HR Strategy & Change Director

Mace; Charlottesville (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking an experienced senior HR professional to shape and deliver people strategies across the business. You will partner with leadership on organisation and people plans, driving change initiatives and workforce decisions.

Your role focuses on leveraging data to improve performance, inclusion, and leadership capability, while guiding recruitment, onboarding, and reward delivery in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Senior HR professional with deep expertise across the full employee lifecycle.
• Advanced capability in people strategy, talent, reward, change and workforce planning.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and organisational design.
• Degree‑level HR qualification and CIPD chartered membership (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Partnering with leaders on strategy, organisation and people plans.
• Driving change, OD initiatives and risk analysis.
• Using data insights to strengthen performance and inclusion.
• Directing workforce planning, mobilisation and resource decisions.
• Enabling effective recruitment and onboarding.
• Building leadership capability across performance, ER and wellbeing.
• Supporting talent, reward and engagement delivery.
• Directing HR projects and contribute to net‑zero aligned people actions.

Skills

Senior HR professional

People strategy

Talent management

Workforce planning

Change management

Education

Degree-level HR qualification

CIPD chartered membership

Job description

Mace is seeking an experienced senior HR professional to shape and deliver people strategies across the business. You will partner with leadership on organisation and people plans, driving change initiatives and workforce decisions.

Your role focuses on leveraging data to improve performance, inclusion, and leadership capability, while guiding recruitment, onboarding, and reward delivery in a hybrid working environment.