Sr Vice President (SVP) HR

Job Summary

Seven Seas Water Group is a private-equity-backed, high-growth international provider of critical water and wastewater infrastructure through their Water-as-a-Service® solutions. The Global Head of Human Resources is a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for building a scalable, performance-driven people platform that supports rapid growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.

This role goes beyond traditional HR leadership. The successful candidate will act as a hands-on business partner to the CEO and leadership team, translating growth strategy into actionable talent recruitment and retention, organization, and culture initiatives across a geographically diverse workforce. The Global Head of HR will further improve and scale people processes while maintaining the agility required in a PE-backed environment.

Qualified candidates must live in the Tampa Bay area, and will work a required 3 day in office schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise HR Strategy & Value Creation

• Partner closely with the CEO, executive team, and private equity sponsors to align human capital strategy with growth plans, margin improvement, and operational scalability.
• Build and execute a global HR roadmap that supports organic growth, new market entry, and potential M&A integration.
• Drive organizational design initiatives to ensure the company is structured for speed, accountability, and performance.

Talent, Performance & Leadership

• Establish a rigorous performance management culture focused on results, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead executive and leadership talent strategies, including succession planning, leadership assessment, and targeted development.
• Ensure the company attracts, develops, and retains top talent in competitive global markets.
• Manage and continue to reduce external talent management expense and build relationships and talent pipelines for continued rapid growth in the organization.

Scaling Infrastructure & Processes

• Build scalable HR systems, policies, and processes that can support rapid growth across multiple countries and regulatory environments.
• Own process improvements and compliance activities for all of the companies' global payrolls.
• Professionalize workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, and development processes while maintaining operational flexibility.
• Implement data-driven HR analytics to inform decision-making and measure impact.

Total Rewards & Incentives

• Design and oversee competitive global compensation, incentive, and benefits programs aligned with performance and value creation objectives.
• Partner with Finance and leadership to align rewards with EBITDA growth, productivity, and retention goals.
• Support equity, incentive, and long-term reward programs as appropriate in a PE-backed structure.

Culture, Engagement & Change Management

• Build a high-performance culture that balances entrepreneurial mindset with discipline and process.
• Lead change management efforts related to growth, integration, leadership transitions, and organizational transformation.
• Promote employee engagement, safety, and retention across diverse regions while reinforcing consistent values.

Compliance, Risk & Governance

• Ensure compliance with global employment laws, labor regulations, and governance standards across all operating regions.
• Proactively manage employee relations risk and sensitive people matters with sound judgment and discretion.
• Serve as a key partner to Legal and Finance on governance, ethics, and risk management and help promote safety culture throughout the organization.

Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop a lean, high-impact global HR team capable of supporting a fast-growing organization.
• Act as a coach and thought partner to senior leaders and functional heads across the business.

Opportunity

This role offers a rare opportunity to shape the people strategy of a global, mission-critical business at a pivotal stage of growth. The Global Head of Human Resources will play a central role in building a durable organization that delivers strong performance for customers, employees, and investors alike.

How to Apply

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans.

Applicant will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Seven Seas Water Group ( ) is a portfolio company owned by investment funds managed by EQT. Headquartered in Tampa, with operations across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America, Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) delivers annually over 20 billion gallons of water to industrial, commercial, governmental, municipal, and hospitality customers. SSWG designs, builds, owns, and operates, delivers new facilities, or acquires and upgrades existing facilities, with the goal of optimizing project risk transfer between the public and private sectors. We have more than 200 water and wastewater treatment plants in operations throughout the United States, Caribbean, and Latin America. With an outstanding reputation for decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions, the SSWG "Water-as-a-Service®" approach seeks to help solve global water and wastewater infrastructure challenges.

SSWG operates two businesses within the water infrastructure space. Seven Seas Water, which provides water treatment and desalination for governmental, hospitality and industrial customers in United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the AUC Group ( ), which provides decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants for industrial and municipal customers in the United States.


EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of more than three decades of developing companies across multiple geographies, sectors, and strategies. EQT has investment strategies covering all phases of a business' development, from start-up to maturity. EQT has EUR 273 billion in total assets under management (EUR 141 billion in fee-generating assets under management) as of 30 June 2025, within two business segments - Private Capital and Real Assets.

With its roots in the Wallenberg family's entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does.

The EQT AB Group comprises EQT AB (publ) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, which include general partners and fund managers of EQT funds as well as entities advising EQT funds. EQT has offices in more than 25 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas and has more than 1,900 employees.

Seven Seas Water Group is a portfolio company of EQT AB (together with its subsidiaries, "EQT"), a purpose-driven global investment organization that partners with companies worldwide through its Private Capital and Real Assets strategies. Founded in 1994, EQT is a leading active ownership firm that has more than EUR 273 billion in total assets under management across nearly 50 active funds. EQT is committed to investing behind essential infrastructure, partnering with established platforms that deliver sustainable, mission critical services aligned with global needs for resource efficiency.


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Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in HR or a similar focus required; advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including senior leadership roles in PE-backed, high-growth, industrial or transformational environments.
• Experience managing employees outside of the U.S. strongly preferred, and working with employees of different cultural backgrounds.
• Experience leading DEIB programs, and ESG initiatives
• Preferred experience leading HR with multiple jurisdictions, including international experience with global payroll, labor, and benefits experience
• Proven experience scaling organizations, building infrastructure, and supporting complex global operations.
• Strong background in organizational design, performance management, and change leadership.
• Deep understanding of global employment practices and regulatory environments.
• Experience in infrastructure, utilities, energy, engineering, or other asset-intensive industries strongly preferred.
• Proven experience leading an HR & Talent team to meet growing workforce demands.
• Spanish language ability strongly desired
• Must have a valid U.S. passport and be able to travel domestically and internationally 15-25%
• Must live in the Tampa area, and be able to commute to the office 3 days per week.

Leadership Profile

• Commercially and operationally minded HR executive with strong business acumen
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-paced growth environments
• Hands-on, pragmatic, and execution-oriented
• Trusted advisor with executive presence and credibility
• Results-driven leader who balances people, performance, and scale