Executive Director, Talent & HR

Regis University • Denver, CO

22h • $125,000 - $145,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Executive Director of Talent & Human Resources serves as a strategic partner and operational leader, responsible for building a proactive, compliant, and data-driven HR function. This role participates directly in President level Cabinet management process to enable proactive vs reactive plans. This role focuses on translating institutional goals into a sequenced workforce strategy, optimizing talent and total rewards, and positioning Workday as a core catalyst to automate low-value work, elevate talent processes, and deliver actionable analytics.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 - 7 years of progressive HR leadership experience, with 2 - 3 years at a director level in a similar sized organization.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Senior leaders to create strategies and solutions in an agile and accelerated approach.
• Technical Expertise: Proven experience leveraging Workday or other HCM as a primary HRIS to automate processes and generate advanced analytics.
• Key competencies: Agility, Operational Effectiveness- Ability to translate requirements into actionable plan; Highly Collaborative with cross-functional partners. Strong critical thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in HR
• Higher education or service organization experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee competitive compensation structures/processes, comprehensive benefits packages, and recognition programs.
• Manage complex leave programs (FMLA, sabbaticals, disability) with empathy and policy adherence.
• Ensure all compensation and benefit structures are accurately aligned to changing scale of organization.
• Oversee the full talent lifecycle, including modern recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies.
• Create employee engagement strategies to support changes, high performance and retention.
• Implement continuous performance management systems and leadership development pipelines.
• Enable a tiered process for supporting employee relations and performance management coaching.
• Mentor and lead a small HR team, fostering continuous professional development and technological fluency.
• Continuously improve HR service delivery by establishing clear service-level agreements (SLAs).
• Position the HR function as a collaborative, transparent, and modern partner across campus.
• Translate institutional goals and academic priorities into a sequenced, actionable workforce strategy.
• Lead strategic workforce planning, identifying capability gaps, structural updates and forecasting future talent needs.
• Leverage Workday proactively to continuously improve, streamline, and automate talent processes.
• Eliminate administrative burdens and low-value manual work by optimizing Workday workflows and self-service features.
• Establish a suite of data-based metrics and dashboards to guide leadership decisions and prompt institutional action.
• Lead a proactive compliance process, anticipating shifts in higher education, federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Conduct regular audits of institutional HR practices, policies, and records to mitigate risk before issues arise.
• Oversee mandatory training programs, Title IX alignment, and equity initiatives across faculty and staff.

Benefits

• Comprehensive group health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
• A generous tuition benefit for employees, spouses and dependents
• Paid Mission leave to allow our employees to engage in acts of service or to have time for personal reflection.
• The "Gift of Time" when Regis closes between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
• Options for flexible work arrangements based on position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive