VP of Talent and Culture

Job Summary:
The VP of Talent and Culture leads the vision, strategy, development and execution of organizational effectiveness, including setting the bar on our talent and culture management programs. Goals include coordinating organization-wide efforts to develop performance management (PM) and quality improvement (QI) programs, committing to employee engagement, diversity, and inclusion efforts, and organizing data-driven improvements to meet ongoing strategic imperatives.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Set goals and develop a strong employee engagement culture to foster connection, trust, passion, and loyalty through the use of proven employee engagement initiatives.
• Ensure the development and advancement of an empowered, diverse, inclusive, and values-driven workplace culture.
• Support the development and implementation of the talent review process to achieve business goals and cultivate a workforce of top talent.
• Collect, analyze and maintain data to inform targeted leadership development (e.g., succession planning).
• Participate in organizational strategic planning and provide leadership for policy development.
• Research and assist in the development of training programs that focus on enabling the workforce to achieve improvements with priority organizational concerns.
• Serve as a business partner with hiring managers to develop effective sourcing and recruitment strategies that result in client satisfaction.
• Develop effective relationships within the organization and the hiring community to have influence and impact the recruiting process and hiring.
• Develop, initiate and maintain effective programs for workforce retention, promotion and succession planning.
• Manage the maintenance and execution of the performance management system, including current job descriptions, standards of performance and performance evaluation instruments.
• Create and maintain an environment of equal employment opportunity, diversity and competitive advantage in support of the company's diversity and inclusion strategic plan.
• Conduct presentations and training.
• Ensure that organization-wide talent management and performance management initiatives are focused and aligned on improving operational and program efficiencies and effectiveness.
• Recruit full-time, part-time, temporary, contractual and intern personnel. Manage full life cycle recruitment (post, source, prescreen, schedule, background, references, offer, onboarding, etc.).
• Complete hiring process within defined metrics to minimize overall time-to-start.
• Develop appropriate marketing strategies, define roles and responsibilities of hiring team, and develop service-level agreements to ensure an effective and efficient recruitment lifecycle while minimizing cost-per-hire.
• Work closely with the internal team to collect and coordinate aggregate data for talent pool and translate those data into insights through data analysis that drives deliberate action plans at the appropriate levels.
• Develop and implement creative and innovative sourcing strategies and techniques to build a pipeline of qualified candidates.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Excellent interpersonal, counseling, and negotiation skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Thorough understanding of recruiting methods and best practices, as well as applicable policies and federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Ability to design and implement full-cycle performance management programs.

Education and Experience:
1. 10+ years of broad HR experience including talent management and performance management.
2. Recent experience recruiting in multiple discipline areas and levels, including hiring for
nonexempt, exempt and leadership positions.
3. Bachelor's degree in human resources or related field.
4. Experience designing, developing and supporting organization-wide talent management
programs that cover performance management, talent development, coaching, succession
planning, data analytics and relationship management.
5. Previous experience in capturing metrics and producing various employment reports.
6. Experience in all areas of sourcing such as the internet, social media, networking, employee
referrals, job postings, as well as conducting open houses and virtual job fairs.
7. Experience developing DEI recruiting strategies.
8. Experience strategizing and developing an effective employee engagement plan.
9. Experience in working with applicant tracking systems (ATS).

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