Director, HR Business Partner (HRBP) at GEICO in Bethesda, MD

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is a private American auto insurance company with headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is the third largest auto insurer in the United States. In 2023, GEICO earned premiums worth over $40 billion U.S. dollars.

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

As a dynamic and strategic Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), you will be a key driver in shaping and executing People Group (PG) strategies that align with the evolving business strategy of GEICO. You will be responsible for the PG strategy and execution within your aligned internal client groups and for driving key company-wide and/or PG-wide initiatives. To excel in this role, you are a commercially minded, highly collaborative professional and excel in a fast-paced and transformational environment.

Location:

• This is a hybrid role, with on-site presence as needed in our Bethesda, MD office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain deep, influential partnerships with senior business leaders
• Demonstrate strong business and analytical acumen, root-causing issues, and deriving (and delivering) HR strategies and talent solutions from business objectives
• Support effective change management, including a focus on effective communication and engagement at all levels
• Lead talent development efforts, including organizational design and development, succession planning, and compensation/reward planning
• Collaborate with clients to define talent management needs; designing and implementing actions that contribute to long-term success and are aligned to company-wide people initiatives
• Ensure effective partnerships with PG Centers of Excellence (COEs) for timely delivery of services and support to client groups and collaborate with peers to drive a “one PG” experience for internal clients
• Foster a climate of inclusion, integrating diverse thoughts to develop plans and solutions suited to evolving circumstances

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive human resource management experience in roles of progressively increasing scope within matrixed, high-growth organizations

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources management, Business Administration, or equivalent experience required

• Working knowledge of multiple HR disciplines, including talent acquisition, talent development and succession, compensation, human capital analytics, employee retention, and culture and engagement with a lens on diversity, equity & inclusion

• Excellent communication skills and analytical skills and ability to coach, influence, and partner with leaders and employees at various levels

• Proven success in delivering value-add talent solutions and outcomes that enable business success

• Demonstrated track record of using data to provide insights that help business leaders make decisions

• Demonstrated experience in influencing and coaching leaders, conflict resolution, change management, organizational design and development

• Ability to learn quickly and adapt including driving decisions, solving problems and executing effectively even when standard protocols and policies may not currently exist

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the insurance industry or other industries with critical operational functions and a strong focus on customer experience
• Experience partnering with businesses to drive transformative growth and change.

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Annual Salary $136,325.00 - $212,175.00 The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.