VP, People Ops

On-site in Phoenix, AZ

Our client is a well-established organization seeking a strategic People Operations leader to enhance its talent function and support evolving business needs. The VP, People Operations will have significant influence across the business, strengthening HR operations, developing a high-performing People team, and creating scalable practices for a complex, multi-state workforce. This opportunity offers an experienced HR leader the chance to shape people strategy while making a meaningful impact across the organization.

This Role Offers

• Senior-level opportunity to lead key people initiatives and help shape the organization’s future direction.
• High visibility with senior leadership and meaningful influence over workforce strategy, organizational planning, and business growth.
• Opportunity to shape the People Operations function and establish scalable practices that support the organization’s evolving workforce.
• Broad leadership scope spanning HR compliance, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and leadership support.
• Competitive total rewards package with comprehensive health and retirement benefits, paid time off, performance incentives, and long-term wealth-building opportunities.
• Collaborative culture where People Operations works closely with leaders across the organization to support shared business goals.

Focus

• Establish the strategy, operating structure, and priorities for a scalable People Operations function supporting employees across multiple states.
• Build, coach, and lead an effective HR team responsible for business partnership, workforce support, and employment compliance.
• Strengthen governance across employment policies, documentation, workforce records, internal reviews, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish scalable HR programs and practices that support evolving business needs and operational requirements.
• Partner with field and corporate leaders on employee relations, performance challenges, workforce planning, organizational structure, and change initiatives.
• Serve as a senior advisor to executive leadership, connecting business priorities with practical workforce strategies and identifying emerging people-related risks.
• Create consistent HR practices that can scale effectively as the organization expands into additional markets.
• Leverage workforce data and operational metrics to identify trends, improve decision-making, and communicate priorities to senior leadership.
• Provide experienced guidance on sensitive employee matters while helping leaders develop accountable, high-performing teams.
• Maintain strong connectivity with operations through regular engagement with regional offices and active construction environments.

Skill Set

• 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience within a complex, growth-oriented organization.
• Relevant experience within a comparable industry environment is required.
• Strong expertise navigating employment requirements across multiple states and developing compliant HR practices for geographically distributed workforces.
• Demonstrated success building and leading People Operations teams within growing or operationally complex organizations.
• Proven ability to guide senior leaders on talent priorities, organizational planning, workplace matters, and operational considerations.
• Familiarity with complex regulatory requirements and compliance-driven work environments is highly valued.
• Strong business judgment with the ability to balance employee needs, regulatory requirements, and operational priorities.
• Proven ability to build scalable programs and improve HR processes as an organization expands.
• Effective executive communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills across corporate and field-based teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related discipline preferred.

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