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Legal & General

Insurance, pensions, and asset management provider

HR Business Partner - L&G, Asset Management

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChicago, IL, USAHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is preferred.
  • Seven to ten years of progressive human resources experience, including experience partnering with managers and leaders in a business-facing human resources role.
  • Experience with talent assessment, performance management, succession planning, organizational design, and leadership development.
  • Strong analytical capabilities and comfort using talent data and business context to inform decisions.
  • Experience navigating complex employee relations and organizational issues with sound judgment and discretion.
  • Ability to build credibility with leaders and employees and challenge senior leaders constructively with an independent point of view.
  • Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence effectively across all levels.
  • Ability to organize and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-performance environment characterized by change, complexity, and pace.
  • High proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
  • Ability to handle confidential information with discretion, adaptability, and a high level of client service and responsiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a deep understanding of the business, its strategy, operating model, talent requirements, and performance drivers.
  • Serve as a trusted human resources partner to managers, leaders, and employees at all levels, translating business priorities into practical people strategies and actions.
  • Proactively identify organizational and talent opportunities, risks, and emerging needs, using judgment, data, and business context to improve people-related decisions.
  • Partner with leaders to assess team strength, depth, and capability, including performance, potential, succession, critical roles, retention risk, and development.
  • Lead talent reviews and support succession planning, development of high-potential and critical talent, and build, buy, and retain strategies.
  • Advise leaders on organizational structure, role clarity, spans of control, workforce planning, organizational changes, and transformation initiatives.
  • Drive a high-performance culture through clear expectations, differentiated performance management, accountability, and effective performance issue resolution.
  • Coach leaders on managing, developing, and retaining high-performing teams, and identify opportunities to strengthen leadership capability.
  • Build trusted relationships across the organization and maintain a strong pulse on employee sentiment and organizational health.
  • Provide thoughtful guidance on complex employee relations matters, balancing employee experience with business needs, performance expectations, and appropriate risk management.
  • Partner with leaders to reinforce the organization’s culture, values, and expectations, identifying patterns and underlying organizational issues.
  • Use talent data and analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities related to turnover, retention, performance, promotions, talent movement, organizational health, and workforce composition.
  • Partner closely with the broader human resources team to deliver integrated solutions, translate human resources programs into practical business solutions, and represent business needs in broader people programs.
  • Maintain strong knowledge of employment practices, immigration processes, global mobility requirements, and human resources compliance obligations.
  • Support ad hoc human resources projects, reporting, policy updates, and other human resources initiatives as needed.

About the Company

Legal & General

Insurance, pensions, and asset management provider

Legal & General is a major financial services group offering insurance, pensions, savings, and investment management across the UK, US, Europe, and Asia. Its products include institutional retirement solutions, life insurance, retail retirement products, and asset and property investments, with LGIM managing more than £1.1 trillion in assets and directing capital into real estate, private markets, and infrastructure with ESG and net-zero goals. The company differentiates itself by integrating a wide range of financial services under one roof and operating a large asset-management arm focused on sustainable investing and inclusive capitalism. Its goal is to provide steady income to shareholders while growing value through responsible capital allocation that supports housing, clean energy, and urban regeneration.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1836

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