VP, Strategic HR Business Lead

 

Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you’re ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!

 

Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).

 

The Vice President, Strategic HR Business Leader is a senior enterprise HR executive responsible for partnering with Executive Committee (EC) leaders and their senior teams to design and drive the integrated business and talent strategies that enable Vail Resorts’ most critical priorities. You will lead the Integrated Business and Talent Planning process, ensuring alignment of HR capabilities to high-impact business opportunities and partnering across the new HR operating model — including agile HR Business Solutions teams, Centers of Excellence (COEs), and Global Shared Services (GSS) — to deliver transformative outcomes. This role is accountable for talent and organization strategy across multiple SG&A functions in North America led by EC leaders, delivering scalable people solutions while stewarding the Vail Resorts culture and employee experience.

 

Job Responsibilities: 

 

• As part of the overall responsibility for the culture and engagement of SG&A across North America, key stakeholders for this role will include the following EC leaders (Marketing, Analytics, Legal, Environmental Health & Safety, Compliance, Public Affairs, Real Estate):
  • Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for leading the way in driving growth in advance commitment, visitation, and ancillary capture that generates Vail Resorts’ revenue with senior leadership teams responsible for
    • Advance Commitment and Season Pass Marketing
    • Ancillary Marketing
    • Destination and Resort Marketing
    • Enterprise Analytics
    • Omnichannel Marketing and Go-to-Market
    • Digital Marketing
    • Epic Brand and Creative Services
  • General Counsel/Legal and Chief Public Affairs Officer, which operates as an Enterprise Risk Management function responsible for providing integrated risk intelligence that fuels growth at scale, and includes teams responsible for
    • Legal
    • Environmental Health & Safety
    • Corporate Compliance
    • Internal Audit
    • Communications
    • Government and Community Relations
    • Environmental and Social Responsibility
  • HR Senior Leadership Team, responsible for operationalizing the new HR Operating Model where the integrated business and talent strategy set the HR agenda and deployment of resources across the dynamic business needs both within the annual planning cycle and as priorities emerged based on business impact. The leadership team includes
    • Strategic HR Business Leaders
    • Business Solutions Team
    • HR Service Delivery and Shared Services
    • Integrated Talent and Total Rewards
    • Labor Relations
• Build and oversee long-term, data-driven, customer-centric HR strategies and programs that positively affect employee experience, talent and leadership pipeline health, organization effectiveness and the company’s strategic and financial goals.
• Act as strategic talent advisor to corporate business leaders at the Executive Committee and Senior Leader levels.
• Lead ongoing deployment of Vail Resorts’ HR programs, processes, and tools across corporate functions and workforces including leadership development, team and organization effectiveness, talent and succession management, performance management, and employee engagement, utilizing state of the art methodologies and delivery methods. Consulting and change management:
• Consult with leadership regarding talent and business performance opportunities and solutions, including integrations of newly acquired businesses and large-scale transformational change programs.
• Champion and lead large-scale leadership and culture change programs to achieve business go