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At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.
Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.
Director, HR Business Partner (HRBP)
Job Description
The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is a private American auto insurance company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is the third largest auto insurer in the United States. In 2025, GEICO earned premiums worth over $44 billion U.S. dollars.
At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.
Role Summary
The Director, Human Resources Business Partner, will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders in the Claims-Physical Damage vertical. This role will be responsible for translating business priorities into integrated people and organizational strategies. The role will operate in a complex, fast-moving environment and partner across People Group centers of excellence to strengthen leadership capability, organizational effectiveness, talent outcomes, workforce planning and change execution. To excel in this role, the ideal candidate will be a commercially minded, highly collaborative professional and have demonstrated success in a fast-paced and transformational environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of Physical Damage, including its strategy, operating model, talent, roadmaps, business priorities, and organizational risks
- Build trusted, influential relationships with senior business leaders to strengthen collaboration and partnership
- Apply strong business judgment, analytical skills, and root-cause problem-solving to translate business objectives into effective talent strategies and solutions
- Partner with clients to identify talent management needs and design high-impact solutions that support long-term success and align with enterprise people initiatives
- Advise Physical Damage leaders on organizational design, workforce strategy, leadership effectiveness, succession, talent reviews, performance management, and retention of critical talent, with emphasis on the capabilities needed for profitable growth
- Leverage workforce data, business metrics, product insights, and organizational intelligence to identify capability gaps, capacity constraints, leadership risks, and interdependencies; frame options, influence decisions, and measure the impact of people strategies
- Drive disciplined execution, accountability, and follow-through across concurrent priorities, including capability building, leadership development, career pathways, cross-training, workforce deployment, and change adoption, while adapting to shifting timelines, dependencies, and direction
- Apply effective change management practices, with a strong focus on communication and engagement at every level
- Partner with People Group Centers of Excellence to ensure timely service and support, and collaborate with peers to deliver a consistent “one PG” experience for internal clients
- Foster an inclusive environment that incorporates diverse perspectives into plans and solutions suited to evolving circumstances
Qualifications:
- 12+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including strategic HRBP leadership supporting senior leaders in complex, matrixed, high-growth, or transformational organizations
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or equivalent experience required
- Broad expertise across HR disciplines, including organizational design and development, workforce and capability planning, talent acquisition and management, succession planning, performance, leadership development, compensation, retention, culture, engagement, and inclusion
- Proven success translating business priorities into high-value talent strategies and outcomes, including leading large-scale organizational transformation and change across business functions
- Strong business and analytical acumen, with demonstrated ability to use workforce and business data to assess capacity, capability, organizational health, and execution risk; generate insights; and influence senior-level decisions
- Demonstrated ability to advise, coach, and constructively challenge VP-level or equivalent leaders on operating models, decision rights, cross-functional accountabilities, conflict resolution, and talent implications
- Ability to build credibility quickly, navigate ambiguity and complex stakeholder dynamics, adapt and execute without established protocols, and drive decisions across competing priorities with sound judgment and discretion
- Excellent executive communication, facilitation, collaboration, and influencing skills, supported by a direct point of view and a passion for developing leaders, strengthening teams, and enabling associates to perform and grow
- Experience in the insurance industry is preferred
Location:
· This is a hybrid role, with on-site presence three days per week, between the Tampa, FL and Lakeland, FL offices
· Periodic travel to the Jacksonville, FL office as needed
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Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.
Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.
Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
