Head of Recruiting & HR

The HR BP Manager will partner directly with the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to execute the U.S. commercial banking strategy. This role will lead the design and scaling of the HR function, supporting business growth with a focus on mortgage lending expansion, CRA obligations, and regulated banking operations.

The role also provides oversight to HR Business Partners across Private Bank, Asset Management, and Institutional Broker-Dealer businesses in the U.Switzerland, and the Bahamas, ensuring consistent delivery of HR strategy, governance, and service quality across regions.

This position requires a seasoned HR leader with strong commercial banking experience, capable of translating business priorities into actionable HR strategies across talent, organizational design, and regulatory compliance.

Strategic HR Business Partnership

Provide oversight and direction to HR Business Partners supporting Private Bank, Asset Management, and Institutional Broker-Dealer businesses across the U.Switzerland, and Bahamas, ensuring consistent delivery of HR strategy, governance, and service quality across regions.

Drive alignment across geographies by standardizing HR practices, ensuring adherence to global frameworks while adapting to local regulatory and business requirements.

Mortgage lending build-out

CRA-related initiatives and community engagement programs

Support phased growth plans ensuring alignment between hiring, onboarding capacity, and operational readiness.

Workforce Planning

Lead the workforce planning for key areas including:

Mortgage lending teams

Credit risk, operations, and compliance

CRA and community development roles

Develop workforce plans linked to business growth assumptions, including phased hiring tied to product rollout timelines.

Ensure recruitment strategies reflect the bank’s multilingual, relationship-driven client model

Support the design and evolution of the organizational structure as the bank scales from wealth-focused operations to full-service commercial banking.

Partner with leadership to ensure appropriate span, layers, and governance structures aligned with regulatory expectations.

Partner with the Compensation area, supporting the design of competitive and compliant compensation structures for:

Mortgage lending teams (including incentive plans)

Commercial banking roles

Risk and control functions

Ensure alignment with regulatory guidance and internal governance frameworks.

HR Risk, Compliance & CRA Alignment

Support HR Operations in ensuring HR practices comply with U.CRA-related workforce and community engagement components

Partner with Compliance and Risk to support:

Regulatory readiness

Contribute to embedding risk culture and three-lines-of-defense mindset across the organization

8+ years of HR experience, with strong exposure to commercial banking or financial services

Mortgage lending businesses and/or retail/commercial banking

Commercial banking workforce models

Mortgage lending talent dynamics

CRA and community development frameworks (preferred)

HR compliance in regulated environments

Strong stakeholder management, including senior executives

Analytical and structured approach to HR problem-solvingHigh level of ownership and adaptability

Comfortable navigating regulatory complexity and growth simultaneously

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