A growing, private equity-backed organization is seeking a Senior Vice President of Human Resources to lead its people function. Reporting directly to the CEO, this executive will serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership while remaining closely involved in day-to-day HR operations.
This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role overseeing a lean HR team and supporting a primarily U.S.-based, multi-state workforce. The ideal candidate is an experienced HR executive who can balance strategy with execution and maintain practical, scalable programs for a growing organization.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will be a practical, commercially minded HR leader who is comfortable operating in a lean environment. This person must be equally capable of advising executives, building programs from the ground up, and stepping into the details when necessary.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the company’s overall HR strategy, operations, policies, and programs.
- Advise the CEO, executive leadership team, and board on organizational and workforce matters.
- Build a formal learning and leadership development function.
- Strengthen employee engagement, communication, retention, and culture.
- Oversee compensation, benefits, payroll, performance management, and HR systems.
- Lead talent acquisition, succession planning, organizational design, and change management.
- Ensure compliance with multi-state employment laws, with particular depth in California.
- Manage employee relations, investigations, performance concerns, and employment decisions.
- Develop meaningful HR metrics, reporting, budgets, and operating standards.
- Lead and develop a small team while remaining directly engaged in execution.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
- Broad expertise across employee relations, compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, payroll, compliance, and organizational development.
- Demonstrated success leading HR within a multi-state organization.
- Strong knowledge of California employment law.
- Experience building learning, leadership development, or talent-management programs.
- Proven ability to operate as a strategic executive and hands-on player-coach.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or professional HR certification preferred.
- Strong executive presence, judgment, discretion, and communication skills.
