Senior Director of People

Cordance is dedicated to accelerating the growth of vertically focused business-to-business (B2B) software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies through acquisition and long-term tactical and financial guidance. We’re experienced operators and subject-matter experts with a passion for software and building businesses. We partner with founders to help them scale their businesses and realize their companies’ full potential.

We look for businesses with strong leadership and high potential for profitable growth, and work together to increase year-over-year revenue, company efficiency, and impact. Cordance envisions that all companies we work with achieve their full potential. We embrace what makes each company great and build on those foundations. We believe in elevating a company as it scales, delivering dignity to the organization and its employees, and sharing a passion for building a legacy.

Cordance is seeking a Sr. Director of People who is a mission-critical leadership role reporting directly to the CFO and partnering closely with the CEO and executive leadership team. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead and scale the human resources function in a multi-product software platform that will continue acquire new business units at a high velocity. 

The Sr. Director of People will serve as the senior-most people leader responsible for aligning human capital strategy with business objectives across both our HQ operations and our 20+ acquired B2B SaaS business units. This role will lead, develop, and expand our current team of five People professionals, who manage day-to-day people operations including talent acquisition, employee relations, benefits, payroll, and compliance activities. 

This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership opportunity for an experienced People leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth, and complex environments, particularly those involving M&A activity, multi-brand integration and global workforce management. 

This is a fully remote role; all candidates must be based in the US   What you'll do:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO, CEO, and executive team on organizational design, workforce planning, and people strategy. 
• Align HR strategy with business priorities across a portfolio of 20+ business units and corporate functions. 
• Lead organizational development efforts to support both organic growth and post-acquisition integration. 
• Enhance Cordance’s talent acquisition strategy to meet the evolving needs of our HQ and product lines. 
• Strengthen the company’s employer brand to attract and retain top-tier talent in the highly competitive SaaS market, with a particular focus on sales professionals and business unit presidents/leadership. 
• Implement streamlined, scalable hiring processes, systems, and metrics to support high-growth hiring. 
• Design and launch leadership development and succession planning programs to build organizational bench strength. 
• Oversee learning and development programs that build employee capabilities and promote career growth at all levels. 
• Drive employee engagement initiatives that build community, improve retention, and foster a unified platform culture. 
• Build upon Cordance’s integration playbook to support people due diligence, onboarding, post-merger integration and alignment for Cordance’s acquisitions. 
• Support with change management and ensure new employees develop positive first impressions of Cordance and are set up for success. 
• Optimize HR operations, including HRIS systems, payroll, benefits administration, and compliance frameworks. 
• Establish HR metrics & analytics (e.g., compensation benchmarking, comp expense ratios, turnover & attrition, eNPS, time to fill, etc) to drive informed workforce decisions and report key people metrics to the executive team and board. 
• Support the executive team as they wo