Vice President, Human Strategy

Civia Health•Short Hills, NJ

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About The Position

The Vice President, Human Strategy is a hands-on leader responsible for scaling and operationalizing core HR functions across Civia. Reporting to the CEO, this role sets the human strategy to reinforce company values and behaviors and partners with the Executive Leadership Team and functional leaders to attract, develop, and retain talent while maintaining compliance, participant focus, and cultural integrity. The role combines strategic leadership with operational execution in a multi-site clinical environment and leads the Human Strategy team across the US and UK.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or a related field.
12+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience leading HR functions and teams in dynamic environments.
Demonstrated experience supporting multi-site, regulated environments.
Strong knowledge of US employment law and HR compliance.
Working knowledge of UK employment law or experience supporting UK teams.
Experience partnering with an executive leadership team.
Experience leading an organization through growth or transition.
Proven ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels.
Strong track record of developing people.
Ability to travel to US sites and periodically to the UK, including occasional overnight and international travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience in clinical research, healthcare delivery, life sciences, or clinical trial site networks.
Experience scaling HR in a startup environment.
HR certification (SPHR or SHRM-SCP).
Experience partnering with Compliance, Legal, and Clinical Operations teams.
Master’s degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Advise the Executive Leadership Team on strategic decisions and translate business strategy, growth plans, and regulatory requirements into scalable people strategies.
Lead, develop, and coach the Human Strategy team across the US and UK; make HR decisions with empathy, integrity, and operational rigor, and reinforce culture, values, and accountability across sites.
Lead organizational change initiatives related to growth, new site launches, technology implementations, and organizational transformation, including communication, stakeholder engagement, and workforce adoption.
Design, execute, measure, and improve Human Strategy programs across the employee lifecycle, connecting talent experiences, leadership capabilities, and values-based culture.
Develop and oversee a competitive, equitable, and financially sustainable total rewards strategy aligned with organizational objectives and market competitiveness.
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions, to improve workforce planning, talent management, employee experience, and operational efficiency.
Own the employee lifecycle across the site network, including workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, development, performance, and exits.
Ensure consistent HR practices across sites while accounting for local regulatory requirements; build repeatable, audit-ready HR processes and technology infrastructure for a regulated clinical environment.
Lead employee relations matters, investigations, and corrective actions; coach leaders on performance management, difficult conversations, and people decisions.
Own a continuous performance management framework aligned with clinical quality, participant experience, and business outcomes, and ensure fair, consistent, legally compliant policy application.
Ensure compliance with employment laws across operating geographies, including US federal, state, and local requirements and UK employment law.
Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Site Operations to align HR practices with GCP, FDA, and MHRA expectations and site audits; lead HR readiness for inspections, audits, and due diligence.
Maintain and evolve HR policies and training programs.
Own talent acquisition strategy across the US and UK and build onboarding experiences that reinforce participant-first and quality-first expectations.
Champion a value-based culture; build an employer brand with Marketing & Communication; and deploy engagement surveys, feedback mechanisms, and action planning.
Lead leadership development, manager training, succession planning, and emerging talent programs; embed company values into performance reviews, recognition, company events, and daily operations.
Travel to US sites and periodically to the UK, including occasional overnight and international travel.