Head of Human Resources

Head of Human Resources leads company-wide talent acquisition, HR, and people programs for a digital consultancy delivering public-interest technology to government agencies. The role combines strategic partnership with hands-on operations, including Rippling administration, workforce planning, employee relations, and performance management. It leads the Head of Recruiting and builds the practices needed to attract, support, and retain public interest technologists as the organization grows.

• Manage the talent lifecycle from workforce planning through onboarding, maintain a strategic talent pipeline, and guide the Head of Recruiting as the talent function grows.
• Ensure compliance with relevant labor laws and lead employee relations, including sensitive and legal matters.
• Benchmark compensation and benefits, partner on payroll and related HR functions, and manage and improve Rippling.
• Maintain organizational charts, define position responsibilities, and manage offboarding.
• Design and run employee engagement programs across business units.
• Manage performance planning, evaluations, promotions, and continuous feedback.
• Improve the professional capability framework, discuss career paths with high-potential employees and their leaders, and create succession plans.
• Organize internal and external individual and team training, and build programs that strengthen culture, engagement, and retention.
• Partner with business unit leaders and executives to align People strategy with business needs.
• Build fair, consistent practices, reduce bias in candidate evaluation, and work with organizations that broaden access to talent.
• Use data and emerging best practices to improve People operations and talent outcomes.

The company operates through an Executive Office, a Federal Health & Civilian group, and a Defense & Security group. This role supports all three and must navigate changing legal, regulatory, and social conditions while maintaining organizational values and trusted relationships with employees, leaders, customers, and government stakeholders.

• Experience leading People operations or a similar function and scaling it in a fast-growing organization.
• Success building high-performing, mission-driven cultures where employees feel respected, supported, and empowered.
• Sound judgment in balancing transparency with confidentiality, privacy, and risk.
• Experience recruiting design and technology professionals, including product managers, product designers, user researchers, content strategists, software engineers, and Dev Ops engineers.
• Experience working with remote teams and knowledge of relevant labor laws and compliance.
• Ability to work at both strategic and tactical levels.
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, relationship-management, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, commitment to quality, and analytical capabilities.
• Comfort with HRIS, applicant tracking systems, performance management tools, and other HR technology.
• Interest in improving public outcomes through government services and a working approach aligned with organizational values.
• Ability to travel for work from time to time.

• Experience with Rippling or a comparable HRIS.
• Experience in government contracting, consulting, or professional services.

Candidates who do not meet every qualification are encouraged to apply if they can perform the role.

This is a full-time, exempt, fully remote position. All work must be performed within the United States. Current and future U.S. work authorization without sponsorship is required.

A public trust or security clearance may be required because the organization is a government…