Director, Talent & Culture
Jonathan Rose Companies, New York, NY
Jonathan Rose Companies is one of the country’s leading owners, developers and operators of green affordable and mixed-income communities. Founded in 1989, Rose has created projects with more than $4.2 billion of value with a current portfolio of 19,000 apartment homes in 15 states and Washington DC.
Our mission is to create a more environmentally thriving, socially just world through the development, preservation, renovation and management of green, affordable and mixed income housing.
The firm is a fully integrated investment management, development and asset management company with construction management, solar energy, mortgage finance and title company affiliates.
We strive to achieve positive environmental impact by investing in energy efficiency, decarbonization, and water conservation to reduce our use of natural resources and toxins. Our social impact is achieved by preserving and expanding housing affordability, and connecting our residents to health, education, financial, cultural and social services. And we aim to achieve these impacts in a co-creative process with governments, our residents and staff.
We are signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI), benchmark performance annually through GRESB, and align our reporting with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines, SASB Standards, and GRI Standards.
Why This Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on HR leader who will help shape the employee experience at a mission-driven real estate organization whose work directly impacts residents, neighborhoods, and communities across the country. The role offers the best of both worlds: meaningful influence with senior leaders and close connection to the day-to-day needs of managers, employees, and a small HR team. You will have the opportunity to strengthen the Talent & Culture function, bring practical structure to a growing and evolving workplace, coach leaders, support employees, and help sustain a values-driven culture rooted in collaboration, accountability, wellbeing and continuous improvement. This is a chance to do highly visible, deeply practical, mission-connected work in an organization redefining what responsible, community-centered real estate can achieve.
The Opportunity
Jonathan Rose Companies is seeking a collaborative, pragmatic, and mission-driven Director, Talent & Culture to serve as its primary HR leader and day-to-day people partner across the organization. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role for an HR leader who enjoys being close to the business, supporting managers and employees directly, leading a small HR team, and strengthening the systems, practices, and culture that enable people to do their best work.
Reporting to the COO, the Director will oversee the full employee lifecycle, including talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, benefits administration, compliance, HR policies, employee engagement, leadership coaching, and HR operations. The ideal candidate will bring sound judgment, emotional intelligence, strong execution, and the ability to balance strategic partnership with practical, responsive support.
Key Responsibilities
· Strategic Leadership & Organizational Partnership
· Team Leadership & HR Staff Development
· Talent Acquisition, Onboarding & Retention
· Employee Relations & Manager Coaching
· Performance Management & Leadership Development
· Compensation, Benefits & Total Rewards
· HR Operations, Compliance & Policy Administration
· HR Data, Reporting & Analytics
· Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will be a collaborative, strategic, and emotionally intelligent leader who combines strong business acumen with a deep commitment to people, culture, and mission-driven work.
- Direct experience supporting organizations within the real estate investment, real estate development, property management, or related real estate sectors
- Significant progressive human resources and talent leadership experience, ideally within mission-driven, complex, entrepreneurial, or community-oriented organizations strongly preferred
- Experience leading a small, high-performing, hands-on Human Resources team, with the ability to provide clear direction, coach and develop junior HR staff, set priorities, maintain accountability, and personally engage in the day-to-day work when needed.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong, trusting relationships across all levels of an organization, serving as a credible, approachable, and solutions-oriented partner to senior leaders, managers, employees, and HR team members
- Strong comfort with HR data, analytics, reporting, and Excel, with the ability to use workforce metrics, trends, and practical analysis to inform decisions, identify issues, support planning, and improve HR service delivery.
- Strong expertise across organizational development, talent management, leadership development, employee engagement, compensation, and HR operations
- Comfortable leading a geographically dispersed team of direct reports
- Ability to physically work in the NYC office regularly (at least 2 days a week) as well as willingness to travel and work longer hours to support the business needs
A competitive compensation package includes base salary range $200K - $220K + bonus eligible + benefits.
We are an equal opportunity employer. Company policy prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. We support and promote equal employment opportunity, human dignity, and racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity by taking positive steps to eliminate barriers that may exist in hiring and in employment practices.
