Location: Global

Reports to: President & COO

Team: ~20 globally**

We are seeking a high-impact, systems-oriented People leader — likely at the Director or Senior Director level today — who is ready to step into enterprise VP scope.

You will lead a global team of approximately 20 and own the operational backbone of the employee lifecycle across multiple countries.

This role does not oversee Talent Acquisition or Learning & Development. Instead, it focuses on:

• People Operations strategy & governance

• Compensation and organizational design infrastructure

• Workforce planning and analytics

• HR systems (including WorkDay optimization)

• Global process standardization

• End-to-end employee lifecycle execution

If you are energized by building structure, modernizing systems, and scaling operational excellence — this role is for you.

Lead Global People Operations

• Consolidate and unify People Operations under a clear model

• Define KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting

• Establish governance, standards, and accountability across regions

• Lead and develop a 25-person global team located primarily in the Philippines, Kenya, and Guatemala

Modernize Infrastructure

• Optimize and expand WorkDay adoption

• Ensure clean data architecture and reporting rigor

• Identify automation opportunities and eliminate inefficiencies

• Build scalable, repeatable processes

Elevate Compensation & Org Design

• Standardize global leveling frameworks

• Renovate compensation structures and pay architecture

• Improve span-of-control discipline and org modeling

• Partner with Finance on workforce planning alignment

Strengthen the Employee Lifecycle

• Redesign onboarding and offboarding processes

• Standardize performance management governance

• Institutionalize succession planning infrastructure

• Lead engagement measurement and action planning

• Ensure consistent employee experience across countries

• A unified and clearly defined global People Operations model

• Stabilized and optimized WorkDay ecosystem

• Standardized compensation and leveling architecture

• Embedded workforce planning discipline

• Clear, measurable People Operations KPIs

• Improved operational efficiency and employee experience metrics

Experience

• 10–15+ years progressive HR / People Operations leadership

• Currently Director or Senior Director (or equivalent) in a global organization

• Experience leading HR Operations, Total Rewards, or People Infrastructure

• Direct experience with enterprise HRIS implementation (WorkDay preferred)

• Compensation architecture and org design exposure

• Experience managing multi-country processes

Capabilities

• Systems thinker who builds scalable infrastructure

• Strong financial and workforce planning acumen

• Data-driven and analytically rigorous

• Experienced people leader comfortable managing distributed teams

• Strong cross-functional partner with Finance and Technology

• Builder mindset — comfortable operating in evolving environments

• True VP scope with enterprise visibility

• Lead a global team of ~20

• Opportunity to build — not inherit — a mature system

• Direct exposure to executive leadership

• Chance to modernize People Operations for a 4,000-person organization

This is an opportunity to move from functional leadership into enterprise impact.

If you are ready to step into VP-level responsibility and build something enduring, we would love to meet you.