Senior Director, People

About the role

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Yoga Alliance is seeking a Senior Director of People to join its team.

The Senior Director of People will lead the strategy, planning, and execution on identifying, attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talent at Yoga Alliance.

Responsibilities

• Build a team that will meet the growing People needs at Yoga Alliance:
• Hire, onboard, and develop a People team,
• Provide rich and robust coaching to foster professional development and growth
• Lead, build, iterate, and grow People subject areas, including but not limited to:
• Benefits
• Employer Branding
• Performance Management
• Learning and Development
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Experience (e.g., orientation, onboarding)
• Talent Relations
• Total Rewards
• Define, establish, plan, and execute Yoga Alliance People strategy over the short and long-term and be the go-to resource for Yoga Alliance employees, on all matters related to People.
• Partner closely with Yoga Alliance leadership team and the Senior Director of Operations to shape, plan, and execute organizational design and structure.
• Partner closely with the leadership team to ensure that diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging objectives are integrated across all People policies, practices, programs, systems, tools, and resources.
• Leverage resources and partners to understand, assess, enhance, and continually audit and iterate People policies, practices, programs, systems, tools, and resources to ensure that they meet federal, state, and local requirements, remain relevant, and innovative in order to effectively identify, attract, engage, develop, and retain talent.
• Identify areas of opportunities, propose, plan, and execute ideas to continually strengthen Yoga Alliance culture and be an employer of choice.
• Stay abreast of new and emerging employment laws and People compliance and ensure the timely integration of applicable requirements as appropriate.
• Facilitate People meetings, events, and programming.
• Lead, drive, project manage, and bring to successful conclusion all People initiatives, projects, and events.
• Identify, propose, and activate technology and other innovative approaches to reduce friction and streamline People processes and practices while increasing high-touch individual attention where it matters.

Qualifications

• 12 + years of People experience with a minimum of:
• 5+ years Generalist experience
• 5+ years of business partner experience, leading, planning, and driving People strategy, project management, execution, and talent relations
• 5+ years' experience successfully leading, coaching, and developing a team of People professionals
• Experience working with and building systems to increase and sustain engagement among a talent population that is distributed and remote across the United States.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in talent relations, staying abreast of emerging and new employment laws, and People compliance with an ability to integrate applicable requirements effectively and in a timely manner.
• Experience developing and integrating People practices through a lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the proven ability to identify, initiate, and cultivate internal and external relationships at all levels.
• Exceptional ability to maintain confidentiality and objectivity, practice sound judgment, build and foster trust.
• Outstanding communication and coaching skills with the ability to listen to understand, positively influence, and use good judgment.
• Outstanding facilitation and conflict resolution skills with the ability to engage all levels of the organization.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to map out multi-phase projects from beginning to end, effectively manage stakeholders’ expectations, harmoniously drive toward completion, and ensure project objectives are met.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to effectively practice critical thinking to research, leverage, and synthesize macro events and activities to enhance and strengthen People policies, practices, programs, systems, tools, and resources.
• Strong initiative and solutions-oriented -- comfortable working with ambiguity, is resourceful, and creatively finds solutions and partnerships to meet the needs and challenges of the tasks at hand.
• Operationally savvy: enjoys and is comfortable designing, building, launching, and facilitating training around new People policies, practices, programs, systems, tools, and resources.
• Is actively engaged and stays abreast of progressive People practices, systems, technology, and trends, and enjoys experimenting and incorporating innovation.

What We Offer

• Robust employee benefits including comprehensive health insurance plan offerings that are 100% employer paid for employees and 65% paid for dependents, a matching 401K plan, a generous paid-leave program including parental leave and sabbatical leave, and reimbursement for professional development opportunities.
• Casual dress code so they can arrive to work as their most authentic selves.
• A supportive and collaborative organizational culture with conscious attention to body and mind health.

Location

This position is hybrid and will require the individual to be able to work in the office up to 70% of the time. Yoga Alliance is based in Arlington, Virginia within sight of the historic northwest region of Washington, DC.

Pay

$155,000 – $175,000 (commensurate with experience). This position is a full-time, exempt position.