Vice President, People (Nashville, TN Hybrid)

HarperCollins Publishers; Nashville (TN); Sur place; USD 220 000 - 320 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

HarperCollins Publishers seeks a Vice President, People to serve as the division's lead HR partner, shaping people strategy, organization design, and employee relations for HarperCollins Christian Publishing. The role reports to the SVP, Deputy CHRO and focuses on providing consultative counsel to divisional leaders.

You will drive strategic partnership, design and workforce planning, talent and succession, leadership advisory, and enterprise alignment across the People Team and broader

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
• Executive-level partnership with senior leaders and risk balancing.
• Experience leading organization design, workforce planning and talent initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or SHRM certification preferred.

Responsabilités

• Strategic Business Partnership: advise divisional leadership on people priorities.
• Organization Design & Strategy: lead design and workforce planning aligned to goals.
• Employee Relations: manage complex employee relations and performance matters.
• Talent & Succession: strengthen succession pipelines and talent development.
• Leadership Advisory: advise on team effectiveness and organizational health.
• Enterprise Partnership: align divisional needs with enterprise programs and policies.

Connaissances

Strategic HR Leadership

Executive Partnership

Employee Relations

Organization Design

Change Management

Workforce Planning

People Strategy

Communication & Advisory

Formation

Bachelor’s degree

SHRM-SCP / SPHR preferred

Description du poste

Overview

The Vice President, People serves as HarperCollins Christian Publishing’s lead consultative human resources business partner, shaping the division’s people strategy, organization design, and employee relations approach.

Position Overview

• Role: Lead HR partner for the HarperCollins Christian Publishing division, reporting to the SVP, Deputy CHRO.

• Focus: Provide consultative counsel to divisional leaders, translating business priorities into people strategy and organization solutions.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted, consultative advisor to divisional leadership on business and people priorities.


• Organization Design & Strategy: Lead organization design, workforce planning, change and talent strategies that support divisional goals.


• Employee Relations: Lead complex employee relations, performance, and workplace matters with sound judgment, consistency, and practical solutions.


• Talent & Succession: Partner with leaders to assess organizational capabilities, strengthen succession pipelines, and advance talent development and retention priorities.


• Leadership Advisory: Advise senior leaders on team effectiveness, performance, leadership capability, and organizational health.


• Enterprise Partnership: Collaborate across the People Team and broader organization to align divisional needs with enterprise programs, policies, and best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience: 15+ years of progressive HR leadership, with deep experience in consultative business partnership, employee relations, organization design, scalability, and people strategy.


• Executive Partnership: Demonstrated ability to influence, advise, and build trust with senior leaders while balancing business priorities, employee needs, and organizational risk.


• Change Leadership: Proven success leading organization change, workforce planning, and talent initiatives in a complex, evolving environment.


• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or SHRM-SCP/SPHR preferred.


• Culture Alignment: Openness and respect for the organization’s mission, values, and culture.

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.Visit our careers webpage for more information.

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.

HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [e-mail]. Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.