Director, People and Culture

ivy Group Inc; Ontario; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth healthcare organization in Ontario is seeking a Director of People and Culture to lead the HR function. This vital role will focus on developing a strategic HR strategy, ensuring compliance, and supporting an engaged workforce across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Senior HR experience in growth-oriented, multi-site settings.
• Demonstrated success in HR infrastructure and performance support.
• Strong knowledge of HR best practices and operational discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationalize HR strategy aligned with business goals.
• Partner with operations leaders to manage performance and engagement.
• Standardize people management processes across locations.

Skills

Leadership Coaching

Performance Management

Strategic Thinking

Relationship Building

Communication

Job description

The Company

Our client, a high-growth healthcare organization with clinics across Ontario is seeking a Director, People and Culture to lead and evolve the HR function. As the most senior HR leader, reporting to the CEO, you will shape how HR enables business performance and growth.

Why this role matters:

This business-facing HR leadership role is essential to enabling growth and consistency across a distributed, high-performance workforce. You’ll bring clarity, structure, and discipline to the HR function—ensuring policies are actionable, people leaders are supported (not shielded), and the organization is equipped to scale.

Key Areas of Focus:

• Develop and operationalize an HR strategy aligned with business goals across multiple locations
• Partner with operations leaders to manage performance and engagement
• Standardize people management processes; ensure compliance and consistency in employee relations and policy
• Use data to guide decisions and improve engagement and retention
• Manage a small HR team

What You Bring:

• Senior HR experience in a growth-oriented, multi-site, or regulated setting (e.g., healthcare, retail, education, or professional services)
• Demonstrated success building HR infrastructure to support performance and scale
• Strong working knowledge of best practices in HR policies, procedures, and performance management
• Strategic mindset with operational discipline and hands-on ability
• Strong judgment, leadership coaching skills, and strategic capability
• Comfort working in a hands-on, fast-paced, growth-oriented environment

Attributes for Success:

• Confident, pragmatic, and accountable
• Strong communicator and skilled relationship builder
• Strategic thinker with operational discipline
• Business oriented with the ability to bring calm, structure, and clarity to ambiguity