CHRO Operations & Strategy Lead

Early Warning; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Maven Family Planning

Job summary

Early Warning seeks a Sr. Lead Business Operations & Initiatives to support the CHRO and HR leadership.

You will establish leadership rhythms, coordinate planning, and drive governance and execution across HR priorities. With 12+ years in HR operations and executive support, you will craft executive communications, manage scheduling and dependencies, and lead initiatives to improve efficiency while protecting data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 12 years of experience or portfolio aligned with the role.
• Experience in HR operations, strategic initiatives, program management, or executive support with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to establish operating rhythms, planning, governance, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience coordinating financial planning, OpEx, and headcount planning.
• Strong judgment to structure ambiguous problems and drive decisions.
• Proven ability to influence across matrixed organizations without direct authority.
• Excellent executive communications, narratives, and leadership materials.
• Strong organizational and project leadership across multiple priorities.
• Able to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Analytical, written and verbal communication skills; comfortable with AI-assisted work.

Responsibilities

• Establish HR leadership rhythms, meetings, reviews, and planning forums.
• Coordinate meetings, agendas, materials, decisions, and follow‑through.
• Track commitments, risks, dependencies, owners, and actions to completion.
• Improve cross‑functional information flow and alignment on priorities.
• Develop CHRO communications and leadership materials for reviews and updates.
• Support OpEx management, AOP activities, and headcount planning with Finance.
• Serve as HR liaison for risk and control stakeholders (FRLM).
• Create executive dashboards, narratives, and decision materials.
• Coordinate HR continuity planning and governance artifacts.
• Maintain HR SharePoint environment and document repositories.
• Develop calendars, governance materials, and planning tools.
• Identify process improvements and scalable operating models.
• Lead or coordinate strategic initiatives for CHRO and HR leadership.
• Support risk management and data confidentiality across HR systems.

Skills

Executive communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Risk management

Analytical thinking

AI in daily tasks

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

Early Warning seeks a Sr. Lead Business Operations & Initiatives to support the CHRO and HR leadership.

You will establish leadership rhythms, coordinate planning, and drive governance and execution across HR priorities. With 12+ years in HR operations and executive support, you will craft executive communications, manage scheduling and dependencies, and lead initiatives to improve efficiency while protecting data integrity.