AVP, Human Resources - Global & Emerging Capabilities

Associate Vice President, Human Resources - Global & Emerging Capabilities

Do you thrive where you can build a strong corporate culture and support associates developing to their fullest potential? At Nationwide, our Human Resources (HR) team learns and understands the business, collaborates with leaders and serves as a partner to help the business grow. It's a dynamic work environment with a culture passionate about engagement, innovation and the delivery of extraordinary customer care. If this sounds like the opportunity you're looking for, we want to know more about you!

As the Associate Vice President, Human Resources - Global & Emerging Capabilities, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing a forward-looking people strategy that supports the development and scalability of emerging HR capabilities across the enterprise. This strategic position partners closely with HR, as well as global business and functional leaders, to cultivate an agile, innovation-driven workforce in areas such as artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and new business models. You will lead the integration and adoption of AI and other emerging technologies within Human Resources, driving operational excellence and future-readiness. As a key member of the HR leadership team, you will help define the future direction of the HR function and its impact on enterprise growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape and execute the company's global human resources strategy in alignment with domestic HR initiatives and overarching business objectives, mission, and vision.
• Oversee a portfolio of HR initiatives, including business case development, transformation planning, and implementation of core HR capabilities. Collaborate cross-functionally with global business leaders, legal, finance, technology, and external partners to seamlessly integrate HR functions into the global expansion plan.
• Lead cross-functional HR teams to deliver integrated solutions across HR Centers of Expertise (COEs) to drive consistency, innovation and excellence in HR practices for global operations.
• Establish governance frameworks and operational standards to ensure consistency.
• Lead change management efforts to support successful implementation of HR practices.
• Ensure seamless delivery and integration of global HR systems, third party services and integration points by partnering across business and functional areas.
• Enhance the company's visibility and employer brand in international markets to support talent acquisition, retention, and associate engagement.
• Provide regular updates to the executive leadership team on project status, risks, and mitigation plans. Serve as the primary HR point of contact for all matters related to global expansion.
• Understand emerging technologies landscape across the enterprise and collaborate with partners to navigate people impacts of emerging technology policies, workforce implications and change management strategies.
• Provide strategic guidance to improve organizational agility, change readiness, and operational excellence.
• Leverage data and insights to inform the development and delivery of AI capabilities within HR.
• Partner across HR COEs to scale innovative solutions, including AI and emerging technologies, to HR service delivery and automate key HR processes.
• May lead team members through associate life cycle, including performance management, salary planning and administration, training and development, workflow and organization planning, day-to-day management, hiring and placement and disciplinary actions for direct and possibly indirect reports.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to the Senior Vice President, Human Resources. May lead a team of HR professionals.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate degree in Human Resources (HR), business or related field. Graduate degree in HR, business or related field preferred.

Experience: Typically, ten or more years of HR experience with preference for global HR and technology experience. Other HR Center of Expertise and large project experience preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Demonstrated knowledge of high level, complex strategy development and execution. Proven strong leadership skills, critical thinking, and change management. Demonstrated skills in adaptability, global workforce development, policy administration, technical aptitude, and navigating organization dynamics. Able to lead different program disciplines. Excellent relationship building and communication skills. Strong project management, influencing and organization skills.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

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.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not Eligible)

Working Conditions: Hybrid to normal office environment. Travel 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.

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.