and strategies by defining and executing specific people-focused initiatives, including talent-related initiatives and employee development programs.
• Build credible relationships with leaders by combining business understanding and human resources expertise, to provide meaningful insights and advice.
• Use data, metrics, and internal/external trends to provide leaders with insights to enhance engagement and inform decisions, organizational structure, and key talent projects.
• Design and provide training to leaders on how to deal with difficult situations, year-end process, workforce planning, succession management, and goal setting.
• Support employee inquiries that are not addressed in our Centers of Excellence (e.g., career coaching)
• Effectively align our people strategy to the business strategy and connect with support functions such as Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Recruitment, etc.
• Coach leaders to resolve complex matters in a consistent, thoughtful and direct manner.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws, regulations, and company policies; develop and implement human resources policies for fairness and consistency.
• Display confidence, emotional intelligence, and decisiveness in all interactions.

You'll need to have:

• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
• 7-10 years of human resource experience, in financial services or asset management. Buy-side asset management experience is preferred in an investment function or team
• Expertise in consulting senior business leaders on organizational strategy and alignment
• Proven success in a player-coach environment, building strong connections with leaders
• Ability to execute firm-wide talent initiatives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills applied to human resources issues
• Proven ability to present and analyze people-related data to guide talent strategy
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to handle confidential information
• Highly motivated attitude that inspires higher performance
• Proficiency in people-related software and Microsoft Office Suite (UKG Pro, iCIMS, CompXL preferred)
• Ability to work both in a team and independently, with strong attention to detail
• Adaptability to work under pressure, prioritize, and multi-task in a deadline-driven environment
• Maturity, discretion, and sound judgment in complex decisions
• Excellent judgment, independent thinking, and resourcefulness

Why Lord Abbett?

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

• Principles-Based- We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
• Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
• Purpose-Driven - We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first. 

We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ workplace equality.  

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $125,000-$160,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance. 

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

Important notice to Search Firms - Please Read CarefullyWithout prior written agreement, Lord Abbett does not accept unsolicited submissions from employment agencies, search firms, placement services, or any similar provider (“Search Firms”) for employment opportunities. All candidates submitted by Search Firms to any employee or partner at our company without a written Search Firm agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of our company. In such circumstances, no fee, commission, or other compensation will be paid to such Search Firm in the event a candidate is hired by our company. To the extent a Search Firm has a written agreement in place, all introductions are position specific and should be directed to HR or the hiring manager, so we kindly request no unsolicited phone calls or emails.

Salary : $125,000 - $160,000