CHRO: Enterprise Talent Strategy & Leadership Architect

ApplicantPool; Statesville (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

EnergyUnited seeks a Chief Human Resources Officer to partner with the CEO and Board, shaping workforce strategy and executive leadership across the cooperative. You will design an enterprise talent system, oversee succession, leadership development, and employee engagement while guiding HR operations and compliance.

You will lead HRIS, analytics, and total rewards, ensuring capability, culture, and safety align with strategic goals for a resilient energy community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, or a related field (master's preferred).
• Demonstrated experience leading an enterprise HR function and advising a CEO, executive team, or governing board.
• Proven depth across workforce planning, succession, leadership development, organization design, employee relations, compensation, benefits, HR operations, and employment compliance.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible HR leadership, including significant senior leadership responsibility (preferred).
• Experience in an electric utility, cooperative, infrastructure, or other operationally complex, safety-sensitive environment (preferred).
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or a comparable senior credential (preferred).
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, HRIS platforms, analytics, and technology-enabled process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Own an integrated talent management system spanning workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, performance, development, succession, retention, recognition, and offboarding.
• Lead multiyear workforce planning that identifies future capability needs, critical positions, and skill gaps, and build succession plans for executive and business-critical roles with real development actions.
• Design leadership development, coaching, mentoring, and career path programs; advise executives on organizational structure and change management.
• Develop a healthcare and benefits strategy balancing employee needs, market competitiveness, and long-term sustainability.
• Turn employee feedback into action and partner with operational leaders to reinforce a strong safety culture.
• Ensure compliance across ERISA, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, EEO-1, HIPAA, and affirmative Action requirements; oversee employee relations; serve as Chief Privacy Officer.
• Lead HRIS strategy and data quality; deliver human-capital dashboards to the CEO and Board; guide responsible use of AI with human review and bias controls.
• Lead, coach, and develop HR staff, manage the HR budget, and oversee third-party providers for quality and cost.

Skills

Enterprise HR

Succession planning

Leadership development

HR operations

HR analytics

Compliance

Executive coaching

Education

SHRM-SCP / SPHR

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS platforms

Microsoft Office

Job description

EnergyUnited seeks a Chief Human Resources Officer to partner with the CEO and Board, shaping workforce strategy and executive leadership across the cooperative. You will design an enterprise talent system, oversee succession, leadership development, and employee engagement while guiding HR operations and compliance.

You will lead HRIS, analytics, and total rewards, ensuring capability, culture, and safety align with strategic goals for a resilient energy community.