Chief People Officer

The client is seeking a Chief People Officer to shape the enterprise employee and company experience by staying aligned with organizational values, mission, and long-term vision. The role requires strong decision-making across the organization to connect people strategy with purpose and measurable outcomes, including participation in strategy and organizational transformation to help navigate complexity associated with growth. The Chief People Officer will lead efforts to develop high-performance teams, including strengthening leadership capabilities and talent management focused on frontline and future leaders. The Chief People Officer will oversee the continued deployment and integration of Workday, ERP, and HCM systems to improve efficiency, support workforce management, and reduce operational complexity. As the organization scales through acquisitions, the role will establish repeatable approaches and coordinate across functions to support integration readiness and growth with minimal disruption. This position will also guide initiatives related to employee engagement, retention, and total rewards, ensuring compensation and benefits support competitiveness while reinforcing culture and purpose, and will drive alignment and communication across leadership, operations, and HR to support effective change execution. The role is expected to demonstrate strategic mindset, sound judgment and critical thinking using data and multiple perspectives, inclusive collaboration with clear communication, results-oriented execution with accountability, and humility and resilience during change. Required qualifications include prior experience as a Chief People Officer or Chief Human Resources Officer, with experience reporting directly to top leadership such as a CEO or board, strong business acumen with financial literacy, and proven HR transformation leadership. Additional experience includes growth and acquisition dynamics, large-scale HR change, managing workforce and retention challenges, analytical use of data for risk mitigation, and managing remote and multistate teams, along with the ability to work from the Minnesota office and travel as required.