Vice President of Human Resources- Mem Global
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 145 - 170
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Who We Are
Mem Global is where Jewish young adults in their 20s and early 30s come to connect explore and create meaningful Jewish experiences with their peers. As the umbrella brand for a global suite of programs Mem Global supports thousands of peer-driven gatherings across more than 25 countries each year. We are committed to creating spaces where Jewish young adults can lead embrace learn and build communitytoday and for generations to come.About the Role
Mem Global seeks a Vice President Human Resources to provide strategic leadership across all areas of human resources while strengthening the systems and infrastructure that support our global organization. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and serving on the Senior Management Team this role oversees compensation employee relations performance management benefits learning and organizational development talent acquisition and retention organizational culture leadership and risk management. The Vice President Human Resources blends culture-forward leadership with strong operational systems and data expertise to ensure Mem Globals people practices are scalable compliant and aligned with our mission and values as we continue to grow.Who You Are and What Youll Do
You care deeply about supporting Jewish young adults and the communities that surround them. You value collaboration bring curiosity and humility to your work and pair strong people leadership with technical rigor and systems thinking.You bring extensive experience across human resources along with comfort navigating HR technology data and operational complexity in a global environment.
Enterprise HR Strategy & Leadership
- Develop and execute an organization-wide human resources strategy aligned with Mem Globals business goals growth trajectory and global footprint.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the COO and Senior Management Team on workforce planning organizational design talent risk and people investments.
- Lead and evolve Mem Globals organizational culture in alignment with the Mem Mindset and values.
- Own and continuously optimize Mem Globals HR technology ecosystem including HRIS payroll benefits administration performance management learning platforms and applicant tracking systems.
- Lead system selection implementation integration and optimization efforts to ensure scalability automation data integrity and strong user experience.
- Establish and maintain people analytics dashboards and reporting to support executive decision-making workforce planning compensation modeling retention strategies and DEI outcomes.
- Partner closely with Finance IT and Operations to align people systems with financial controls forecasting and compliance requirements.
- Provide strategic oversight of U.S. (including New York and California) and international employment practices ensuring compliance with applicable labor laws regulations and reporting requirements across jurisdictions.
- Manage and optimize relationships with external partners including PEOs Employers of Record (EORs) legal counsel insurance brokers and benefits providers.
- Identify assess and mitigate people-related risks across the organization including policy gaps compliance exposure and operational inefficiencies.
- Lead employee relations with care and rigor supporting managers through performance and conduct issues addressing conflict and concerns thoughtfully and ensuring people practices are fair compliant and aligned with Mem Globals values.
- Lead the development and execution of Mem Globals compensation philosophy including salary structures benchmarking equity considerations and incentive programs.
- Oversee benefits strategy and vendor management to ensure competitive compliant and cost-effective offerings.
- Own performance management frameworks and leadership development approaches that support accountability growth and retention.
- Provide strategic oversight of talent acquisition retention succession planning and leadership development.
- Design and lead onboarding and new leader orientation programs that ensure consistency and excellence across the organization.
- Partner with leaders to assess team effectiveness coach managers and adapt organizational structures to meet evolving needs.
- Lead develop and performance-manage a high-performing Human Resources team.
- Ensure strong collaboration across internal teams and effective leverage of outsourced resources.
- Own the HR department budget and ensure responsible fiscal management
What You Bring
- Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive human resources experience including leadership across multiple HR disciplines.
- Minimum of 7 years leading and developing HR teams preferably in complex multi-site or distributed organizations.
- Demonstrated experience owning and implementing HR systems and technology platforms including HRIS and payroll.
- Strong experience with data analysis reporting and executive-level presentation of workforce insights.
- Experience navigating multi-jurisdictional or global employment environments strongly preferred.
- High level of financial acumen including budgeting compensation modeling and partnership with Finance.
- Exceptional communication writing and stakeholder management skills.
- A commitment to and embodiment of the Mem Mindset: Be the Difference Connect & Listen Invest Wisely Embrace the Unknown Own It Value People and Work Well Live Well and Have Fun!
The Vice President Human Resources is a full-time exempt year-round position and requires weekday office hours to complete job requirements. This position works in one of our U.S. Hub offices (Chicago (preferred) NYC Washington D.C. Charlotte or Encinitas) on a hybrid schedule and is supervised by the Chief Operating Officer.
In our U.S. Hub Offices our team works a hybrid schedule where employees can choose to work remotely 2 days per week and collaborate in-person with coworkers the rest of the week.
Compensation:
The starting salary range for this full-time exempt position is: $145K-$170K. Your specific salary within this range will take into consideration education experience and location.
How Mem Global Invests in You:
- $1500 USD annual professional development fund
- Jewish Learning Collaborative: One-on-one Jewish learning with an approved educator of your choice
- Local and in-house professional learning opportunities
- Opportunities for advancement through career pathing planning
- Healthcare: Health vision dental and mental health benefits
- Time off: 15 days paid time off (PTO) per year that increases with continued employment (additional benefits for former Hillel and BBYO employees through the Talent Alliance) PLUS 5 Personal WellBeing Days office closures and up to 7 floating holidays for Jewish and US holidays
- 401(k): up to 3.5% matching starts immediately after hire
- Flexible Spending Account options
- Paid Parental Leave
- Quarterly paid day of service to give back to your community!
- Highly qualified creative and go-getter teammates and a dedicated supervisor
- Work in one of our Mem Global Hub offices (Chicago NYC Washington D.C. Charlotte NC. or Encinitas CA)
Mem Global is a dynamic organization that recognizes and supports individuals from a broad range of experiences and backgrounds. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race color religious creed sex national origin ancestry citizenship status pregnancy childbirth physical disability mental and/or intellectual disability age military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran marital status registered domestic partner or civil union status familial status gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression) medical condition (including but not limited to cancer related or HIV/AIDS related) genetic information or sexual orientation.
Mem Global is committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive hiring process.Please email Cassie Bacon at emailprotectedif you need an accommodation at any point in the application or interview process.
Our Commitment to Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging
Nonprofit HR is committed to fostering and maintaining a work environment where diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) are fully integrated into everything we do for the benefit of our employees and the clients that we serve. To fully realize our goal we prioritize our understanding of the complexities of DEI within our workforce to inform our approach to talent management. We believe that this guides how we do our work advise our clients to operationalize DEI and position our content and educational opportunities help strengthen the talent management capacity of the social impact sector.
Required Experience:
Senior Exec
Key Skills
- Change Management
- Financial Services
- Growing Experience
- Managed Care
- Management Experience
- Analysis Skills
- Senior Leadership
- Performance Management
- Process Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
- Analytics
About Company
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