2U

Director, HR Enablement

2U

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Arlington • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $146,000 - $165,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Switching

About the role

  • Serve as a strategic partner to the Chief People Officer (CPO) and People Senior Leadership Team to turn strategy into action
  • Translate the CPO & People Leadership Team’s vision into actionable priorities across all People Centers of Excellence (COEs)
  • Ensure initiatives are on track, aligned with organizational goals, and deliver measurable outcomes
  • Drive alignment and accountability across all People Team COEs for cyclical priorities and emerging business needs
  • Provide context, insights, and preparation for key decisions, projects, and engagements for the CPO and Senior Leadership Team
  • Partner with business leaders to advance People Team strategic goals and address critical needs
  • Maintain an enterprise-wide view of People priorities, monitor progress, surface barriers, and communicate outcomes
  • Anticipate opportunities to strengthen business impact by identifying gaps and driving solutions
  • Build scalable systems and processes for capturing, sharing, and delivering on strategic work
  • Support development and synthesis of communications and board/executive presentations in partnership with Communications and People leaders
  • Lead and manage the annual budget process, monthly/yearly budget management including accruals, resource allocation, and planning
  • Manage the hiring approval process for the CPO and oversee People Team engagement cadence to drive alignment and informed decision-making

Requirements

  • 5-7 years of relevant work experience, with a background in strategic project management or a chief of staff-like role
  • Experience working in a fast-moving, global, matrix organization
  • Broad HR experience spanning key functional areas
  • Strong project management, communications, and change management skills
  • Strong bias to action and self-motivation to deliver results quickly and effectively
  • A data-driven mindset with the ability to apply success metrics to key work
  • Authentic focus on the importance of people and culture
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including ability to communicate with executives
  • Flexible and able to multitask, switching priorities as needed within a collaborative environment
  • Open to remote candidates across the U.S.; priority for those in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area available to come into Headquarters in Arlington, VA two days a week
Benefits
  • Comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life insurance, disability, and 401(k) employer match
  • Free snacks and drinks in-office
  • Generous paid holidays and leave policies, including unlimited PTO
  • Additional time off benefits including volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break
  • Potential bonus eligibility

ATS Keywords

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Hard skills
strategic project managementbudget managementdata-driven mindsetsuccess metricschange managementcommunications developmentprocess buildingresource allocationhiring approval managementPeople Centers of Excellence
Soft skills
strong bias to actionself-motivationexcellent written communicationexcellent oral communicationflexibilitymultitaskingcollaborationstrategic thinkinginsight generationaccountability
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