Head of People

The Role

You are a strategic, empathetic individual who will guide strong teams through high growth and development. You will help enable an evolving and rapid-growth business through identifying opportunities to develop and improve people infrastructure. This position is not a traditional Human Resources role and we are open to non-HR leaders.

The work above is successful only if done while preserving a great culture and retaining great people.

Key Responsibilities

Define and drive Divert’s people & culture practices in a manner that scales along with the company. Be the visionary and the enabler for the entire talent lifecycle:

• Attract/hire: figure out how to get great talent from all over the world to come to Divert to support our mission and bring them through an equitable hiring process
• Onboard: build and execute effective and efficient onboarding experience for new employees
• Develop: identify and support learning and dev’t needs for all employees (group vs 1:1 vs team-based)
• Retain: build programs to retain key talent; ensure regular cadence of talent and succession planning
• Build and deliver great pay and benefits programs that support our employees and their families

What you will offer

You've done this before-- or have seen it done before. You know what it takes to build an amazing people operations function. You will be the champion of our people; you will have humility, demonstrate high emotional intelligence, be constantly curious, and be a committed team player, that gains trust quickly through your personal values.

Please note: The Head of People position is NOT remote-based role Only candidates local to Massachusetts (or willing to self-relocate) will be considered.

Education/Qualifications/Experience/Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program, preferably with a focus in Business Management, Communications, or similar
• 8 to 12 years experience
• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

The ideal candidate...

• Is passionate about our planet and reducing our carbon footprint
• Has the ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete, manageable components with multiple solutions
• Enjoys “getting their hands dirty” by digging into complex operations
• Takes a high degree of ownership over their work
• A clear communicator with professional presence
• Effectively define objectives and priorities
• Has strong listening skills; open to input from other team members and departments
• Has the ability to lead through influence

(Note:  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.)