[Hiring] Director of People and Culture @Galvanize USA

Role Description

Galvanize USA is seeking a Director of People and Culture. In our eighth year and as we cross the 40-employee mark, we're looking for a solutions-oriented leader who can help our organization run well day to day, enforcing and maintaining the people & culture systems already in place while spotting the gaps that need new ones. This person brings a positive, creative energy and stays calm under pressure. The best candidate will turn to data to understand opportunities for improvement and will approach staff with a coaching mentality that helps build a healthy, high-functioning workplace.

• Serve as a member of the leadership team, strengthening our responsive human resources strategy with strong feedback loops for hiring, engaging, developing, and retaining talent.
• Support people managers and optimize our performance management process to drive accountability and help team members to feel empowered, trusted, and effective in their roles.
• Propose, design, and lead measurable strategic initiatives to address gaps with a focus on our values of innovation, equity, community, teamwork, continuous learning, and compassion & care.
• Proactively lead the organization through change, with deep understanding of how to create buy-in and drive adoption of new processes.
• Craft learning and development programs that empower and inspire staff members to reach goals.
• Deliver manager and organization-wide trainings.
• Coach and mentor teammates to foster a culture of empathy, deep listening, and feedback to connect more deeply across differences.
• Design clear systems for thoughtful growth by supporting hiring managers through the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment to offboarding.
• Create meaningful moments to connect through the design of team retreats, all-team meetings, and other initiatives.
• Support team members in understanding and maximizing their benefits, including leave and reintegration planning for Galvanize’s sabbatical program.
• Build and maintain user-friendly systems that organize policies, internal communications, and documentation.
• Manage comprehensive compensation reviews with an outside vendor every 2-3 years.
• Lead the design, distribution and analysis of regular pulse, annual engagement and other surveys, summarizing results for leadership and staff, tracking trends over time.
• Monitor and analyze org-wide people trends surfacing findings and flagging areas that need leadership attention.
• Act as day-to-day liaison with Hopewell Fund’s HR team on technical, administrative, and employee relations needs, ensuring smooth coordination between the organization and the fiscal sponsor.
• Manage, support, and develop direct reports, contractors, and vendors, including setting clear expectations, providing feedback and coaching, and ensuring effective collaboration and accountability, when applicable.
• All employees of Hopewell Fund are required to complete timesheets every two weeks.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• A strong track record of developing values-driven people and culture strategies with measurable outcomes.
• Clear examples of coaching teammates to foster a culture of inclusion, trust, and accountability in a remote-first environment.
• A proactive and data-driven approach for developing processes that inspire high performance, deep collaboration, and retention.
• Demonstrated experience rolling out user-friendly systems effectively, with the ability to clearly articulate processes and drive adoption across the team.
• Deep understanding of how to craft and maintain thoughtful systems for the entire employee lifecycle, from recruitment to offboarding.
• Experience leading performance management processes that cultivate a culture of continuous learning, productivity and growth.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritize and remove barriers to implementation.
• Commitment to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion is at the heart of both our people operations strategy and program delivery.
• Experience building adaptable systems and navigating change successfully as an organization grows.
• Dedication to Galvanize USA’s mission to empower women to build an America that works for everyone.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US. We are not able to sponsor visas at this time.

Requirements

• Ability to travel as needed (typically, 2-4 times/year).
• Experience designing or coordinating engaging team retreats or all-staff events.
• Familiarity with Leapsome or other people engagement platforms.
• Familiarity with JazzHR or other applicant tracking systems.

Benefits

• The starting salary range for this position is $128,000-$132,000. Placement within this band will be determined based on years of prior experience and relevant skills. To adhere to an internal compensation policy, offers to new hires are non-negotiable.
• Galvanize USA also offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families).
• Employees are able to enroll in the 401k retirement plan and are eligible for a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions.
• Employees are also eligible for pre-tax transportation benefits.
• Employees will receive 120 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 20 hours of volunteer leave annually.
• Employees will also receive 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Employees are eligible for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment.

Company Description

Galvanize USA is a nonpartisan civic empowerment program with a mission to build an America that works for everyone. The division in politics today is causing more and more women to step back from civic engagement. We believe there is a different way forward – one that is rooted in meaningful connection and where we get the support we need, feel less alone, and learn & grow together. We use data-driven research to support our audience in building strong communities, defending against disinformation, and meaningfully engaging in civic life.

• Employees of Galvanize USA also work part-time for a coordinated 501(c)(4) project, Galvanize Action.
• Galvanize Action identifies, engages, and moves moderate women in rural, small town, and suburban America to reliably support progress.