Vice President, Human Resources (People Team)

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Company: Virgin Pulse
Location: Providence, RI

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Providence, RI


Who is Virgin Pulse?
Virgin Pulse, founded as part of Sir Richard Branson’s famed Virgin Group, helps organizations build employee health and wellbeing into the DNA of their corporate cultures. As the only company to deliver a powerful, mobile-first digital platform infused with live services, including coaching and biometric screenings, Virgin Pulse’s takes a high-tech-meets-high-touch-approach to engage employees in improving across all aspects of their health and wellbeing, every day – from prevention and building a healthy lifestyle to condition and disease management to condition reversal, all while engaging users daily in building and sustaining healthy habits and behaviors. A global leader in health and wellbeing, Virgin Pulse is committed to helping change lives and businesses around the world for good so that people and organizations can thrive, together. Today, more than 3100 organizations across the globe are using Virgin Pulse’s solutions to improve health, employee wellbeing and engagement, reduce costs and create strong workplace cultures.

Who are our employees?

At Virgin Pulse we’re passionate about changing lives for good. We want to make a difference in the world by helping people be healthy so they can perform at their best, every day, at work and home. Our award-winning solutions support leading employers in improving and simplifying the employee health and wellbeing journey and engaging people in all aspects of their health. But our world-class products and programs are nothing without our people – the employees who design, build, promote, sell, test and perfect the latest innovations in workplace health and wellbeing. Our people are our top priority and we invest in their health and happiness. At Virgin Pulse, we have so much more than a strong, supportive company culture – have a shared vision for a healthier, happier world.


Who you are.

You are a talented, accomplished Vice President, Human Resources to lead the development and execution of human resources strategies in order to support Virgin Pulse meeting our business critical objectives for immediate and long-term growth. This HR leader will drive the global HR innovation and strategies which will help to propel the business forward.


In the role of Vice President, HR for Virgin Pulse you will wear many hats but your focus will be crucial in the following:

  • Lead the development and execution of Human Resources strategies globally for Virgin Pulse
  • Responsible for ensuring the effective “delivery” of all HR programs and services for global employee population.
  • Responsible for HR results in the business, including client satisfaction, HR effectiveness and associated financial results.
  • Establish, build and maintain strong relationships with key HR partners from all Centers of Excellence to ensure elements of HR are successfully coordinated to meet business needs; includes relationship management, leadership, HR roles/responsibilities, and service delivery commitments.
  • Ensure the delivery and integration of services across the organization in order to meet the needs of the business.
  • Develop, direct and implement HR strategy to meet organizational needs that have a broad impact on larger or multiple segments of the business.
  • Be the ambassador of the HR organization to represent the services and resources available to the business and help manage the collective reputation of the HR organization as a whole.


Position Accountability/Scope
  • Understand business issues and dynamics, and is able to determine HR implications.
  • Translate business objectives into human resources strategies and tactics.
  • Identify organization capability gaps and develops HR strategies/solutions.
  • Provide consultation on organization design / structure issues to ensure optimal performance.


Core Job Responsibilities
  • Ensure the effective delivery of HR services to the respective client groups across multiple locations globally.
  • Consult with business leaders to develop, evaluate and execute HR strategies related to compensation, talent acquisition, talent development, organizational design, etc.
  • Responsible for the development and leadership of HR staff supporting the assigned client areas.
  • Partner with functional HR colleagues to ensure the right solutions are executed for the respective client groups.
  • Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate Policies and procedures.


What you bring to the team.
  • BA, BS degree required
  • Advanced degree preferred
  • 10+ years of progressive relevant experience in HR or a related field.
  • Experience in transitioning an HR function from tactical to strategic and results oriented.
  • Successful demonstration of launching and implementing multiple HR programs.
  • Global HR experience across multiple organizations / sites
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate successfully in a fast paced, multi-tasking, and dynamic organization along with significant influence/negotiation/coaching skills with senior-level executives.
  • Experience leading HR strategy for large, complex Multinational Corporation of 2500 employees or more
  • A creative and innovative approach to problem solving that balances the strategic goals of the company with the objectives of the client organization and solid human resource practices and principles.
  • A track record of developing a more inclusive and diverse workforce and workplace.


EDUCATION

  • BA, BS degree required
  • Advanced degree preferred