Svp, Global People & Culture - Remote

A Message from the CEO:

"As we continue on our transformational journey, our people will be our greatest asset. To this end, the SVP of People & Culture will be absolutely instrumental to reaching our goals and hiring this person will be one of my top priorities this year!" ~ Florian Baumgartner, Vista CEO

About Vista:

Vista is the design and marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. For over 20 years we’ve been inspired by small businesses, and we work incessantly to deliver solutions to their evolving needs. VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista and VistaPrint, all under the parent brand Vista, represent a full-service design, digital and print solution, elevating small businesses’ presence in physical and digital spaces and powering them to achieve success. Vista is focused on our North Star of becoming the expert design and marketing partner to small businesses by making great marketing and design accessible to every small business owner, allowing them to create a cohesive brand image for use in-store, online and on-the-go.

Our Team:

Vista is on the path to becoming the expert design and marketing partner for small businesses and this newly crafted role will be part of a highly motivated executive team who understands the mission-critical nature of people & culture to successfully transition the company from where it is today ($1.5BN, profitable, serving ~11MM small businesses customers around the world primarily with printed products) to the next level. Our CEO is convinced that a great company can’t be built without a strong and differentiating People & Culture proposition.

Reporting to the Vista CEO, you will lead a global HR team consisting of approximately 100 professionals, geographically dispersed with a breadth of HR domains (partnerships, communications, DEI, talent acquisition & management). The Vista workforce is diverse, spanning direct labor and call center agents along with remote-first software engineers, user experience designers, product managers, marketing, and product team members.

As a leader in the Vista Executive Team (VET), you set the people agenda to attract, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Your past experience as an executive enables you to partner with your executive colleagues and form an impactful leadership team, transforming the way in which the company builds technology-powered products that customers love.

What You Will Do:

• Lead a highly motivated team of ~100 HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Communications, and Talent Functions who are excited for People & Culture to now have a seat at the executive table and look forward to taking accountability with this larger mission.
• Engage, motivate and deliver impact across a diverse company with an employee base well over 6,000 across 15+ countries working in functions ranging from marketing, brand, manufacturing, user experience and technology to in-house - customer call center operations.
• Define, build and reinvigorate our company culture, create a strong value proposition for talent acquisition and development, and support our move to empowered product teams. We look to innovate in support of our people and customers.
• Advise the CEO and executive peers, on topics such as organizational design, critical hiring, workforce planning, employee engagement, performance coaching, talent assessment, change management, org communications, etc
• Partner with additional businesses under the Cimpress umbrella to help influence and drive change where needed.

Your Qualifications:

At Vista, we are striving to hire individuals that add new ideas and perspectives to our teams and strengthen our culture. No matter your background or work experience, we strongly encourage you to apply—even if you feel that you don’t meet the exact requirements or have the same qualifications.

• You've built best-in class people practices for a large, global organization and cultivated and developed senior HR talent
• You’ve led a company through a cultural transformation with an emphasis on empowered product teams
• You worked internationally, or had a role with an international remit
• You've held a C-suite leadership position
• You have first-hand experience working for a company that embodies customer-centricity and a strong people culture

Nice to Have:

• You have experience working with manufacturing operations or customer care
• Public company experience
• Advanced HR certification (e .g., GPHR)

Why You'll Love Working Here:

There is a lot to love about working at Vista. We are an award-winning Remote-First company. We’re an inclusive community. We’re investing heavily in our growth (which means you can grow, too). And to help orient us all in the same direction, we have our Vista Behaviors which exemplify the behavioral attributes that make us a culturally strong and high-performing team.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:

Vista exists to help our customers live their dreams. Each dream is unique – and the Vista team needs to be as well. We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Vista, a Cimpress company, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.

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