[Hiring] VP, People Business Partner @DEPT®

Role Description

We are looking for a VP, People Business Partner, Americas to serve as a senior strategic partner to DEPT®’s craft leadership across Creative, Media, Technology, Delivery, and Strategy. This is a high-impact leadership role that combines senior-level People Business Partnership with ownership of strategic, region-wide people initiatives.

• Partner closely with craft leaders to strengthen organizational effectiveness, talent development, performance management, succession, and workforce planning.
• Lead a team of People Business Partners.
• Translate people data into actionable insights.
• Develop and implement scalable craft dashboards and people frameworks.
• Provide visibility into team shape, staffing mix, hiring and exits, employee sentiment, performance, and talent movement.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior People Business Partner, or HR/People generalist, with demonstrated progression into senior leadership.
• Strong expertise in performance management and talent processes.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and influence senior leaders through complex people and organizational decisions.
• Proven experience designing and implementing people frameworks, programs, or processes at scale.
• Experience translating people data and analytics into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Prior experience managing and developing a People team.
• Experience working in an agency, creative, marketing, media, technology, or similarly dynamic professional-services environment.
• Strong commercial orientation and the ability to connect People strategy to business performance.
• Excellent communication, influencing, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfortable operating with both strategic altitude and a high level of hands-on ownership.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a complex, matrixed, multi-disciplinary organization.

Requirements

• Serve as a trusted senior People advisor to craft leaders across Creative, Technology, Delivery, and Strategy.
• Partner with senior leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, talent strategy, talent management, employee relations, and leadership effectiveness.
• Coach leaders through complex employee relations matters and other sensitive people issues.
• Provide guidance and challenge to leaders on performance management, talent assessment, succession, and organizational effectiveness.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Partner closely with Finance and other functional leaders.

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k plan, plus matching
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays
• Parental Leave