If you’re passionate about becoming a Nationwide associate and believe you have the potential to be something great, let’s talk. At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.
The Sr Consultant, Human Resources Business Partner will serves as a strategic thought partner to Technology and Operatons leaders. They will help shape organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce strategy, and long-term talent outcomes.
Success in this position will require the ability to influence senior leaders through complex organizational challenges while balancing associate experience, business performance, and enterprise priorities.
The HRBP role also requires continuous learning and responsible experimentation with AI, including building personal fluency, helping leaders and teams understand how AI is reshaping work and skills, and translating emerging capabilities into practical workforce and organizational strategies.
This is a hybrid work opportunity.
Job Description Summary
Do you thrive where you can build a strong corporate culture, develop and lead critical initiatives and support associates and leaders developing to their fullest potential? Are you ready to inspire and influence leaders and associates around strategies that drive innovation, high performance, and a caring culture? If working in a vibrant environment passionate about helping the business win sounds like the opportunity you’re looking for, we want to know more about you!
As a Sr Consultant, Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), you will serve as a strategic advisor to one or more business units, aligning HR solutions with organizational goals driving strategic people, organization, and talent priorities that enable business success. You’ll lead and support complex HR initiatives that enhance organizational performance, foster talent development, and elevate the associate experience.
You’ll understand key business strategies, drivers, and goals so you can develop and implement innovative, high-impact solutions that promote a high-performing, inclusive culture. This role partners closely with HR Centers of Expertise (COEs) and key stakeholders to offer strategic leadership, critical thinking, project management, data analysis, organizational change, and talent development.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Serves as a trusted, strategic advisor to senior business executives, shaping and delivering HR strategies that align with business-specific goals.
- Provides strategic insights and coaching to address complex challenges and enable informed, high-impact decision-making.
- Partners with executives and leaders to foster a workplace culture rooted in Nationwide’s values, creating inclusive and meaningful associate experiences.
- Assess talent needs and support leaders with succession planning, performance management, and leadership development.
- Builds strong cross-functional partnerships to align HR programs and tools with business priorities.
- Leverages strong business and industry knowledge to develop and deliver integrated and connected strategies and solutions that enhance business results by focusing on key talent initiatives.
- Designs and implements workforce and succession readiness strategies that attract, grow, develop, retain top talent in collaboration with business executives and COEs.
- Leads complex change initiatives that drive transformation, equipping leaders with effective communication strategies to engage and guide teams.
- Uses data, metrics, and insights to anticipate workforce needs, shape innovative, people-centered business solutions, influence decisions, measures results, and identify areas of potential risk.
- Ensures responsible, ethical, and compliant HR practices align with regulatory and reputational standards.
- Maintains high levels of confidentiality and integrity in handling sensitive business information and organizational matters.
- May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
- Reporting Relationships: Reports to Senior Vice President, Sr Associate Vice President or Associate Vice President, Human Resource. May manage a team of one to two HR professionals.
- Typical Skills and Experiences: Education: Undergraduate studies in human resources, business administration or related field, along with HR certification, preferred.
- Experience: Ten or more years of diverse HR experience. Generally, has experience in one or more HR technical areas.
- Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proven ability to advise, champion culture, enable talent, and lead change while maintaining confidentiality. Skilled in consulting, coaching, and influencing across all levels. Strong understanding of business strategy and alignment with HR strategies, excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. Experienced in leading projects, setting priorities, and using workforce data to identify trends, influence outcomes, and implement effective solutions.
- Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
- Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resource Business Partner.
- Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.
- Job Conditions: Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)
- Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Occasional travel may be required.
- ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
Benefits
- We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here .
- Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
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- NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.
Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range.
Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.
The national salary range for Sr Consultant, Human Resources Business Partner : $138,000.00-$243,000.00
The expected starting salary range for Sr Consultant, Human Resources Business Partner : $138,000.00 - $206,000.00
