Vice President People Operations

KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization supporting KIPP public charter schools across the country, focusing on developing outstanding educators, promoting innovation, and facilitating the exchange of insights and ideas to improve education.

Location: Remote (US)

Salary: $197,600–$236,500/yr

Responsibilities

• Set and drive the overall talent strategy and talent philosophy for the KIPP Foundation workforce, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, culture, and long-term goals.
• Partner with the SVP of People Operations and executive leadership to align talent strategy with organizational design, workforce planning, and operational priorities.
• Ensure a coherent, integrated talent system across the Foundation, including recruitment, onboarding, HR operations, performance management, development, engagement, and offboarding.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership on organizational effectiveness, talent health, and workforce strategy, using data and insights to inform decision-making.
• Oversee the design and effectiveness of the full talent lifecycle, ensuring systems and processes drive strong performance, development, and retention outcomes.
• Set the vision for performance management and development systems, including goal setting, feedback cycles, and evaluation processes.
• Ensure effective HR operations and infrastructure, including recruitment, onboarding, Total Rewards, and compliance.
• Use workforce, engagement, and performance data to monitor organizational health, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement across talent systems.
• Establish the vision, policies, and standards for employee relations, including performance management, conflict resolution, and policy compliance.
• Ensure consistent, fair, and compliant application of HR policies and practices across the organization.
• Advise senior leaders on complex employee relations matters and organizational risk.
• Lead and develop the Talent function, setting the vision and strategic direction to ensure strong execution across both People Operations and Development & Growth.
• Oversee and coach Senior Directors, ensuring clear ownership, alignment, and accountability.
• Set enterprise-level priorities and allocate resources to ensure the Talent function is focused on the highest-impact work.
• Drive alignment and integration across talent systems, ensuring a seamless and consistent employee experience.
• Foster a high-performing, outcomes-driven culture across the Talent team.
• Build leadership capacity across the team by coaching senior leaders.
• Act as a visible culture leader and ambassador for KIPP, modeling organizational values.

Requirements

• 8+ years of senior HR and talent management leadership experience in nonprofit or education contexts.
• Understanding of current education climate and response strategies.
• Strong background in leading with equity, especially through organizational change and growth.
• Experience cultivating a work culture in a virtual environment that is value-driven, equitable, and inclusive.

Benefits

• 25 holidays plus 18 flexible PTO days, increasing with years of service.
• 100% paid parental leave.
• 100% coverage of medical/dental/vision plans for employee, 75% for family.
• Wellness benefits including fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets, backup care, and employee assistance.
• Retirement plan with 4% match, legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

Additional Information

• Travel: Up to 10% (up to 20 days per year).
• Full, exempt role.
• Preferred but not mandatory to be based out of NYC or Chicago offices; remote work possible.