Director of People and Culture

Position Summary

Galvanize USA is seeking a Director of People and Culture. In our eighth year and as we cross the 40-employee mark, we’re looking for a solutions-oriented leader who can help our organization run well day to day, enforcing and maintaining the people & culture systems already in place while spotting the gaps that need new ones. This person brings a positive, creative energy and stays calm under pressure.

The best candidate will turn to data to understand opportunities for improvement and will approach staff with a coaching mentality that helps build a healthy, high-functioning workplace.

• Serve as a member of the leadership team, strengthening our responsive human resources strategy with strong feedback loops for hiring, engaging, developing, and retaining talent
• Support people managers and optimize our performance management process to drive accountability and help team members to feel empowered, trusted, and effective in their roles
• Propose, design, and lead measurable strategic initiatives to address gaps with a focus on our values of innovation, equity, community, teamwork, continuous learning, and compassion & care
• Proactively lead the organization through change, with deep understanding of how to create buy-in and drive adoption of new processes
• Craft learning and development programs that empower and inspire staff members to reach goals
• Deliver manager and organization-wide trainings
• Coach and mentor teammates to foster a culture of empathy, deep listening, and feedback to connect more deeply across differences
• Design clear systems for thoughtful growth by supporting hiring managers through the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment to offboarding
• Create meaningful moments to connect through the design of team retreats, all-team meetings, and other initiatives
• Support team members in understanding and maximizing their benefits, including leave and reintegration planning for Galvanize’s sabbatical program
• Build and maintain user-friendly systems that organize policies, internal communications, and documentation
• Manage comprehensive compensation reviews with an outside vendor every 2-3 years
• Lead the design, distribution and analysis of regular pulse, annual engagement and other surveys, summarizing results for leadership and staff, tracking trends over time.
• Monitor and analyze org-wide people trends surfacing findings and flagging areas that need leadership attention
• Act as day-to-day liaison with Hopewell Fund’s HR team on technical, administrative, and employee relations needs, ensuring smooth coordination between the organization and the fiscal sponsor.
• Manage, support, and develop direct reports, contractors, and vendors, including setting clear expectations, providing feedback and coaching, and ensuring effective collaboration and accountability, when applicable.
• All employees of Hopewell Fund are required to complete timesheets every two weeks
• Perform other duties as needed

• A strong track record of developing values-driven people and culture strategies with measurable outcomes
• Clear examples of coaching teammates to foster a culture of inclusion, trust, and accountability in a remote-first environment
• A proactive and data-driven approach for developing processes that inspire high performance, deep collaboration, and retention
• Demonstrated experience rolling out user-friendly systems effectively, with the ability to clearly articulate processes and drive adoption across the team
• Deep understanding of how to craft and maintain thoughtful systems for the entire employee lifecycle, from recruitment to offboarding
• Experience leading performance management processes that cultivate a culture of continuous learning,…