VP People Experience

Socket.dev; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 153,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Volunteer time off

Tuition assistance

401(k) employer contribution

Job summary

Socket.dev, a Hawaii-based credit union, seeks a strategic VP of People Experience to lead HR operations, HRIS, compensation, rewards, and engagement across the workforce. You will align people programs with business goals and foster a mission-driven culture.

Collaborating across Organizational Development, Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness, and Culture, you will drive scalable workforce strategies, ensure compliance, and enhance employee experience while maintaining high performance and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of HR leadership, employee engagement, talent management, or workforce strategy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee HR functions, ensuring policies, processes, and programs align with business and workforce needs.
• Drive HR compliance and regulatory adherence while reinforcing a culture of trust and transparency.
• Partner with leadership to develop scalable workforce strategies, ensuring HR programs proactively support organizational growth.
• Lead HRIS strategy, implementation, and optimization with seamless data management and reporting.
• Leverage workforce analytics to inform talent decisions, employee engagement strategies, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Ensure systems integration and user experience align with strategic objectives.
• Design and oversee compensation strategies, ensuring competitive, equitable, and performance-driven pay structures.
• Lead employee rewards and recognition programs, fostering engagement, motivation, and workplace appreciation.
• Conduct market benchmarking, ensuring compensation remains aligned with industry standards and organizational priorities.
• Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies, ensuring the organization attracts, hires, and retains top talent.
• Oversee employee relations programs, ensuring a positive and inclusive workplace culture while managing conflict resolution effectively.
• Strengthen onboarding and retention initiatives, ensuring a seamless employee experience that aligns with credit union values.

Skills

HRIS

Compensation & Benefits Administration

Recruiting Strategies

Employee Relations

Human Resources Management

Employment Legislation, Policies, and

Leading Change

Planning and Organizing

Workforce Planning

Data Analytics

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Master's degree in Human Resources Management

Job description

Serve as a strategic leader within the People Strategies Group. Oversee human resources operations, HRIS management, employee relations, talent acquisition, compensation, rewards & recognition programs, and employee engagement. Ensure that the credit union's workforce strategy, employee experience, and HR functions align seamlessly with business objectives. Foster a high-performance, engaged, and a mission-driven workforce.

In collaboration with Organizational Development, Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness, and Culture, ensure a comprehensive and people-centered approach to workforce management, and balance operational effectiveness with a strong workplace culture.

Responsibilities

Human Resource Strategy & Operations

• Oversee all HR functions, ensuring policies, processes, and programs align with business and workforce needs.
• Drive HR compliance and regulatory adherence while reinforcing a culture of trust and transparency.
• Partner with leadership to develop scalable workforce strategies, ensuring HR programs proactively support organizational growth.

HRIS Management & Workforce Analytics

• Lead HRIS strategy, implementation, and optimization, ensuring seamless data management and reporting.
• Leverage workforce analytics to inform talent decisions, employee engagement strategies, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Ensure systems integration and user experience align with strategic objectives.

Compensation & Employee Rewards

• Design and oversee compensation strategies, ensuring competitive, equitable, and performance-driven pay structures.
• Lead employee rewards and recognition programs, fostering engagement, motivation, and workplace appreciation.
• Conduct market benchmarking, ensuring compensation remains aligned with industry standards and organizational priorities.

Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition & Engagement

• Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies, ensuring the organization attracts, hires, and retains top talent.
• Oversee employee relations programs, ensuring a positive and inclusive workplace culture while managing conflict resolution effectively.
• Strengthen onboarding and retention initiatives, ensuring a seamless employee experience that aligns with credit union values.

Job Skills

• Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)
• Compensation and Benefits Administration
• Recruiting Strategies
• Employee Relations
• Human Resources Management
• Employment Legislation, Policies, and Procedures
• Leading Change
• Planning and Organizing
• Workforce Planning
• Data Analytics

Experience

• 10 plus years of experience in human resources leadership, employee engagement, talent management, or workforce strategy

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred Education

• Human Resources Management (Master's degree)

Preferred Certifications

• Change Management
• SHRM-CP

Minimum Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Sitting for prolonged periods at a desk working on a computer.
• Frequent prolonged meetings.
• Traveling to various branches on occasion.
• Reaching, bending, twisting, turning on occasion.
• Lifting, pulling, pushing, and carrying up to 30 pounds on occasion.
• We'll make reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities.

Benefits and Pay

The expected pay for the VP People Experience is $153,148.58 to $190,900.58 per year.

This pay reflects the compensation we reasonably expect to offer for this role based on typical qualifications and market data. Offered pay may vary depending on the candidate's experience, skills, and other relevant factors.

We cover 100% of employees single medical, drug, vision, and dental monthly health insurance premiums. Employees also love receiving paid volunteer time and our pay it forward program. Tuition assistance for higher education is another special way we invest in our workforce. Benefits include, Paid Time Off, 401(k) and 3% Employer Contribution, Health insurance, Paid time off, Vision insurance, Dental insurance, Prescription drug insurance, Tuition reimbursement, Life insurance, Flexible spending account, Disability insurance, Health savings account, Opportunities for advancement, Employee assistance program, Referral program, Retirement plan, Employee discount, Paid training, Professional development assistance, AD&D insurance, Volunteer time off, Credit union membership, Paid orientation, and more.