Global Vice President, People & Culture

A key member of the senior management team, the GVP, P&C will partner closely with the President and leadership team to provide strategic leadership for the Company’s people agenda. This will include Equity & Inclusion, Talent Management, Organization Effectiveness, Employee Relations, Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations, and Employee Communications. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned HR leader with significant Generalist experience. He/she will have a strategic mind, the ability to consistently plan effectively to execute flawlessly, and solid cultural change and executive coaching skills. This person will structure and lead all day-to-day HR activities and will interact with all levels of staff.

While this position is a dedicated Ocean Insight role, it is also essential to foster our Halma culture in “living the purpose and embracing the adventure”.

Key responsibilities for the Global Vice President, People & Culture include:

• Perform compensation analysis, develop, and deploy all company compensation plans
• Own initiatives focused on continued improvement of organizational culture and employee engagement
• Devise and implement a proactive recruitment strategy
• Continuously review, update, enforce workplace policies/procedures
• Research, develop, communicate, and update policies, procedures, guidelines
• Oversee all employee and employer branding communications
• Lead development of town hall materials
• Solicit input, collect, analyze, share metrics regarding organizational culture, employee engagement and satisfaction
• Lead external branding to enhance awareness and influence in our worldwide communities
• Administer, troubleshoot, optimize benefits programs
• Design, implement, and maintain the people and culture strategy
• Lead internal employee and external people related communications
• Supervise general HR Operations, mergers & acquisitions, and manage HRIS
• Maintain full cycle recruitment process
• Serve as thought partner to the President and senior leadership staff
• Guide managers through issues with team members
• Identify & support opportunities for professional development and growth, inclusive of training
• Own programs and initiatives that enhance employee well-being
• Ability to assess performance and help develop high performance teams
• Investigate and resolve grievances and/or complaints
• Lead talent diligence and M&A integrations efforts
• Develop and direct performance management process, expectations, feedback, evaluations
• Negotiate benefits contracts as needed. Oversee open enrollment.
• Implement and maintain a structured and inclusive onboarding process
• Leading a people-focused strategy
• Support building and maintaining a strong and healthy organizational culture
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends & best practices, remain current on employment law and HR legislation
• Develop and implement organizational practices that maximize diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Develop competitive rewards strategies, benefit, and compensation programs
• Identify retention strategies that maintain a highly engaged and productive workforce
• Direct activities focused on performance and talent management, staff development, and learning
• Supervise HR team in execution of day-to-day operational HR functions

As a strategic partner to the Board of Directors, the Global Vice President, People & Culture will be expected to provide clear and decisive recommendations, challenge assumptions, advocate for the needs of the business, and secure support from other locations and business units. This role must effectively balance the interests of the function while contributing to the global strategy and the greater good of the organization.

About the candidate

• Business-minded with strong business acumen. Ability to leveraging business knowledge to develop suitable people strategies.
• A developer of talent who knows how to create impactful development programs to ready the organization for growth.
• Ability to travel internationally required.
• Operates with high sense of urgency and commitment to deadlines.
• Demonstrated expertise in executive coaching, organizational effectiveness, and talent development, creating programs that ready the organization for growth.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management or Organizational Effectiveness. MBA preferred.
• Change champion, utilizing frameworks and tools that are simple and fit-for-purpose.
• Proven coach with the ability to advise and guide colleagues and teammates.
• Ability to influence across the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities as well as demonstrated proficiency in writing business reports.
• Leverages data, analytics, and facts to shape ideas and make decisions.
• Models enthusiastic and forward thinking with strong executive presence.
• Experience in assessing organization and talent, then creating and implementing plans to improve performance.
• Led effective cultural change and ways to measure success/impact.
• 12+ years of relevant experience as part of a senior leadership team for global organization.

Ocean Insight offers a comprehensive executive compensation package and a suite of health and wellness benefits. Also, as a member of the Halma Group of companies (www.halma.com), our employees enjoy excellent career development, networking, and advancement opportunities worldwide.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.