Vice President of People

The Company seeks a mission-driven Vice President of People to shape and execute a forward-looking people strategy while ensuring reliable day-to-day operations. The role leads and develops teams responsible for employee relations, HR operations, and people experience, and oversees employee lifecycle services, benefits, HR systems, and vendor relationships. The Vice President will build staff-informed people practices, strengthen job architecture and performance and career frameworks, and use evidence to evaluate and improve service delivery. Responsibilities also include overseeing investigations, leave and accommodations, employment-law compliance, and union partnership, while advising senior leaders and building relationships across program teams. Candidates must bring broad, deep HR expertise across employee relations, compensation, leave and accommodations, compliance, and large-scale HR operations, including knowledge of federal, New York State, New York City, and multi-state employment requirements. Required experience includes building or advancing a people function, working in a partly unionized environment, and designing staff-centered practices informed by evidence and data. Ten or more years of progressive HR or people leadership experience is preferred, along with experience developing direct reports and supporting a distributed workforce. Mission-driven experience and comfort learning from and working in community settings are also valued.