AVP, People & Culture Tech & Enablement — Remote

Pathward, N.A.; Sioux Falls (SD); Remote; USD 125,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Pathward, N.A. is seeking an AVP of People & Culture Technology and Enablement to lead a team responsible for P&C technology, operations, analytics, and enablement.

This role reports to the EVP and focuses on scalable, secure P&C solutions, governance, and strategic partnerships with technology and external vendors. The role emphasizes enterprise-wide transformation, data quality, and regulatory compliance, with a focus on employee experience and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred.
• Typically 10+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, HR Technology, HR Operations, People Analytics, or related functions.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing teams.
• Experience leading HRIS, workforce analytics, process improvement, automation, or digital transformation programs.
• Experience managing complex cross-functional projects and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience supporting executive leadership, board reporting, or regulatory reporting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes the enterprise P&C technology roadmap aligned with organizational, workforce, and business priorities.
• Leads governance, optimization, security, and continuous improvement of P&C technology platforms (HRIS, talent, recruiting, learning, performance, rewards, and workforce planning).
• Ensures P&C systems, processes, and data practices comply with regulatory, privacy, security, risk, and internal control requirements.
• Designs and improves end-to-end P&C processes, workflows, service delivery models, and operating metrics.
• Drives operational excellence through standardization, simplification, automation, and process redesign.
• Establishes workforce data quality, governance, reporting, dashboards, and analytics for leaders, regulators, and the Board.
• Partners with People Business Partners to translate workforce insights into talent and business recommendations.
• Identifies and implements automation, AI, and digital solutions to improve productivity and employee experience.
• Leads cross-functional transformation, adoption, and change management to modernize P&C capabilities.
• Leads and develops team members, manages vendor relationships, and oversees budgets, contracts and implementation activities.
• Requires travel up to 10% of the time.

Skills

Strategic Mindset

Drives Results

Plans and Aligns

Communicates Effectively

Employee Experience Focus

Manages Complexity

Leadership Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent + work experience

Master's degree preferred

Tools

HRIS

Workforce Analytics

Automation

Job description

Pathward, N.A. is seeking an AVP of People & Culture Technology and Enablement to lead a team responsible for P&C technology, operations, analytics, and enablement.

This role reports to the EVP and focuses on scalable, secure P&C solutions, governance, and strategic partnerships with technology and external vendors. The role emphasizes enterprise-wide transformation, data quality, and regulatory compliance, with a focus on employee experience and operational excellence.