Pedro Vasquez

About Pedro Vasquez

People don’t join companies—they join cultures. For nearly two decades, I’ve helped build and scale those cultures across professional services, financial institutions, and high-growth global teams.As a strategic HR partner and advisor to senior executives, I lead with data, empathy, and candor. My mission is to unlock organizational potential through inclusive leadership, thoughtful design, and bold people strategies that align to business outcomes.From reimagining compensation and succession at scale to guiding executive transitions through ambiguity, I operate at the intersection of trust, talent, and transformation. I’ve coached next-generation leaders, built analytics-driven talent systems, and helped rewrite the playbook on performance management in hybrid work environments.Currently at PwC, I lead HR strategy for our global partnership. I also serve as a mentor, council member, and speaker—because I believe growth only matters when it lifts others with you.

Experience

1. Assurance Partner Affairs - Performance & Succession Director

   PwC

   Dec 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Leading enterprise-wide strategy and execution for the full partner lifecycle, including succession planning, performance management, strategic placement, and talent advisory across PwC’s US partnership.• Serve as trusted advisor to senior partners, offering counsel on Human Capital matters ranging from compensation to transitions, with a focus on aligning talent outcomes to firm strategy.• Drive policy modernization initiatives to ensure fairness, transparency, and responsiveness in a rapidly evolving business environment.• Set strategic direction and lead high-impact transformation efforts across cross-functional teams—including Legal, Finance, and Talent—translating vision into execution at scale.• Own the delivery of succession frameworks that embed diversity, business continuity, and future capability, moving the needle on partner bench strength and readiness.• Shape and sustain PwC\'s executive leadership culture, coaching senior leaders while reinforcing the firm’s values around integrity, inclusion, and impact.• Balance operational execution with long-term strategy—solving for both systemic change and immediate business priorities in real-time.• Mentor emerging leaders across the network, contributing to the next generation of firm leadership while elevating team collaboration and resilience.

Education

• Seton Hall University

  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Analytics
• Auditing
• Management
• Visio
• Microsoft Word
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Leadership
• Adobe Acrobat
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis
• Access
• Microsoft Office
• Hyperion Reports
• Financial Reporting
• Analysis
• Oracle Applications
• Internal Controls
• Budgets
• Finance
• Ms Project
• Financial Accounting
• Process Improvement
• Gfs