SVP, People Business Partner – Product and Technology

LPL Financial•Fort Mill, SC

2d•$191,477 - $319,094

About The Position

Lead with Purpose, Unlock Your Team’s Passion At LPL, people leaders hold the key to the employee experience — shaping culture, driving performance, and guiding individuals to new heights. Because when that happens, we all win – clients, LPL, and most importantly our, employees. If you're ready to lead with intention and discover what’s possible, LPL Financial invites you to apply today. Step into a highly visible executive role where you will partner directly with the Chief Technology and Information Officer to shape the future of a dynamic Technology organization. As Senior Vice President, People Business Partner, you will influence enterprise strategy, elevate leadership capability, and drive meaningful organizational transformation. This is a unique opportunity to help modernize how work gets done while building a high performing, engaged, and innovative workforce. The Senior Vice President, People Business Partner serves as a strategic advisor to Technology leadership, with accountability for shaping and driving the people strategy in alignment with business priorities. This role operates at the intersection of business transformation, organizational effectiveness, and leadership performance, ensuring the Technology organization is positioned for growth, innovation, and operational excellence. Acting with an enterprise lens, this leader ensures alignment with firmwide priorities, strong people governance, and a consistent, high-impact employee experience.

Requirements

Progressive HR experience, including senior HR Business Partner leadership in complex organizations
Experience / knowledgeable in technology and product organizations, particularly key roles and capability areas
Experience advising C-suite or equivalent executive leaders
Experience supporting technology or transformation-driven environments, including organizational design and change leadership
Demonstrated success driving organizational effectiveness and talent strategies through execution, disciplined follow-through, and accountability
Experience influencing, challenging, and coaching executive-level leaders to adopt change and deliver outcomes; bachelor’s degree required
Strategic thinking and business acumen
Organizational design and change leadership expertise
Executive coaching and influencing skills
Data-driven decision-making and analytics proficiency
Ability to lead in ambiguity and drive transformation
Strong judgment in navigating complex, risk-sensitive people matters

Nice To Haves

Experience working with Financial Services companies
Experience working across distributed or multi-location teams
Advanced degree or HR certification (e.g., SPHR)
Experience leveraging HR technology platforms (e.g., Workday)

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic HR partner to the CIO and Technology & Product leadership team, providing counsel on talent strategies that support digital transformation, product innovation cycles, and technology roadmap execution
Own and drive the business unit people strategy, translating business goals into integrated talent, organization, and culture initiatives
Partner with Technology and Product leadership to design agile operating models, engineering org structures, and workforce strategies that balance build vs. buy decisions, contractor utilization, and offshore talent models
Strengthening organizational design and team effectiveness in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Build leadership capability to effectively lead hybrid and distributed teams
Coach technology executives and engineering leaders on balancing technical depth with people leadership, decision-making in ambiguity, and building high-trust engineering cultures
Serve as a visible steward of culture, reinforcing accountability, inclusion, and ethical leadership practices
Provide guidance on complex, high-impact people matters, including performance management, leadership transitions, and employee relations
Drive initiatives to improve employee experience, strengthen engagement, and build organizational trust
Championships with a culture of high performance, inclusion, and continuous improvement
Lead change management efforts to support transformation, growth, and innovation
Partner with People Team Centers of Excellence to deliver modern, scalable solutions across talent, rewards, and employee experience
Leverage people analytics and insights to inform decisions and measure organizational impact
Identify workforce risks and ensure proactive mitigation aligned with strong people governance practices
Establish metrics to evaluate organizational health, leadership effectiveness, and business outcomes
Lead and develop a high-performing People team while fostering alignment across the broader People function