Director of People & Culture

EXANTE360 INC•Newport Beach, CA

5d•$175,000 - $205,000•Remote

About The Position

Exante360, Inc. is seeking a strategic, growth-minded Director of People & Culture to join its leadership team and serve as a trusted partner to the executive team. This executive-level role leads organizational development, culture, employee experience, leadership development, compensation, benefits, compliance, and talent strategy. The director will help shape the company’s organizational structure and support significant organic and acquisition-driven growth, including building scalable HR systems and processes while maintaining culture, operational excellence, and employee engagement. The position leads people-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including human capital due diligence, onboarding and integration, alignment of compensation and benefits, and retention of key personnel. The director will also develop workforce and talent plans, leadership and succession programs, performance-management frameworks, employee engagement initiatives, and people analytics. The role leads and develops the People & Culture team and oversees employment compliance, employee relations, investigations, policies, and handbook content across multi-state operations. Exante360 is building an AI-forward organization and seeks a leader who embraces artificial intelligence, automation, and digital transformation, and can apply emerging technologies alongside sound business judgment. The role is remote in the U.S. and full-time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
15 or more years of progressive HR/People leadership experience.
At least 7 years leading HR/People functions within an architecture, engineering, construction, or professional services organization.
Significant mergers and acquisitions integration experience.
Prior experience reporting directly to a CEO, President, or equivalent executive team and serving as a member of an executive leadership team.
Strong understanding of compensation strategy, organizational design, leadership development, and workforce planning.
Multi-state workforce management experience.
Experience building HR infrastructure in high-growth environments.
Demonstrated experience using AI, automation, data analytics, or other emerging technologies to improve efficiency, decision-making, collaboration, or business outcomes.
Demonstrated experience helping scale an AEC firm from approximately 50 employees to 500+ employees.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting private equity-backed growth strategies.
Experience integrating multiple acquisitions; three or more is preferred.
SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent certification.
Experience with Paycom or a similar enterprise HRIS platform.
Familiarity with professional services utilization, project-based businesses, and technical consulting environments.

Responsibilities

Advise the executive leadership team and develop and execute a multi-year people strategy aligned with company growth objectives.
Participate in executive planning, forecasting, succession discussions, and organizational design.
Lead workforce planning, talent forecasting, organizational scalability, and development of HR infrastructure for organic and acquisition-driven growth.
Build executive-level people analytics and reporting dashboards and use workforce data to inform business decisions.
Lead people initiatives supporting growth from approximately 50 employees to 500+ employees.
Design scalable organizational structures, career pathways, leadership frameworks, and talent systems.
Build HR processes and systems to support multiple offices, business units, and geographic regions, and lead change management during rapid growth.
Lead people-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and integrations, including human capital due diligence and acquired-employee onboarding.
Align compensation programs, benefits, policies, and organizational structures following transactions, and develop strategies to retain key personnel and preserve cultural strengths.
Champion company culture and develop engagement, communications, recognition, and other initiatives that support collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and employee satisfaction.
Coach executives, managers, and emerging leaders; design leadership development and management training; and support succession planning and leadership readiness.
Advise leaders on employee relations, organizational effectiveness, and team performance.
Develop compensation strategies, oversee benchmarking and salary architecture, and lead incentive, bonus, and performance reward programs.
Direct benefits strategy, vendor management, and annual renewals, ensuring programs remain competitive within the AEC industry.
Develop firm-wide performance management, talent review, and succession planning processes, with measurable expectations and career pathways.
Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing People & Culture team and develop capabilities in areas such as Total Rewards, People Operations, and Learning & Development.
Ensure compliance with applicable employment regulations; oversee employee relations matters, investigations, workplace policies, and handbook content; and monitor employment law developments affecting multi-state operations.
Partner with legal counsel as needed on employment-related matters.
Apply AI, automation, data analytics, or other emerging technologies to improve efficiency, decision-making, collaboration, or business outcomes.