Chief People Officer
Core
Chief architect of talent strategy, culture, and employee experience for a multi-entity education organization.
Role type
Enterprise-level Chief People Officer (CPO)
Builds
Integrated, data-driven People function supporting a $300M+ organization across three boroughs
Domain
Education / Human Capital Management
Required skills
Strategic workforce planning, organizational design, change leadership, total rewards strategy, equity and belonging integration, HR systems modernization, leadership pipeline development, labor relations management, people analytics, executive advisory
Preferred skills
Experience scaling people functions in large multi-site organizations (1,000+ employees), data-driven decision-making, union engagement, AI/people-analytics tool implementation
Technologies
HRIS, ATS, performance management platforms, people-analytics tools
Responsibilities
Partner with CEO and Board on multi-year talent strategy; own workforce planning and succession planning; modernize HR infrastructure and systems; lead equity and belonging initiatives; manage labor relations and compliance; build leadership development pipelines; oversee a team of ~18 across recruitment, operations, and transformation.
Seniority
Executive, C-suite
