VP of HR

Energy Innovation Corp; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Partners Inc based in Des Moines, IA, is seeking a VP of HR who can sit with ambiguity long enough to make it small, then make it actionable.

This role offers substantial business autonomy and the chance to influence labor relations, onboarding, and strategic HR decisions from Des Moines.

Beyond $168,000 - $249,000, Strategic Partners Inc invests in your growth, assigns you a mentor, and lets you flex hours across Des Moines, IA as you need.

Qualifications

• Ability to convert ambiguity into actionable HR initiatives.
• Strong communication and collaboration with HR and Labor Relations.
• Comfort with Des Moines‑based operation pacing and internship cadence.

Responsibilities

• Pull the IA field team's reality into the planning room.
• Smooth the handoff between Labor Relations closing and SHRM-CP onboarding.
• Carry a relentlessly‑kind business problem from whiteboard to working pilot in Des Moines, IA.
• Decide what a VP HR role should own and where the seams go.
• Keep Strategic Partners Inc from optimizing a number that doesn't pay rent.

Skills

Clear communicator

Documentation

Plain English translator

Des Moines cadence

Leadership experience

Job description

Strategic Partners Inc needs a VP of HR who can sit with ambiguity long enough to make it small, then make it actionable. Few Des Moines employers pair $168,000 - $249,000 with this much business autonomy, and fewer still ask only 12 years to earn it.

Key Responsibilities

• Pull the IA field team's reality into the planning room
• Smooth the handoff between Labor Relations closing and SHRM-CP onboarding
• Carry a relentlessly‑kind business problem from whiteboard to working pilot in Des Moines, IA
• Decide what a vp role should own and where the seams go
• Keep Strategic Partners Inc from optimizing a number that doesn't pay rent

What You'll Bring

• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Comfort with the internship cadence of a Des Moines-based operation
• 14 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it

Quietly, from Des Moines, Strategic Partners Inc has become the service-minded business partner that IA's most demanding teams refuse to replace. Kindness and high standards live together comfortably on this wildly-collaborative Des Moines team.

Beyond $168,000 - $249,000, Strategic Partners Inc invests in your growth, assigns you a mentor, and lets you flex hours across Des Moines, IA as you need.

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