Senior Director of People & Culture

Global Head of People & Culture Job Description (Senior Director)

The Global Head of People and Culture is a critical leadership position at Horizontal Talent, designed to foster an exceptional employee and consultant experience, teammate career growth and drive significant enterprise-wide impact. This role requires an experienced leader who can think strategically while also rolling up their sleeves to deliver comprehensive People & Culture support across Horizontal’s global footprint, drive business outcomes, implement best practices, and, where necessary, reinvent how work is done through an AI and technology lens.

Through the design and execution of key people initiatives, this role enables employees worldwide to thrive while protecting the organization’s values and operational integrity.

• Execute People programs, including engagement, performance management, talent development, total rewards and compliance.
• Champion a culture centered around Horizontal’s values across all locations globally.
• Partner with leaders across the company to retain, develop, and motivate talent.
• Build a deep understanding of business objectives, team dynamics, and priorities.
• Design and execute innovative People strategies aligned to business needs and priorities to improve organizational effectiveness and drive scalable growth.
• Partner with executive leadership on change management and transformation initiatives, ensuring teams are equipped to navigate complexity.
• Coach and develop leaders to build a culture of performance, accountability, clarity, and continuous improvement.
• Identify and implement best practices across People programs and practices.
• Use data and insights to identify issues, opportunities, and trends; prioritize actions and deliver practical, high-impact solutions.
• Lead global recruitment using scalable, repeatable processes tailored for international and country-specific contexts. Overseas job description development, posting strategies, interviewing, workforce planning and training and development, ensuring approaches are culturally informed and effective across all regions.
• Partner with local People & Culture teams and external contacts to ensure adherence to all local labor laws and HR best practices. Communicate and monitor compliance requirements with relevant team members and resolve gaps quickly.
• Provide enterprise leadership for Total Rewards, including the development of global compensation philosophy and programs and benefits strategy and oversight.
• Provide guidance on employee relations issues aligned with local labor and employment laws. Work closely with leaders and team members to support strong working relationships, morale, productivity, and retention globally.
• Lead the People & Culture Shared Services and Consultant Operations functions.

• A seasoned People leader with 15+ years of progressive experience, including leadership across talent acquisition, People operations, business partnership and People strategy.
• Proven ability to influence at the executive level, coach leaders, and build trusted partnerships across complex teams.
• Experience with growing organizations, balancing strategy with hands-on execution.
• Significant understanding of staffing or professional services environments.
• Skilled in leveraging data-driven insights to inform decisions and measure the impact of People programs.
• Exceptional communication, judgement, and change leadership capabilities, with a focus on results and employee experience.
• Experience building global People functions and processes.
• Adept at building, leading, and developing high-performing People and TA teams that deliver exceptional business outcomes.
• Undergraduate degree

Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, digital marketing & creative and business and strategy skillsets. We connect forward thinking talent with companies that are shaping today’s world. Our definition of success means building lasting partnerships where we combine innovative solutions, exceptional talent, and best-in-class companies.

Horizontal is different from other staffing companies, and we live by our 5 pillars:

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