Senior Director of People & Culture
Horizontal Talent
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: St. Louis Park • Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $155,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Execute People programs, including engagement, performance management, talent development, total rewards and compliance.
- Champion a culture centered around Horizontal’s values across all locations globally.
- Partner with leaders across the company to retain, develop, and motivate talent.
- Build a deep understanding of business objectives, team dynamics, and priorities.
- Design and execute innovative People strategies aligned to business needs and priorities to improve organizational effectiveness and drive scalable growth.
- Partner with executive leadership on change management and transformation initiatives, ensuring teams are equipped to navigate complexity.
- Coach and develop leaders to build a culture of performance, accountability, clarity, and continuous improvement.
- Identify and implement best practices across People programs and practices.
- Use data and insights to identify issues, opportunities, and trends; prioritize actions and deliver practical, high-impact solutions.
- Lead global recruitment using scalable, repeatable processes tailored for international and country-specific contexts. Overseas job description development, posting strategies, interviewing, workforce planning and training and development, ensuring approaches are culturally informed and effective across all regions.
- Partner with local People & Culture teams and external contacts to ensure adherence to all local labor laws and HR best practices. Communicate and monitor compliance requirements with relevant team members and resolve gaps quickly.
- Provide enterprise leadership for Total Rewards, including the development of global compensation philosophy and programs and benefits strategy and oversight.
- Provide guidance on employee relations issues aligned with local labor and employment laws. Work closely with leaders and team members to support strong working relationships, morale, productivity, and retention globally.
- Lead the People & Culture Shared Services and Consultant Operations functions.
Requirements
- A seasoned People leader with 15+ years of progressive experience, including leadership across talent acquisition, People operations, business partnership and People strategy.
- Proven ability to influence at the executive level, coach leaders, and build trusted partnerships across complex teams.
- Experience with growing organizations, balancing strategy with hands-on execution.
- Significant understanding of staffing or professional services environments.
- Skilled in leveraging data-driven insights to inform decisions and measure the impact of People programs.
- Exceptional communication, judgement, and change leadership capabilities, with a focus on results and employee experience.
- Experience building global People functions and processes.
- Adept at building, leading, and developing high-performing People and TA teams that deliver exceptional business outcomes.
- Undergraduate degree**
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Wellness Resources
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
talent acquisitionPeople operationsPeople strategydata-driven insightsglobal recruitmentcompliance managementemployee relationsperformance managementtotal rewardschange management
Soft Skills
influencecoachingbuilding partnershipscommunicationjudgementchange leadershipresults-orientedemployee experienceteam dynamicscontinuous improvement
Certifications
Undergraduate degree