San José State University (SJSU) seeks a strategic, collaborative, agile, innovative, human resources leader to be the inaugural Vice President for People and Culture (VPPC). Reporting to the president and serving as a member of the president’s cabinet, the Vice President will lead a highly skilled team that provides a comprehensive range of leading-edge human resources services, solutions, and thought leadership to the university. Further, the VPPC will lead the strategic merger of the units that will comprise the people-and-culture enterprise across campus to enhance the organization’s overall strength and efficiency. The VPCC will foster a culture of excellence centered on the employee experience and lead the Compliance, Talent and Culture, and HR Core Services teams.
The VPPC has a unique opportunity to shape and lead university wide strategic people and culture initiatives, engage academic and administrative leaders, enhance compliance and equity efforts, and offer a contemporary focus on human resources service delivery practices, communication, and solutions across San José State University.
Key Opportunities Include:
- Establish and unify the reimagined office of people and culture
- strengthen collaboration and community within people and culture
- Provide strategic leadership and a campus culture of care
- Lead organizational change management for best-in-class human resources
- Assume leadership for SJSU implementation of system wide CHRS
- Develop and foster strong partnership with Provost and academic affairs
- Ensure campus alignment with system wide compliance and oversight
Candidate Profile:
The successful candidate will be a highly accomplished leader with a passion for supporting complex, diverse workforces and a record of leading a human resources team through continuous change and improvement. The successful candidate will have experience leading and developing effective HR processes, systems, and policies in hands on and collaborative environments, including with employees represented by unions. They will be a systems thinker working in partnership on leading change management and improving business process efficiency to enhance productivity, accuracy, and efficient workflows while reducing duplication of effort and transactional timelines. They will be a thoughtful and collaborative member of the president’s cabinet, a visible and accessible leader on campus, with thorough and proactive communication to the university community relating to all matters of people and culture. They will have experience in strategic planning, project leadership, organizational development, and implementing best practices in all aspects of human resources for faculty, staff, and students.
Contact
Beth Schaefer and Laurie Casteen of DSG | Storbeck have been exclusively retained for this search. To express interest in this role please submit a compelling cover letter and CV by filling out our Talent Profile. All inquiries and discussions will be considered strictly confidential.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $250,000-305,000 with a generous benefits package designed to support physical, mental, and financial wellness.
Equal Opportunity at San José State University
San José State University is an equal opportunity employer. The university prohibits discrimination based on age, ancestry, caste, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military status, nationality, race, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, sex stereotype, and veteran status. This policy applies to all San José State University students, faculty, and staff, as well as university programs and activities. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and certain other federal and state laws, prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in all education programs and activities operated by the university (both on and off campus). Reasonable accommodations are made for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose. San José State University employees are considered mandated reporters under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
