
VP, People Experience
Goodway Group
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Define and lead Goodway’s people’s strategy in alignment with the company’s growth and transformation agenda.
- Translate business priorities into workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategies.
- Support leadership in designing teams, structures, and decision-making frameworks that enable performance and scalability.
- Build and lead a high-performing People Experience team that acts as a strategic partner to the business.
- Strengthen leadership capability across the organization through coaching, leadership development, and improved management practices.
- Ensure leaders are equipped to guide teams through change and evolving ways of working.
- Oversee the full talent lifecycle including hiring, development, succession planning, and retention.
- Identify critical capabilities required for the future and develop strategies to build those capabilities internally.
- Develop a pro-active talent strategy to identify strong talent in market and ensure that we improve our ability to ‘hire-in-time' for client needs.
- Align learning and development initiatives to business priorities and emerging skill needs.
- Be the architect of a modern, high performing and customer centric culture whilst preserving the power of the Goodway (Group) culture defined by the goal of being ‘thriving, caring and fun.’
- Foster a high-performing, inclusive culture that supports both employee engagement and accountability.
- Strengthen employee experience and engagement while maintaining focus on organizational effectiveness and business outcomes.
- Partner with technology and business leaders to prepare the workforce for evolving roles and AI-enabled ways of working.
- Support role redesign, capability development, and leadership readiness as technology reshapes workflows and team structures.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the COO, CEO and executive team on organizational effectiveness, talent strategy, and workforce planning.
- Use data and insights to inform people-related decisions and identify opportunities to improve organizational performance.
Requirements
- Significant leadership experience in People, HR, Talent, or Organizational Development roles
- Demonstrated success leading organizational change, workforce strategy, and leadership development initiatives
- Strong experience partnering with senior leaders to design organizations, develop talent strategies, and support business transformation
- Experience developing and managing a global, remote workforce and in offshoring strategy
- Ability to translate business strategy into practical workforce and organizational plans
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
- Strong communication, influence, and executive presence with the ability to build trust across all levels of the organization
- Experience working in modern, fast-evolving organizations, particularly those undergoing digital or operational transformation
- Familiarity with future-of-work trends, including automation and AI, and their implications for roles, skills, and workforce design.
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business, Organizational Development, or related field required.
- Advanced HR certifications such as SHRM-SCP or SPHR preferred.
Benefits
- Goodway Group is one of AdAge's 2025's BEST PLACES TO WORK
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
organizational designworkforce planningtalent strategyleadership developmentsuccession planningcapability developmentdata analysischange managementemployee engagementoffshoring strategy
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationinfluenceexecutive presencetrust buildingcoachingteam developmentstrategic partnershipinclusivityaccountability
Certifications
SHRM-SCPSPHRBachelor's degree in human resourcesBachelor's degree in BusinessBachelor's degree in Organizational Development