Director, HR Strategic Programs

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Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at  .

This role operates as a key part of the HR Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Global Head of HR, driving enterprise-wide HR priorities, ensuring alignment across HR Centers of Excellence, HR Business Partners, and HR Operations, and translating strategy into measurable business outcomes.

The successful candidate will provide leadership across strategic planning, governance, executive communications, talent reviews, organizational effectiveness initiatives, HR transformation programs, and operational execution. The role serves as the connective tissue across the HR Leadership Team, ensuring priorities are clear, decisions are executed, and outcomes are delivered.

The ideal candidate will possess exceptional business acumen, executive presence, project leadership skills, and the ability to influence at the highest levels of the organization.

This role is expected to work from the Midtown Atlanta office a minimum of three days per week, with additional in-person participation as business needs require.

• Partner with the Global Head of HR and HR Leadership Team to support annual planning, goal setting, prioritization, and execution of HR priorities.
• Develop and leverage data-driven insights, metrics, and dashboards to assess organizational trends, monitor progress against HR priorities, and support executive decision-making.
• Translate complex data and organizational information into clear, compelling executive narratives that communicate business impact, strategic priorities, and progress toward key objectives.
• Partner with the Global Head of HR to develop strategic presentations, board-level materials, and executive communications that effectively tell the story behind the data and drive alignment among stakeholders.
• Coordinate the HRLT operating rhythm, including leadership meetings, strategic planning sessions, operating reviews, town halls, and governance forums.
• Facilitate agenda development, meeting preparation, action item management, decision tracking, and follow-up activities to promote accountability and execution.
• Monitor progress against HRLT commitments, identifying risks, dependencies, and issues requiring leadership attention.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across HR Centers of Excellence, HR Business Partners, and corporate functions to support alignment and collaboration.
• Support preparation for enterprise reviews, leadership meetings, and organizational planning activities involving the HR function.
• Coordinate HR communications and messaging to ensure consistency, transparency, and alignment across the organization.
• Manage special projects, executive requests, and strategic assignments on…