VP of HR

Energy Innovation Corp; Pomona (CA); On-site; USD 246,000 - 358,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Flexible schedule

Growth opportunities

Job summary

InnovateTech Lab in Pomona, CA seeks a VP of HR to navigate ambiguity and turn it into actionable plans. You will bring Lever and HRIS, lead a strong team, and own the HR strategy to drive impact.

The role offers a lucrative compensation range and a flexible freelance schedule, with mentorship and growth opportunities as you shape the organization. The listing is live and ready.

Qualifications

• Behavioral Interviewing ability expected.
• Flexible delivery in a freelance structure.
• Mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow.
• Familiar with freelance schedules and team norms.
• Ability to translate jargon into plain English.
• Strong HR business partnering grounding and EI.

Responsibilities

• Prepare board-ready presentations and quarterly reviews.
• Tighten the reporting loop for rapid bad-news communication.
• Assess fixed vs movable HRB costs and optimize.
• Lead post-mortems after launches and capture lessons.
• Sit in on VP hiring to align org chart with strategy.
• Coach stakeholders through reallocation math.
• Streamline workflows to cut costs and improve efficiency.
• Maintain compliance without hampering operations.

Skills

Behavioral Interviewing

Freelance delivery

InnovateTech Lab mindset

Freelance schedules familiarity

Plain English communication

HR Business Partnering grounding

Tools

Lever

HRIS

Job description

InnovateTech Lab needs a VP of HR who can sit with ambiguity long enough to make it small, then make it actionable. Bring Lever and HRIS; we'll bring $246,000 - $358,000, a strong team, and the ownership that turns experience into impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare board-ready presentations and quarterly business reviews
• Tighten the reporting loop until bad news travels in hours, not weeks
• Untangle which HR Business Partnering costs are fixed and which you can actually move
• Run the post-mortem after a launch slips and bank the lessons, not the blame
• Sit in on vp hiring to keep the org chart matching the strategy
• Coach vp stakeholders through the math behind a hard reallocation
• Streamline operational workflows to reduce cost and improve efficiency
• Keep InnovateTech Lab compliant without grinding the whole operation to a halt

What You'll Bring

• A knack for Behavioral Interviewing that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• A track record of flexible delivery in a freelance structure
• An InnovateTech Lab mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• Working familiarity with freelance schedules and team norms at InnovateTech Lab
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Solid HR Business Partnering grounding, plus Emotional Intelligence you can pick up on the fly

InnovateTech Lab exists to solve hard business problems with a flexible approach and a Pomona, CA-rooted culture. We hire trust-the-team people, get out of their way, and let the Behavioral Interviewing results speak.

Pay is $246,000 - $358,000, growth is structured, mentorship is personal, and the flexible freelance schedule is non-negotiable in your favor.

The listing got a same-day refresh, so consider it live and ready.