VP, Business Partner

Position: VP, People Business Partner
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* Job Description:

**## We’re actively seeking a talented VP, People Business Partner to join our People Experience team in Newport Beach CA. This role is hybrid, four days in office.## ## As a VP, People Business Partner, you’ll move Pacific Life, and your career, forward by serving as a strategic advisor to senior leaders—translating business priorities into people strategies that strengthen leadership capability, organizational effectiveness, and talent readiness.

You will fill a new role that supports our People Experience organization and Investments, providing clear ownership, thoughtful change leadership, and consistent people partnership during a period of growth and transformation.## ## How you’ll help move us forward:##
** Enterprise Strategic Partnership & Business Acumen*** ## Advise HR and Investments leaders on workforce strategies that enhance business performance, outcomes, and organizational agility.* ## Integrate HR priorities—AI readiness, cultural resilience, workforce agility, and future‑critical skills—into business strategies.* ## Utilize insights from workforce, performance, and organizational analytics to guide decision‑making.* ## Partner with executives to anticipate external forces (AI, shifting employment expectations, regulatory changes) and design future‑ready organizational structures.##

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** Talent Strategy, Leadership Development & Manager Effectiveness*** ## Support workforce planning aligned with leadership development and pipeline strengthening priorities.* ## Build and sustain a diverse, high‑impact pipeline for critical roles; integrate succession coverage and mobility metrics.* ## Partner with Talent Acquisition and Talent Management to create development paths aligned with future‑critical skills (AI fluency, adaptability, digital capability).* ## Support leaders and managers in navigating complexity, driving engagement, and building resilient teams.##

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** Organizational Effectiveness, Change Leadership & Future‑Ready Design*** ## Support transformation initiatives that reinforce agility, cross‑functional collaboration, and responsive operating models.* ## Support strategic workforce planning and work redesign by breaking down roles into tasks, identifying opportunities for human‑AI collaboration, and enabling internal talent marketplaces.* ## Drive culture readiness and change adoption through targeted interventions and diagnostics (e.g., culture readiness index, workforce agility metrics).##

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** AI Integration, Insights & Commercial Impact*** ## Leverage AI, analytics, and predictive modeling to identify workforce trends, surface weak signals early, and shape talent investments.* ## Partner with HR Centers of Excellence to deploy AI‑enabled HR services* ## Use data to provide regular, strategic insights connecting people analytics to drive business outcomes.* ## Guide leaders through responsible AI adoption and capability development.##

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** Culture, Leadership & Employee Experience*** ## Embed a culture that views change as opportunity, reinforces belonging, and supports high performance.* ## Counsel leaders on sensitive or complex employee relations issues, balancing compliance with strategic business impact.* ## Promote an inclusive, collaborative, and transparent culture aligned with enterprise cultural reinforcements.## ##
** The experience you bring:*** ## Bachelor's degree required, Master’s in HR, Business, or related field preferred.* ## 12+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including 5+ years supporting global, matrixed organizations.* ## Demonstrated success partnering with executive leaders to drive organizational transformation and business outcomes.* ## Expertise in strategic workforce planning, organizational design, leadership development, and change management.* ## Strong understanding of investment management, human resources, and how external forces impact talent strategy.
* ## Experience leveraging AI, analytics, and workforce technology to drive insights and decision‑making.* ## Exceptional strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and influencing skills.* ## Ability to lead through ambiguity, drive enterprise…