Senior Vice President, People Strategy & Operations

Highspring; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 285,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

MorganFranklin Consulting seeks a Senior Vice President of People Strategy & Operations to translate business strategy into scalable people solutions. This executive will lead enterprise-wide HR strategy, global operations, and leadership development, reporting to the Chief People Officer.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of HR leadership, broad HR systems knowledge, and strong stakeholder management. Flexible remote work is offered within a global capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
• Experience leading HR operations, transformation and large-scale initiatives, advising executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise people strategy aligned with business priorities and transformation initiatives.
• Oversee HR operations, service delivery, and global governance for scalable HR services.
• Partner with leaders to strengthen leadership capability, succession readiness, and enterprise thinking.
• Develop and implement employee communications and engagement strategies for culture and transparency.
• Provide actionable workforce insights through metrics and analytics and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Executive presence

Stakeholder management

Leadership development

People strategy

Workforce analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Advanced degree preferred

SHRM-SCP / HRCI SPHR / GPHR certification

Tools

HR systems

Payroll

Governance & compliance

Analytics platforms

Job description

Senior Vice President, People Strategy & Operations | MorganFranklin Consulting

The Tone:

This is a full-time role at MorganFranklin Consulting, which provides specialized professional services, accounting advisory, and consulting solutions. This senior leadership position is critical for translating business strategy into scalable people solutions that drive growth, enhance performance, foster leadership effectiveness, and ensure operational excellence. The role directly impacts the company’s ability to operate as one unified enterprise and strengthens its overall organizational capability.

The TL;DR

• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Flexible / Remote
• Pay: $285000–$320000 yearly
• Team: Reporting to the Chief People Officer
• Mission: To translate business strategy into scalable people solutions that drive growth, performance, leadership effectiveness, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Actually Do

• Enterprise People Strategy: Drive the enterprise people agenda by aligning workforce strategy with business priorities, growth objectives, and organizational transformation initiatives.
• HR Operations & Service Delivery: Oversee the People function’s operational infrastructure, ensuring efficient, scalable, and compliant delivery of HR services globally.
• Leadership & Talent Enablement: Partner with business leaders to strengthen leadership capability, succession readiness, and enterprise thinking across the organization.
• Employee Experience & Communications: Develop and implement enterprise employee communications and engagement strategies that reinforce culture, transparency, and alignment.
• Governance & Business Insights: Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulatory requirements, mitigate workforce-related risk, and provide actionable insights through workforce metrics and analytics.

The Must-Haves

• Background: Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including senior enterprise HR operational leadership.
• Experience: Demonstrated success leading HR operations, organizational transformation, and large-scale people initiatives, particularly in complex, multi-business-unit, global, or high-growth organizations, and advising executive leadership teams on workforce matters.
• Skills: Strong business acumen with the ability to connect workforce strategy to financial and operational outcomes; robust understanding of HR systems, analytics, compliance, payroll, and operational governance; excellent communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management.
• Bonus: Advanced degree preferred; SHRM-SCP, HRCI SPHR, or GPHR certification; experience in professional services, private equity-backed or transformation-oriented environments, multi-state and international workforce management, or M&A integration and organizational redesign.