Chief People Officer, Managing Director

About the Role

This role serves as a senior executive leader for Guggenheim Investments, aligning people strategy with business goals, workforce performance, and company culture. The Chief People Officer partners with the executive leadership team to advance the firm's strategic priorities and provides global HR oversight for operations in the UK, Dublin, India, Dubai, and Japan. This position is based in Stamford with travel to other office locations.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic HR guidance to key stakeholders, assessing how business decisions may affect the workforce, mitigating people-related risks, and ensuring people strategy is embedded in enterprise decision-making.
• Serves as an integral member of the executive leadership team to understand critical aspects of the business’s plans and provide proactive HR solutions.
• Serves as a thought leader and strategic advisor to the business on HR matters.
• Leads a team of human resource professionals to provide tactical HR support to help solve organizational challenges through people-related solutions.
• Works closely with Legal to respond, manage, and resolve highly sensitive employee matters.
• Works with the business's executive management team to establish a sound plan of management succession aligned with the strategy and objectives of the business.
• Oversees recruitment, performance management, and all facets of the employee life cycle.
• Develops, implements, and communicates a compensation and advancement strategy that is competitive and fits the needs of the asset management organization.
• Ensures mitigation of risk by identifying human capital management weaknesses and trends, implementing strategies to mitigate cultural risk, and partnering with Legal on employee relations matters.
• Provides global HR direction and strategy for operations in the UK, Dublin, India, Dubai, Japan, and other jurisdictions as the firm expands.
• Provides overall leadership and guidance to the HR function, ensuring talent development of the HR team and efficient deployment of resources to support the business.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive Human Resources leadership experience, including enterprise HR strategy.
• Experience leading multiple HR verticals, including Talent Management, Organizational Development, Total Rewards, HR Operations, and Talent Acquisition.
• Demonstrated success partnering with executive leadership teams and Boards of Directors.
• Strong background leading organizational transformation, culture initiatives, and leadership development.
• Experience managing compensation, benefits, performance management, succession planning, and organizational design.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence across all levels of an organization.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience within Asset Management, Investment Banking, or Private Equity firms strongly preferred.

We are unable to consider candidates who require current or future visa sponsorship for employment in the United States. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Pay

Annual base salary between $0.00 and $1.00. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.