Director of Human Resources

What You Can Expect

In this role, you can expect to:

• Drive and deliver all aspects of the employee life cycle for a distributed workforce.

• Oversee the Foundation’s core HR operations, multi-state compliance, values-aligned compensation and benefits plans, and HR policies.

• Support people managers through coaching and training programs, strategic workforce planning, and lead managers through change management execution.

• Partner with the Finance and Operations teams to deliver a best-in-class remote work environment.

• Collaborate with, manage, and develop the Foundation’s HR Generalist.

• Grow the employee experience, including continuous improvement of the Foundation’s ongoing performance management programming, formal onboarding and orientation frameworks, recruitment processes, and internal events.

• Learn the Foundation's internal operations and Talent Philosophy, adapting and optimizing HR systems to support a highly connected distributed workforce.

• Partner with the CHRO to map, refine, and implement organization design changes, informed by change management best practices.

• Work closely with the CHRO and the Foundation’s general counsel to implement best practices to manage organizational risk.

Who Should Apply

You should consider applying if you:

• Have 8–10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience (nonprofit is a nice-to-have) with a Bachelor's degree, a deep understanding of the full employee lifecycle, and a proven track record of managing and developing direct reports.

• Have experience translating high-level talent strategy into scalable operational plans, applying project and change management principles to build, refine, and modernize HR processes and software platforms (system implementation experience is a plus).

• Bring strong technical acumen in compensation, benefits administration, and market benchmarking, complemented by experience managing vendor and consultant relationships.

• View HR as a strategic arm of an organization and a cultural anchor as well as an operational necessity.

• Maintain expert knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws, multi-state labor compliance standards, and organizational risk management.

• Navigate complex workplace conflict and sensitive employee relations matters with confidence, high emotional intelligence, and situational awareness.

• Act with high integrity and discretion when managing sensitive and confidential information.

• Appreciate working both independently and collaboratively.

• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally with a variety of stakeholders.

• Are able to prioritize against competing demands for your time and communicate tradeoffs and stay organized to meet deadlines, even in high-paced situations.

• Are committed to the Foundation’s mission and values of belonging & representation, mutual respect, and trust.