Senior VP of Human Resources

LOCATION:

Strongly Preferred in Bay Area, California;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Nashville, Tennessee;
Washington DC

Rocketship schools are top tier public elementary schools known for academic results and a holistic approach to personalized learning. Rocketship has successfully launched 22 elementary schools across the country since first opening in the Bay Area over eighteen years ago.

Rocketship Public Schools’ non‑profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and intentionally partners with parents to enable high‑quality public schools to thrive in their community. Rocketship Public Schools is a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.

• VISION – Equal opportunity for all.
• MISSION – Catalyze transformative change in low‑income communities through a scalable and sustainable public school model that propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high‑quality public schools to thrive in their community.
• AUTHENTICITY – We deliver transparency in our work – assessing how we are growing and learning with honesty and humility.
• COMMUNITY – We seek a diverse set of perspectives to build understanding as we work toward our greater purpose.
• TENACITY – We pursue our goals relentlessly and take courageous steps to reach ambitious outcomes.
• INNOVATION – We challenge the status quo and take responsible risks in pursuit of meaningful impact.
• EXCELLENCE – We believe all children can succeed and are committed to unleashing the potential inside every Rocketeer.

The Senior Vice President, Human Resources (SVP, HR) is a network‑wide executive leader responsible for setting and executing Rocketship Public Schools’ human capital strategy in direct service of organizational outcomes, regional success, and long‑term sustainability. Reporting to the CEO, the SVP, HR is a core member of the Network Executive Team (NET) and serves as a strategic thought partner to regional leadership, the Board, and executive peers on all talent priorities.

This role moves beyond operational HR leadership to elevate HR as a true enterprise and regional partner, ensuring that talent, performance, culture, and organizational design are deeply aligned to Rocketship’s mission, growth priorities, and regional realities. The SVP, HR will lead a high‑impact team spanning Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Performance & Analytics, while strengthening trust, coherence, and consistency across regions.

The SVP, HR plays a critical role in shaping Rocketship’s ability to attract, develop, retain, and inspire exceptional talent, with particular emphasis on building representative pipelines, strengthening talent and leadership capacity in regions, and ensuring that HR strategies are responsive, data‑informed, and locally grounded. A key focus of this role is the continued and sustained elevation of Rocketship’s employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS), which is a critical five‑year organizational goal.

The SVP, HR will lead network‑wide strategies that strengthen team member experience, engagement, trust, and advocacy—ensuring Rocketship is a great place to work where people are proud and excited to recommend to others. This role requires deep partnership with schools and regions to translate team member feedback into meaningful action, and to ensure that improvements in eNPS are driven by authentic changes in leadership practices, systems, and day‑to‑day employee experience.

This role will regularly present workforce, engagement, retention, and leadership data to the Board and Regional Boards to inform enterprise risk, investment, and growth decisions. This position is ideally based in one of Rocketship’s regions with regular travel to regions nationwide.

Proven experience in leading HR and/or Talent within a large, multi‑site organization is required, with a preference for experience in…