Senior Vice President, People

ROLE TITLE: Senior Vice President, People

POSITION REPORTS TO: Executive Vice President, Talent & Administration

LOCATION: Flexible

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Teach For America has set an ambitious impact goal: By 2030, twice as many children in communities where we work will reach key educational milestones, indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and co-creating a future filled with possibility. To supercharge our efforts in working toward this goal, we seek a Senior Vice President (SVP), People, to lead a modernization of our people practices, improving how we recruit, deploy, manage, develop, engage and reward our staff.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, People & Administration, the Senior Vice President of People will lead the strategic enhancement of Teach For America's people experience, driving critical and immediate progress in our talent strategy. This leader will ensure our strategic shift towards a rigorous focus on performance and impact is fully operationalized, optimizing the People Team, our talent systems, and all related structures to accelerate measurable individual and organizational performance, ultimately advancing our mission.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead Staff Performance & Management Excellence: Guide the People strategy to embed a performance and impact-driven talent philosophy. This includes operationalizing and strengthening TFA's co-management models, specifically Helix management, by developing and delivering exceptional learning and reflection experiences that empower managers and staff.
   
• Digitize HR: Work seamlessly with our Digital Transformation Team to optimize our HR technology infrastructure by digitizing the People Team and eliminating manual processes. This will ensure we're fueled by data-driven talent experiences powered by people analytics capabilities that generate actionable workforce insights and strategic decision-making.
   
• Reimagine Performance Enablement: Disrupt traditional performance management by overseeing an enhanced system integrating real-time feedback, continuous development, and dynamic rewards centered on enablement and manager excellence.

In addition, as the leader of our People team, the SVP will:

• Spend a significant amount of time with our front-line staff and their managers to deeply understand the value and impact they create and the demands of their roles so that all of our People work is informed by this understanding
• Collaborate closely with executive leadership and teams across the organization to steward a thriving staff culture centered on impact and belonging
• Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and data-driven decision-making within the People team and across the organization
• Develop the metrics and key performance indicators to measure the progress of the people and workforce strategies and to identify areas in need of continued improvement;
• Champion TFA’s core values and ensure they are at the forefront of all people and talent strategies.

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Over the course of any week, the SVP, People might spend time:

• Meeting with TFA executives to align around the vision for/core tenants of a new performance management system;
• Alongside a diverse group of fellow staff, participating in design sprints, led by a People team member, around key elements of the performance management system;
• Hosting a small group, monthly People check-in for regional executives;
• Analyzing people analytics dashboards to identify emerging talent patterns and strategic opportunities

YOUR EXPERIENCE - MUST HAVES

The areas of experience, knowledge, skills and values that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):

• People/HR leadership and expertise: minimum of 10 years of People/HR experience, including at least three years as a senior leader (either Chief People Officer at a smaller company/organization or reporting to the Chief People Officer in a larger company/organization); possesses track record of leading modernization effort within a People/HR function that leverages the latest technology to drive efficiencies and increase impact
• HR Transformation Experience/Expertise: Demonstrated success with digital transformation efforts within a People f