VP of Talent & Culture

Title: VP, Talent & Culture

Reports to: CEO

Status: Full-Time Exempt/Hybrid

Direct Reports: Senior Manager HRIS/Benefits/Compliance, HR Business Partner, Recruiter, HR Coordinator

The mandate for this position is broad as is Prendio’s agenda for business transformation. To be successful in Prendio’s VP, People role, you must be an experienced, growth-company executive with a track record of leveraging both IQ/EQ, theory and practice, data and intuition, and business, as well as people acumen to drive organizational transformation that yields quantifiable, bottom-line results.

You will be responsible for making Prendio’s culture and people our most valuable asset by developing and implementing our people strategy and operating plan, including enhancing our people infrastructure, leading our small HR team, and optimizing all of the above by measuring and monitoring our people metrics and taking the requisite steps to ensure their continuous improvement. Reporting to our CEO and as a member of our senior leadership team, you will have a great deal of influence over the present and future of our mission-driven company. Because we are a growing company, we need a strategist who can also execute. Specifically, we are looking for a heads-down operational maven, oriented equally to people as to process, who has command of the details, but also always has the big picture in mind and can help to ensure we are moving towards it.  Your ability to inspire, cultivate, and source talent will shape and define the future of our organization.

Key Functions:

• Establish and implement HR strategies that support the company's vision, mission, and overall business objectives.
• Lead the Talent & HR function by overseeing recruiting, training, leadership development, and performance management, as well as succession planning and organizational development. 
• Oversee the management of the payroll, benefits, HRIS and compliance functions. 
• Design and implement new programs built for attraction, engagement, and retention of employees as well as scalability and growth.
• Partner with business leaders to ensure effective onboarding and career development, fostering high levels of employee engagement and retention.
• Cultivate a high-performance culture aligned with company values to drive productivity and accountability.
• Refine and communicate a compensation philosophy that is motivating, equitable and rewards a high-performing culture.
• Evaluate and redefine, as needed, policies, procedures, and HR system controls.
• Implement and manage compliance efforts with respect to all the labor laws and regulations that govern private companies relating to all aspects of the employee life cycle.
• Manage, inspire, and develop the HR team to deliver results, share best practices internally, benchmark externally, scale and grow their skills and impact.
• Create strategies to support the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to foster a welcoming and equitable workplace for all employees.
• Key advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team, providing counsel on people-related matters to drive business performance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

As an equal opportunity employer, Prendio brings diverse talents together to achieve our company mission, vision, and values. We offer a competitive total rewards package for the intrinsically motivated employee. Our compensation approach includes both financial and non-financial benefits; in addition to competitive financial compensation, we offer the opportunity to work with great people and top-notch advisors in a dynamic environment, full of learning and growth opportunities, and ripe for your contribution. In Prendio’s environment of reciprocal responsibility, we give you freedom, autonomy, and flexibility.