People & Culture Director, in US

Job Description

6-month contract

We are a dynamic and forward-thinking company seeking to hire a Director to lead our People and Culture Team. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a company that believes that if we ‘Change the Brand’ we really can ‘Change the Future’. With ambitious plans, we are seeking someone with a positive outlook and the determination to drive the team towards success. We are in search of a creative and solution-oriented individual who enjoys taking initiative and can contribute to challenging the norm and fostering a positive employee experience. Your role will be instrumental in shaping and executing our global and regional People & Culture initiatives across our four US offices. This role partners closely with executive leadership to align People & Culture strategies with business goals, drive organisational effectiveness, and foster a high-performing and inclusive culture. This is a 6-month contract position, with opportunity for full-time employment at the end of the contract.

This role reports to the Global People & Culture Director, FutureBrand.

Overall Responsibilities

Strategic HR Leadership & Executive Partnership

• Develop and implement a cohesive people strategy that supports the organisation’s global mission and goals and drives organisational effectiveness and cultural alignment
  
  

Talent Acquisition & Onboarding

• Develop recruitment strategy aligned with business needs that include hiring budgets, plans, and objectives
• Standardise recruitment strategies to ensure consistent use of equitable interview and selection guides that align with company values
• Track key recruitment KPIs and analyse hiring trends to identify areas for improvement
• Develop comprehensive onboarding frameworks tailored for local needs but aligned globally
• Ensure onboarding includes company culture, compliance, role-specific training
  
  

Talent Management & Development

• Lead workforce planning, talent recognition, and succession planning initiatives
• Oversee the annual performance review process, ensuring alignment with company goals
• Conduct annual talent needs assessments to ensure training is focused and effective
• Design and implement learning and development programs in partnership with leadership
  
  

Employee Engagement

• Conduct and analyse annual engagement and regular pulse surveys and implement engagement strategies to enhance employee experience
• Be an active participant or lead of the CultureClub to drive employee engagement initiatives locally and regionally
• Regularly analyse current engagement initiatives for alignment and enhancement for the employee population
  
  

Employee Relations & Compliance

• Function as a trusted advisor on employee relations matters, providing guidance on performance, absence, and conflict resolution
• Ensure office compliance with FutureBrand, McCann & IPG standards
• Ensure compliance with U.S. employment laws, Employee PI, and immigration requirements
  
  

Compensation, Benefits & Payroll

• Partner with Finance and parent companies to design and manage competitive compensation and benefits programs
• Ensure consistency and equity in pay and promotion decisions
• Annual pay banding to ensure salaries are competitive in the marketplace
• Be an active member of the 401K Committee
• Annual review in partnership with external benefit brokers to ensure benefits are competitive in the marketplace
  
  

Offboarding

• Develop a standardised offboarding process ensuring compliance with local legal standards
• Work with HR members to collect, analyse, and report on exit feedback
• Use insights to identify trends, uncover organisational issues, and inform retention strategies
  
  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)

• Champion DE&I initiatives across recruitment, training, and policy development in partnership with local and global Embrace team
• Foster a culture of conscious inclusion aligned with company values
  
  

Skills And Competencies

• Experience working in highly collaborative, diverse and successful teams
• 7-10+ years of experience in human resources, with demonstrated expertise in strategic leadership across multiple offices, team members, and parent companies
• PHR or SHRM-CP required
• Have a healthy mix of commercial understanding and HR knowledge
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to identify challenges and implement solutions effectively
• Relevant HR qualifications desirable
• Understanding of US employment law and immigration processes and how to apply them successfully within a business
• Ability to influence, coach and advise at all levels
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills
• A proactive, collaborative and can-do attitude
• A good presenter with strong storytelling skills and a natural ability to bring people on the journey with you.
• Presentable, organised, and always well prepared.
• A team player who can adapt their leadership and working style to suit individual projects and get the best out of different individuals.
• A ‘can do’ attitude. An enthusiastic, positive, proactive and committed team player however challenging the situation may be.
• Experience with multiple HRIS, ATS, and Employee Engagement platforms with experience with Workday, BambooHR, NectarHR, are preferred
• Good IT skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience in a similar or complimentary industry, a plus.
  
  

EEO

We believe that ideas get better when they are inherently diverse and shared in highly inclusive ways and we want to hear from those who think differently from us. We truly believe in the strength of diversity and the richness it can bring. By bringing different people together great things happen.

FutureBrand is an equal opportunity employer (EEO). We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by federal law. We will not ask about incarceration history at any point in the application process.

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