Advise and challenge Director
VP level leaders on talent, structure, processes and leadership effectiveness, translating business strategy into scalable people solutions.
Lead org design, workforce planning, and change initiatives in partnership with business leaders, finance and VP PBP to ensure efficient, scalable structures.
Coach leaders on talent cultivation and complex employee relations situations drive consistent, high-quality execution of people processes and programs.
Partner with leadership and TA on Director+ and critical hires, advising on selection, interview quality, and offer strategy.
Partner with COE’s to implement and consistently improve talent cultivation processes.
Ensure data integrity and leverage people data and to diagnose issues, track progress, and inform strategic people actions aligned to broader priorities.
Resolve employee relations matters with sound judgment, ensuring fair, compliant outcomes and high-trust employee experience partnering with in-house counsel as needed.
Lead cross-functional People initiatives that strengthen capabilities, processes, and impact of the People Team.

Demonstrated ability to advise Dir + senior leaders, influence decisions, and drive people outcomes aligned to business growth.
Proven experience leading or shaping people programs and change initiatives, with a strong understanding of talent acquisition, organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, and manager capability in growing or evolving organizations.
Strong strategic judgment, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to leverage qualitative and quantitative information to identify patterns, assess risk, and translate people insights into practical guidance for leaders.
Experience supporting organizations through meaningful transformation, such as scaling or shifts in ways of working, with the ability to help leaders navigate change thoughtfully and sustainably.
Experience in high growth, transformation, or PE backed environments where pace, ambiguity, and rigor are the norm.
Ability to exert executive influence and impact and willingness to execute operational responsibilities.
Experience in companies in progressive HR function, modernizing people processes and leveraging technology (including HR systems, analytics, or emerging AI-enabled tools) to improve decision-making, efficiency, and organizational effectiveness.
Experience in $1B+ or similarly complex organizations and role a must
Hand-on experience with Workday
Prior support of Marketing and/or Operations functions
Experience in mission driven, education or ed tech industry a plus.

Senior Director, People Business Partnering

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