Executive Director, Talent & HR

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Job Summary:

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.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Compensation, Benefits & Leave Administration 25%

• 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.

Talent & Performance Management 25%

• 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.

Strategy & Workforce Planning 15%

• 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.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in HR

• Higher education or service organization experience.

Working Conditions:

This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, with a combination of on-campus and remote work based on business needs.

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Please submit your CV, cover letter and list of references with your application. Current employees, please submit an application by logging into Workday. Click on the Career Worklet and access the internal site.

This position will remain open until filled with a priority application deadline of August 14th, 2026.

Regis University offers a broad range of benefits that includes:

• 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.

You can learn more about our benefits by clicking the links below.

26-27 Employee Benefits Summary or

https://www.regis.edu/_documents/about/offices-and-services/human-resources/regis-university-employee-benefits-guide.pdf

Pay Rate:

$125,000 - $145,000/annually commensurate with qualifications

Application Deadline:

Post Internally and Externally