Chief Human Resources Officer, Americas

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

New York, Stamford, Hartford, Atlanta

AXA XL Human Resources supports more than 10,000 colleagues globally through a network of Human Resources (HR) Business Partners and Centers of Expertise spanning Talent Acquisition and Development, Compensation, Benefits and HR Operations. Together, these teams translate business strategy into a forward‑looking people agenda and a consistent, high‑quality colleague experience.

Human Resources is evolving how AXA XL attracts, develops, engages and retains the talent required to deliver its strategy. Our ambition is to combine trusted partnership and human judgment with data, digital capabilities, automation and responsible artificial intelligence (AI). We simplify processes, strengthen workforce insights and design scalable solutions that improve business outcomes while protecting privacy, promoting fairness and maintaining appropriate human oversight.

As Chief Human Resources Officer, Americas, you will set and execute the people strategy for AXA XL’s operations across the United States, Canada, Bermuda and Latin America, supporting approximately 3,000 colleagues. You will lead the regional HR organization and shape a modern, connected operating model that combines high‑touch business partnership with scalable services, digital platforms, workforce intelligence, automation and responsible AI.

Working across the matrix with Global HR Business Partners, Centers of Expertise and regional HR leaders, you will translate AXA XL’s global HR strategy into measurable talent, organization and culture outcomes for the Americas, while contributing regional perspectives to enterprise priorities and ensuring locally relevant, compliant execution.

Reporting to the AXA XL CEO, Americas, with a matrixed reporting line to the CHRO, AXA XL, you will serve on both the Americas Leadership Team and Global HR Leadership Team. You will be accountable for shaping and delivering the Americas people agenda within AXA XL’s global HR strategy, operating model and governance framework.

• Define and deliver the Americas people strategy, aligned with business priorities, enterprise HR direction and the evolving workforce needs of the region.
• Advise the CEO, Americas and senior leadership on organization design, workforce strategy, succession, leadership effectiveness, culture, performance and complex people decisions.
• Lead an integrated regional HR organization spanning HR Business Partnership and Centers of Expertise, with clear accountabilities, robust talent pipelines and disciplined resource deployment.
• Modernize the Americas HR operating model by simplifying processes, improving end‑to‑end service delivery and scaling shared capabilities across countries and business units.
• Build and execute a multi‑year HR transformation roadmap covering organization, process, data, technology, skills and ways of working; establish clear outcomes, milestones, adoption measures and benefits realization.
• Champion the responsible use of AI, automation and digital employee solutions across the HR lifecycle, prioritizing high‑value use cases while maintaining privacy, security, fairness, transparency and appropriate human oversight.
• Strengthen workforce intelligence by integrating HR, skills and business data to improve strategic workforce planning, scenario modeling, talent decisions and proactive identification of workforce risks.
• Lead enterprise and regional change initiatives, including operating‑model shifts, acquisitions, restructurings and capability transformations, with influential sponsorship, communication, stakeholder engagement and adoption discipline.
• Embed an inclusive, high‑performance…