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Director, People & Engagement
Location
California
Posted
13 hours ago
Salary
$145K - $160K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, People & Engagement
Futuro Health
• Translate organizational priorities into actionable people strategies that support growth, execution, and impact. • Partner with executive leadership to anticipate workforce needs, identify risks, and build plans that enable business outcomes. • Ensure organizational design, roles, and capabilities are aligned with strategic goals. • Lead end-to-end talent strategies including workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention. • Build a strong internal talent bench through succession planning, leadership development, and career pathway design. • Strengthen manager capability in coaching, performance management, and team leadership. • Serve as the lead advisor on sensitive and complex employee relations matters, applying sound judgment and discretion. • Navigate difficult personnel situations with clarity, fairness, and a focus on organizational health. • Drive a performance culture grounded in clear expectations, regular feedback, and accountability. • Oversee performance management processes that are practical, consistent, and aligned with organizational values. • Support leaders in addressing underperformance and making tough decisions when needed. • Oversee core HR operations including HRIS, compensation and benefits management, policies, retirement plan, and compliance. • Ensure systems and processes are efficient, scalable, and aligned with the organization’s people strategy. • Manage vendor relationships and continuously improve the employee experience through streamlined operations. • Maintain strong compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and nonprofit requirements. • Proactively mitigate risk while avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy or process burden. • Balance legal requirements with practical, people-centered solutions. • Steward and strengthen organizational culture, ensuring Futuro Health’s mission and values are consistently reflected across performance, collaboration, and employee experience. • Lead enterprise-wide engagement efforts, including All-Hands planning, and serve as a trusted, visible connector for employees around culture, connection, and belonging. • Partner with leaders to build high-performing, inclusive teams that drive engagement, accountability, and long-term talent retention.
Job Requirements
- 8–12+ years of progressive leadership experience in human resources, talent, or people operations, with at least 3–5 years in the lead HR role of an organization.
- Experience in a nonprofit or mission-driven organization of comparable size and complexity (approximately 100–200 employees preferred), with the ability to balance mission, growth, and operational rigor.
- Demonstrated success putting in place and leading people strategy in a multi-state, fully remote environment while fostering connection, engagement, and shared accountability.
- Ability to align people strategies with organizational goals, using data, insight, and thoughtful judgment to drive measurable outcomes while considering the human impact of decisions.
- Strong judgment and experience navigating complex employee relations and organizational challenges, bringing empathy, fairness, and discretion to sensitive situations.
- Proven track record of developing talent and leaders, including performance management, leadership coaching, and building manager capability at all levels.
- Experience overseeing core people operations in a multi-state organization, including HR systems (Paylocity preferred), benefits, retirement plans, compensation programs and benchmarking (Salary.com preferred), performance management, and compliance.
- Experience in payroll process a plus.
- Working knowledge of payroll processes, multi-state taxation, and wage and hour compliance to ensure accurate implementation of HR-led compensation and pay changes.
- Exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust, listen deeply, and partner effectively with employees, leaders, and external stakeholders.
- Strong proficiency in HRIS and people systems, with the ability to leverage data, analytics, and emerging AI-enabled tools to generate insight and improve effectiveness; working knowledge of Microsoft 365 productivity tools and environment.
- Budget management experience, including resource allocation and financial stewardship.
Benefits
- Platinum Tier Medical Plans: Choose from PPO, HMO, and HDP options, all fully paid by Futuro Health.
- Dental and Vision Plans: Comprehensive coverage, fully paid by Futuro Health.
- Life and AD&D, Long and Short-term Disability, and EAP: Fully covered by Futuro Health to ensure your peace of mind.
- 401K Plans: Traditional and Roth Safe Harbor Plans with a 100% match up to 4% of employee contributions (subject to IRS limits). Immediate vesting.
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Options include FSA, HSA, and Limited FSA Plans.
- Voluntary Ancillary Benefits: Additional coverage for hospital stays, critical illness, accidents, legal services, identity theft protection, and pet care.
- Reimbursements: Mobile phone, internet, and gym membership costs.
- Wellness Programs: Access to a variety of wellness initiatives to support your overall health.
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