VP People Operations & Culture

Client: Pro-Israel Non-Profit Organization

Title: VP People Culture & Operations

Salary: $200,000-$214,000

Location: Manhattan (4 days/week onsite)

Description: Our client is a prominent Jewish, pro-Israel nonprofit organization with operations across the United States and Israel. The organization is deeply committed to supporting Israel and the people who serve and protect the State of Israel through philanthropic, educational, cultural, recreational, and community-based initiatives.

This is a highly mission-driven environment, and alignment with that mission is essential. The successful candidate should have a strong personal and professional connection to Israel
, a deep understanding of the Jewish and pro-Israel nonprofit community, and genuine enthusiasm for working within an organization whose identity and purpose are closely tied to Israel.

The organization is collaborative, results-oriented, and focused on creating a unified culture across its U.S. and Israel-based teams.

The organization is seeking a highly experienced Vice President, People & Culture to lead all aspects of Human Resources and people operations across its approximately 185-person organization spanning the United States and Israel.

Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President and partnering closely with the CEO and senior leadership team, the VP, People & Culture will develop and execute a comprehensive people strategy across the organization’s national headquarters, Israel office, and regional offices.

This person will serve as a key architect of organizational culture, talent strategy, workforce planning, organizational design, employee experience, and HR infrastructure. A major focus will be creating greater consistency across offices and building a unified organizational culture rooted in the nonprofit’s mission and values.

This is an executive-level HR leadership role requiring someone who can operate strategically while remaining close enough to the organization to oversee execution and navigate complex employee matters.

• Partner with the EVP, CEO, and senior leadership team to develop and execute a strategic HR program across U.S. and Israel operations.
• Translate organizational priorities into actionable talent and human-capital strategies.
• Lead organizational design and structural planning initiatives.
• Drive workforce planning, succession planning, and long-term talent strategy.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on organizational and people-related matters.
• Use workforce metrics and HR analytics to support data-informed decision-making.

• Serve as a visible steward of the organization’s mission, values, and culture.
• Help create a unified employee experience across headquarters, regional offices, and Israel.
• Develop initiatives that strengthen employee engagement, belonging, collaboration, and organizational pride.
• Promote organizational health, trust, transparency, accountability, respect, and psychological safety.
• Ensure the organization’s strong connection to Israel and its Jewish/pro-Israel mission is reflected appropriately throughout the employee experience.

• Oversee full-cycle recruitment and hiring across all organizational levels and locations.
• Build strategies for attracting high-quality, mission-aligned talent.
• Ensure hiring practices are consistent across U.S. regional offices and Israel.
• Develop and continuously improve employee onboarding programs.
• Build talent pipelines to support future organizational growth and succession planning.

• Lead employee relations matters, including investigations, conflict resolution, disciplinary processes, and sensitive workplace situations.
• Oversee performance-management programs and ensure consistency across the organization.
• Manage job classification and organizational leveling structures.
• Guide compensation strategy, including salary bands, salary reviews, and bonus programs.
• Ensure compensation practices remain competitive, equitable, financially responsible, and aligned with…