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Director, Human Resources
Athleta
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Director, Human Resources – Athleta HQ
Athleta is creating a new breed of premium, authentically active and fashion-fueled apparel for a life in motion. Our mission is to ignite a community of active, healthy confident girls who empower each other to realize their limitless potential.
We're looking for people who find inspiration in the same things we do. Like community. Participation. Empowering others. Working as a team. Never forgetting that work isn't work without a little play - and, of course, being a part of something bigger. At Athleta we’re always reaching for amazing - and that challenge is what fuels us!
Power of She
General Summary
The Director HR is responsible for providing strategic HR business partnership that results in a high-performing, engaged workforce and a more productive and profitable business. This role contributes to the health and success of the organization by having a deep understanding of the business priorities and proactively collaborating with business leaders to identify, develop, and implement talent strategies that meet the needs of the business including ensuring that the function(s) has the right talent, structure and processes in place. To be successful, this role must develop and sustain strategic and day-to-day consultative relationships with business leaders and their respective teams and act as a trusted coach, advisor and confidant on business and talent related issues and opportunities. The Director must also build effective working relationships with Athleta and Gap Inc. Communications and HR partners in Recruiting, Learning & Development, HR Operations, Compensation and Employee Relations.
About you…
• You elevate others to excellence – You have experience coaching and developing capabilities and leading through vision and values.
• You can juggle a lot – Fast is as slow as we go- you thrive managing multiple priorities, projects and competing demands.
• You are an experimenter – Status quo is not the way you roll. Growth mindset, strategic agility, driving innovation, learning quickly and pushing for what’s possible is your norm.
• You have a black belt in change management- you can scale huge changes with ease and confidence and leverage your expertise to build this capability in others.
• You love puzzles – you can extract key themes from disparate data points to develop a compelling story. People seek you out to weigh in on multiple aspects and impacts of an organizational issue/ opportunity and pull them together into a coherent and comprehensive strategy and plan.
• “Influence” is your secret power- your observation & influencing skills can be used to provide leaders with candid observations which allows you to build trusting partnerships and influence leaders at all levels to clearly understand their roles, business impacts & needs.
• You know your stuff – You can hit the ground running in order to effectively support your client groups- tactically and strategically. You also know that having a growth mindset means you never stop learning.
• Our mission fuels you – You have an authentic connection to our brand and our mission that helps you advance our culture.
Essential Responsibilities
• Actively participate with the HR Leadership Team and functional Leadership Teams, partnering and advising on people and organization impact of business plans and decisions; ensure that change and transformation plans are established and effectively executed.
• Build a scalable HR operating model and approach to align with, and drive, our growth plans- including current and future channels of distribution and markets.
• Build and inspire a high performing team to deliver and exceed expectations.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop and execute functional talent strategies that support Athleta’s annual and long-term plans.
• Provide leadership and management coaching at all levels; assess appropriate development solutions/intervention strategies for talent needs within function, including individual, team and bench development.
• Provide strategic thought leadership and planning on talent and organizational impacts of business plans and decisions.
• Work with the business to identify the org structures, competencies, and processes needed to help the business run more effectively.
• Provide thought leadership to team on HR best practices that will drive a strong employee value proposition and results in a competitive advantage for the brand.
• Partner and build effective relationships within Athleta and across Gap Inc. Use insights to guide business leader actions and strategies that result in high level employee engagement, commitment and performance.
• Drive talent management and succession planning activities within the business. Pro-actively partner with the business and HR partners in Recruiting and Learning & Development to develop strategies to strengthen or fill gaps, as needed, to ensure a ready talent pipeline.
• Coach for leadership accountability and excellence.
• Is a resource on all aspects of organizational effectiveness including Onboarding, Performance Management, Change Management, Rewards & Recognition, and Employee Relations.
• Partners across Athleta and Gap Inc. HR to integrate ideas, develop innovative solutions, and identify best practices to ensure optimal support of the business.
• Influence the design, development, prioritization, and integration of value-added HR initiatives by leading/partnering with Athleta and Gap Inc. Recruiting, Learning & Development, HR Operations, Communications, Employee Relations and Compensation & Benefits counterparts.
• Leads team to develop and/or implement programs, processes and initiatives that embed Athleta’s mission, values, behaviors and standards into everything we do.
• Ensure consistent application of policies, practices and company values.
Key Experiences….
• Minimum 7-10 years broad Human Resources generalist experience including at least one senior/director HR generalist role and preferably one specialist role
• High level of comfort with most HR disciplines (compensation, benefits, OD, operations, ER)
• Org Design + Effectiveness, Performance and Change management, Leadership Coaching, Employee Relations, and Compensation
• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational trends and develop HR solutions to drive performance
• Experience with performance management processes and tools
• Ability to use MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PeopleSoft and Outlook
• Demonstrated excellent communication/presentation skills to all audience levels.
Education:
• Four year college degree preferred
• PHR/SPHR certification preferred