Vice President Human Resources

On behalf of our client, a member-owned life insurance company, we are seeking a Vice President of Human Resources to be a member of the executive leadership team and the senior executive responsible for ensuring the organization has the leadership, talent, culture, capabilities, workforce and organizational structure required to execute its strategy. The incumbent serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the CEO, executive leadership team and Board, translating business priorities into an integrated, multi-year people and workforce strategy.

The chosen professional will lead the development, delivery and alignment of HR strategy with organizational mission, long-term growth and business objectives. The role partners with leaders to strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, talent management, succession, workforce planning, culture, employee engagement, change management and performance. Our candidate of choice uses workforce data and analytics to identify trends, anticipate talent risks and inform business decisions.

This position is remote with ideal home office strategically located near one of their 3 Midwest offices (Madison, Chicago, Minneapolis) with secondary preference anywhere within United States.

• Partners with the CEO and executive leadership team to translate the organization’s strategic priorities into a comprehensive, multi-year people and workforce strategy.
• Serves as the CEO’s principal strategic advisor on people, culture, leadership, organizational effectiveness and workforce matters; strengthens executive team effectiveness, alignment and accountability.
• Develops and maintains a 3–5-year workforce strategy that anticipates critical capabilities, talent requirements, organizational structure, workforce costs and future workforce needs.
• Leads organizational effectiveness and organizational design initiatives to ensure structure, roles, decision-making, accountability and talent are aligned with the organization’s strategy.
• Develops an enterprise talent strategy encompassing talent acquisition, development, retention, internal mobility, critical-role identification, high-potential talent and succession planning.
• Partners with executives to strengthen leadership effectiveness and build a sustainable leadership pipeline, including executive succession and continuity planning.
• Provides executive coaching and strategic counsel on performance management, talent management, succession planning, employee engagement, organizational design, workforce planning, employee development, recruiting and employee relations.
• Creates and manages a workforce strategy that addresses the best way to staff for business needs, including improving effectiveness of when and how to use contractor staff.
• Defines and advances the organization’s desired culture and leads initiatives that strengthen alignment between culture, values, employee experience and business strategy.
• Leads the employee engagement survey process and ensures follow-up actions are translated into measurable improvements in engagement, productivity and retention.
• Leads change management and the people dimension of significant organizational transformations.
• Establishes meaningful people and workforce analytics that provide executives and the Board with insight into workforce trends, talent risks, org. effectiveness, retention, productivity and future workforce needs.
• Develops and monitors a strategic HR scorecard and informs executive decision-making.
• Ensures a fair, transparent and competitive compensation structure and administration process, including partnering with leadership to establish compensation philosophy, job pricing, merit and promotion practices, and effective manager…