Verdantas

Verdantas

Area HR Leader

Remote - USA

Sponsorship not specified$125k-$150kDetected 4 days ago
RecruitingHRPerformance ManagementEmployee RelationsOnboardingEmployment LawLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • Facilitate talent review discussions, succession planning efforts, promotion planning, and leadership development initiatives to strengthen organizational capability and leadership pipelines.
  • Identify training and development needs and coordinate programs that enhance employee capabilities, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance.
  • Analyze workforce trends, organizational metrics, employee engagement results, turnover data, and HR analytics to inform business decisions and improve HR programs and processes.

Responsibilities

  • This individual works closely with acquired and existing teams to support successful transitions, employee engagement, retention, and long-term business success.
  • Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives that support workforce planning, leadership development, succession planning, employee engagement, talent retention, organizational effectiveness, and business growth.
  • Partner with Area Leaders and business leadership teams to identify current and future talent needs, build workforce plans, address talent gaps, and support long-term business growth.
  • Evaluate organizational structures and recommend improvements to reporting relationships, team design, span of control, workforce deployment, and role alignment to improve operational effectiveness, accountability, and employee development.
  • Manage and resolve complex employee relations matters and conduct effective, thorough, and objective workplace investigations while ensuring compliance, consistency, and fairness across the organization.
  • Support recruitment efforts by partnering with Talent Acquisition and business leaders
  • Support and guide managers in performance management processes, including goal setting, coaching, performance feedback, development planning, corrective action, and succession planning.
  • Partner with Compensation and business leadership to support equitable and competitive pay practices, compensation planning, promotion recommendations, and employee retention strategies.
  • Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field
  • 10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience supporting operational and business leaders in a multi-state environment
  • Demonstrated expertise in employee relations, workplace investigations, leadership coaching, performance management, talent development, and conflict resolution.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations while maintaining current knowledge of legal requirements and reporting obligations affecting HR functions.
  • equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
  • Must have strong working knowledge of California employment law, wage and hour regulations, prevailing wage requirements, leave laws, and related compliance obligations is required.
  • Strong knowledge of organizational structures, organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, talent management, and change management practices.
  • Experience supporting geographically dispersed employee populations and multiple office locations.
  • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or organizational restructuring initiatives preferred.
  • Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders and influence decisions through strategic HR partnership.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, consulting, and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities while operating effectively in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
  • Travel Requirements
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time to support leadership teams, employee populations, acquisitions and integration activities, training programs, investigations, employee engagement initiatives, and other business and HR priorities across assigned regions.

Nice to have

  • Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose!
  • Our work spans high-growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.
  • We don't just solve problems
  • we help shape a more sustainable future.
  • Join a people-first culture that values your well-being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact.
  • Ready to shape the future of resilient communities?
  • Position Summary
  • They will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on organizational structure, talent strategy, complex employee relations, performance management, compensation, change management, and workforce challenges.

Compensation

  • $125,000-$150,000

Benefits

  • Flexible Work Environment
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Paid Time Off + Holidays

Equal opportunity

  • For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.

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