Vice President of People & Culture

Description OUR CULTURE:

Our mission and core values are brought to life through our culture. At the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day.

We are welcoming: we are open to all and create spaces where people can belong and become.

We are genuine: we value people and embrace individuality.

We are hopeful: we believe in the potential of people to grow, lead and become catalysts for change.

We are nurturing: we support individuals throughout their journey to reach their full potential.

We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger, beginning with our people.

Our culture is not a People & Culture initiative; it is how we lead, serve, develop talent, make decisions and deliver on the YMCA's mission.

• Serve as a visible champion and culture driver, translating the YMCA's mission, values and leadership expectations into meaningful experiences throughout the team member lifecycle.
• Lead the YMCA's Culture Champions in partnership with the Senior Vice President and Vice President of Operations, creating a strong connection between employee voice, organizational culture and action.
• Use engagement data, employee listening and organizational insights to identify trends, strengthen connection and belonging, and influence strategies that improve the team member experience.
• Coach and influence leaders to recognize their role as culture carriers and create healthy, inclusive and high-performing teams.

• Provide strategic leadership for the YMCA's integrated talent strategy, including Y University, performance and talent reviews, individual development planning, succession planning, career pathways and leadership development.
• Partner with the CPO, Executive Leadership Team and Senior Director of Talent Management to identify leadership readiness, talent risks, critical roles and future organizational capability needs.
• Create an environment where development is an organizational expectation, connecting employee aspirations and potential with meaningful opportunities to grow, lead and advance.
• Ensure talent and development strategies produce measurable outcomes in leadership capability, internal mobility, retention and organizational readiness.
• Connect insights gathered through HR business partnership across the association to identify systemic trends, organizational risks and opportunities requiring enterprise-level action.
• Coach leaders through complex people decisions while strengthening their capability and accountability to lead teams effectively.
• Ensure HR business partnership is connected to the YMCA's broader talent strategy so workforce planning, performance, development, succession, engagement and retention are addressed as interconnected business priorities rather than independent HR processes.

• Lead and strengthen the YMCA's HR business partnership model, coaching the Senior Directors of People Operations and serving as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders on complex workforce, leadership, employee relations and organizational matters.
• Maintain a strong connection to YMCA operations, using workforce data and organizational insight to anticipate people needs, identify emerging risks and develop proactive solutions.
• Partner with Operations on workforce and recruitment strategy, including anticipating seasonal needs, addressing hard-to-fill positions, strengthening leader recruiting capability and identifying broader workforce trends. Day-to-day recruiting execution resides within Operations.
• Lead through organizational change with empathy, sound judgment and a clear understanding of both the team member experience and the needs of the organization.

• Serve as the CPO's primary deputy, translating People & Culture strategy into coordinated priorities and execution across People Operations, Talent Management, Benefits & HRIS and other people initiatives.
• Lead, coach and develop the People & Culture senior leadership team, creating clarity, accountability, collaboration and a shared commitment to exceptional service.
• Provide leadership oversight for employee benefits and HRIS and ensure the organization's people programs, systems and practices remain effective, compliant and responsive to organizational needs.
• Oversee the People & Culture budget with strategic guidance from the CPO, aligning investments and resources with the organization's highest people priorities.
• Represent People & Culture with executive leadership and across the association

• Change Leadership
• Communication & Influence
• Developing Self and Others
• Fiscal Management
• Functional Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or…