WHY OPENLY

Openly is rebuilding insurance from the ground up. We are re-envisioning and enhancing every aspect of the customer experience. Doing this requires a rapidly growing team of exceptional, curious, empathetic people with a wide range of skill sets, spanning technology, data science, product, marketing, sales, service, claims handling, finance, etc.

JOB DETAILS

We’re looking for a Principal HR Business Partner to join our team. In this role, you’ll act as a strategic partner to functional and executive leaders, aligning people systems with company goals and values. You will lead the execution of integrated People Plans and drive initiatives in leader enablement, organizational development, and change management. This is a chance to use your expertise to solve complex business challenges, from process improvement to exploring AI-driven solutions for HR.
This role is ideal for a self-motivated, high-energy individual who can thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and a strategic focus. You should be comfortable navigating ambiguity, influencing leaders at all levels, and delivering results in a dynamic, performance-driven culture.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as a thought partner to functional and executive leaders, ensuring alignment with company strategy, culture, and values.
• Partner cross‑functionally to ensure leadership and people systems are consistent, scalable, and aligned enterprise‑wide.
• 
  
  
  
• Lead the execution of integrated People Plans for each supported function, ensuring talent, structure, and capability needs are met for both current and future growth.

• Design and deliver cascaded communications, storytelling frameworks, and manager enablement tools for functional adoption.
• Execute on leadership operating systems and models; run Director‑level capability building.
• Develop and deploy change management playbooks and communications for supported function and cross‑functional transformations.
• Facilitate process improvement sprints to drive operational efficiency, scalability, and cross‑team collaboration.
• Establish an HR AI Test Lab to explore and pilot AI‑driven solutions for people processes and leadership enablement.

SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE MEANS YOU WILL:

• Implement repeatable and scalable PaC program enhancements, and associated change management playbooks that increase speed to adoption for strategic initiatives.
• Embed AI‑enabled and automated workflows into leadership and PaC practices, unlocking time, insights, and personalization.
• Drive measurable improvements in leadership effectiveness, employee engagement, and operational efficiency.
• Act as a trusted, future‑focused strategic partner to the business.