VP, Human Resources

About the position The Vice President, Human Resources is a strategic enterprise leader responsible for shaping and executing a future‑ready people strategy that enables organizational growth, innovation, and sustained performance. This role serves as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team, ensuring that talent, culture, leadership capability, and workforce practices are aligned with business strategy and evolving market demands. The VP Human Resources leads the transformation of HR through AI-enabled solutions, change management excellence, leadership development, and employee engagement, positioning the organization to adapt, scale, and thrive in a rapidly changing environment. This leader champions a high-performance, values-driven culture and ensures employees are engaged, developed, and empowered to do their best work. This role embodies and reinforces the organization’s core values - do the right thing, put the customer first, do what you say, work together, and be innovative - and sets the tone for leadership behavior and decision-making across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise People & Culture Strategy Design and lead a comprehensive, forward-looking people strategy aligned with organizational objectives, growth plans, and long-term sustainability.
• Serve as a key architect of organizational culture, ensuring alignment between values, behaviors, leadership expectations, and business outcomes.
• Partner with the CEO and executive leadership team to integrate talent and culture considerations into enterprise strategy and decision-making.
• AI Enablement & HR Innovation Lead the strategic adoption and responsible implementation of AI and advanced technologies across HR and workforce processes (e.g., talent acquisition, workforce planning, learning, performance management, analytics).
• Leverage data, insights, and predictive analytics to improve decision-making, employee experience, and organizational effectiveness.
• Ensure ethical, compliant, and human-centered use of AI, balancing innovation with trust, transparency, and risk management.
• Change Management & Organizational Effectiveness Serve as the enterprise leader for change management, building organizational capability to navigate transformation, growth, and complexity.
• Lead large-scale organizational change initiatives, including restructuring, integrations, new operating models, and digital transformation.
• Assess and evolve organizational design to ensure clarity of roles, accountability, collaboration, and scalability.
• Leadership Development & Succession Build a robust leadership development strategy that strengthens current leaders and prepares future leaders at all levels.
• Oversee succession planning for critical roles, ensuring leadership continuity and bench strength.
• Coach and influence senior leaders to model inclusive, adaptive, and high-impact leadership behaviors.
• Employee Engagement & Experience Champion a holistic employee engagement and experience strategy, informed by data, listening mechanisms, and best practices.
• Strengthen employee voice, inclusion, well-being, and connection to purpose, particularly during periods of change.
• Continuously assess and enhance the employer brand to attract, retain, and engage top talent.
• Talent Management, Rewards, & Compliance Provide executive oversight of talent acquisition, performance management, learning and development, and workforce planning.
• Ensure compensation, incentive, and benefits strategies are competitive, equitable, and aligned with performance and organizational priorities.
• Oversee HR policies, employee relations, and compliance with employment laws and regulations, ensuring risk mitigation and ethical practices.
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Integrations Lead people-related due diligence, cultural assessment, and integration planning for mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations.
• Ensure seamless integration of talent, culture, systems, and policies while preserving engagement and performance.
• HR Function Leadership Lead, develop, and mentor the Human Resources team, fostering strategic thinking, innovation, and accountability.
• Build an agile, modern HR function that operates as a strategic business partner and trusted advisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive human resources leadership experience, including executive-level responsibility.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide transformation, culture change, and leadership development initiatives.
• Experience implementing HR technology, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions strongly preferred.
• Candidates should be able to commute to Malvern, PA at least two days per week.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with mergers, acquisitions, or complex organizational integrations is a plus.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company contribution up to 16%
• Generous time off package that includes paid vacation, personal, sick and holidays
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Free lunch every day when working on campus, onsite fitness center, and a beautiful 1.25 mile walking path

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