[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.
• Translate people data into actionable insights.
• Develop and implement scalable craft dashboards and people frameworks.
• Advise senior executives and coach leaders through complex people decisions.
• Drive strategic projects from concept through implementation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior People Business Partner or HR/People generalist.
• Strong expertise in performance management and talent processes.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and influence senior leaders.
• Proven experience designing and implementing people frameworks at scale.
• Experience translating people data and analytics into business insights.
• Prior experience managing and developing a People team.
• Experience in a dynamic professional-services environment.
• Strong commercial orientation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex organization.

Requirements

• Lead the design and rollout of scalable people frameworks across the Americas.
• Own and evolve performance management and calibration processes.
• Coach craft leaders through calibration and performance processes.
• Help establish consistent standards for talent assessment and development.
• Identify opportunities to improve the employee experience.
• Implement scalable people dashboards across the Americas.
• Own reporting around key people metrics.
• Turn people data into actionable insights for craft leadership.
• Own a portfolio of high-priority strategic People initiatives.
• Lead and develop a team of approximately 3 - 4 direct reports and 2-3 indirect reports.

Benefits

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