SVP, People Business Partner – Product and Technology

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.

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

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

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

Core Competencies:

• 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

Preferences:

• 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)

 

Pay Range:

$191,477.00 - $319,094.00
 Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!
 

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

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Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum.  During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card.  Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.

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