VP, People Business Partner

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview:

As Vice President, People Business Partner, you will advise senior leaders on talent, leadership, culture, organizational effectiveness, and workforce strategy.  You will help executives solve business challenges, strengthen leadership capability, and prepare teams for AI, automation, and new ways of working. In partnership with recruiting, compensation, learning, communications, workforce analytics, and employee experience, you will turn strategy into action. 

Responsibilities:

Shape Business Outcomes Through People 

• Partner with senior leaders to accelerate performance and align talent and organizational strategies to business priorities. 
• Anticipate workforce needs and use data, insight, and judgment to guide decisions. 

Lead Workforce Transformation 

• Help leaders redesign work and navigate change driven by AI, automation, and evolving business needs. 
• Build readiness for technology-enabled transformation and champion solutions that improve productivity, employee experience, and business outcomes. 

Develop Great Leaders and Teams 

• Coach and challenge leaders, strengthen succession readiness, and improve team effectiveness. 
• Foster accountability, learning, growth, and continuous improvement while developing talent within your own team. 

Lead Beyond Your Function 

• Partner across the People organization to deliver integrated solutions, align stakeholders, and advance enterprise priorities. 
• Help create a workplace where people can do their best work and feel they belong. 

How Success Will Be Measured 

• Become a trusted advisor and sought-after thought partner to business leaders. 

• Improve organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, succession readiness, and workforce planning. 

• Lead successful transformation, including organizational change and AI-enabled ways of working. 

• Use data and cross-functional partnerships to simplify complexity, accelerate decisions, and deliver measurable outcomes. 

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators and team players who 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.

Who Thrives Here? 

Successful leaders in this role are relationship builders, strategic thinkers, problem solvers, and change leaders. They bring business acumen, courage, curiosity, sound judgment, and optimism about AI and innovation. They can move easily between executive strategy, leader coaching, and team transformation. They also bring humility, empathy, kindness, and a sense of humor that keeps teams connected and grounded. 

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience influencing senior leaders, coaching leaders, and solving complex business challenges. 

• Proven success leading change, improving team effectiveness, and driving organizational outcomes. 

• Strong business acumen, executive presence, analytical capability, and practical execution skills. 

• Curiosity about AI, automation, and the future of work, with a collaborative approach and sound judgment. 

• JD, MBA, advanced degree, or relevant professional certifications are valued but not required. 

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Pay Range:

$128,750.00 - $214,652.00

 

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.

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

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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