Director, Human Resources

Fidelity Investments • Smithfield, RI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As Director, Human Resources, you’ll be leading, influencing, and executing forward-thinking HR strategies that enable the Workplace Investing Client Engagement Group (Sales, Relationship Management, Workplace Insights, and Workplace Consulting) to exceed prospect/client expectations. By partnering closely with leaders, you’ll shape talent strategies, enhance the associate experience, and align people initiatives with critical business priorities—making a direct and visible impact. Bring your expertise in building and coaching high-performing teams while driving engagement and innovation across a dynamic, growth-focused environment. We’re looking for deep experience partnering with business leaders to drive meaningful outcomes through people strategies, with a strong track record of leading end-to-end talent practices. The ability to navigate complex and ambiguous environments—collaborate with senior executives, influence key decisions, and deliver thoughtful, practical solutions. We’re also looking for a seasoned HR Business Partner to lead and support organizational change and to shape workforce strategies that enable growth and adaptability.

Requirements

• Bachelors or equivalent with 10 plus years of experience
• Proven ability, flexibility, and resourcefulness to manage several priorities in a fast-paced deadline driven environment, having comfort with ambiguity
• Analytical approach with strong attention to detail and ownership for managing large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including the ability 'to tell the story' and communicate complex information to influence executive decision making
• Intellectual curiosity and a passion for helping an organization achieve greatness through its associates and leaders
• Ability to quickly gain subject matter expertise and apply institutional knowledge to business decisions and quality analytics
• Demonstrated independence, autonomy, resourcefulness, and accountability when executing your work, even in the face of ambiguity or limited precedent.
• Strong interpersonal skills, proactively building collaborative and consultative relationships with peers and leaders/managers
• Confidence to provide HR consultation and mentorship to guide and advise leaders/managers in initiatives
• Ability to think strategically and pragmatically to execute and deliver the human capital strategy
• Good judgment, strong business intuition, and understanding of how people and talent strategies can drive business results
• Strong project manager with ability to think end-to-end and integrate priorities and services to ensure high quality delivery
• Experience working in an agile organization and/or are familiar with agile principles
• Strong business insight / intuition for business

Responsibilities

• Leading, influencing, and executing forward-thinking HR strategies.
• Partnering closely with leaders to shape talent strategies.
• Enhancing the associate experience.
• Aligning people initiatives with critical business priorities.
• Building and coaching high-performing teams.
• Driving engagement and innovation.
• Partnering with business leaders to drive meaningful outcomes through people strategies.
• Leading end-to-end talent practices.
• Navigating complex and ambiguous environments.
• Collaborating with senior executives.
• Influencing key decisions.
• Delivering thoughtful, practical solutions.
• Leading and supporting organizational change.
• Shaping workforce strategies that enable growth and adaptability.
• Approaching challenges with strong analytical thinking—interpreting workforce data, identifying trends, and translating insights into actionable strategies that drive results.
• Taking initiative and working with a high degree of autonomy.
• Balancing accountability with sound judgment, even when faced with uncertainty.
• Building trusted relationships.
• Coaching leaders.
• Providing tailored support that reflects a deep understanding of associate and business needs.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Coordinating and executing initiatives with an end-to-end mindset.
• Engaging stakeholders thoughtfully through change.
• Thinking holistically about how work is designed and delivered.
• Managing several priorities in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.
• Managing large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
• Communicating complex information to influence executive decision making.
• Quickly gaining subject matter expertise and applying institutional knowledge to business decisions and quality analytics.
• Executing work with independence, autonomy, resourcefulness, and accountability, even in the face of ambiguity or limited precedent.
• Providing HR consultation and mentorship to guide and advise leaders/managers in initiatives.
• Thinking strategically and pragmatically to execute and deliver the human capital strategy.
• Integrating priorities and services to ensure high-quality delivery.
• Working in an agile organization and/or being familiar with agile principles.

Benefits

• Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director