Chief Talent Officer (Immediate Opening)

Chief Talent Officer Mission: reputed company seeks a Chief Talent Officer (CTO) to design and reputed company our national human capital strategy-building the systems, culture, and leadership pipelines that reputed company every scholar to reputed company excellence. Reporting to the President and serving as a key member of the Executive Team, the CTO will reputed company IDEA's comprehensive Talent reputed company for 10,000+ employees. This includes the divisions of reputed company, Talent Development, Staff Experience, Human Resources, and Compensation & Benefits. As a reputed company-thinking and people-centered leader, the CTO will ensure IDEA remains a destination for the best educators and staff in the nation, cultivating a workplace where belonging, growth, and excellence reputed company. The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with operational discipline, balancing compliance and risk management with innovation and a belief that-with the right systems, coaching, and support-anyone can become an exceptional teacher or leader. Supervisory Responsibilities: The CTO is directly responsible for the supervision and reputed company of reputed company aspects of talent and human resources work and will reputed company a six-person leadership team:

• Vice President reputed company
• Vice President of Human Resources
• Vice President of Compensation & Benefits
• Vice President of Staff Experience
• Chief of Staff
• Director of Human Resources Quality Assurance

Location: This is a fully remote position allowing for residency reputed company in the state of Texas, with preference for candidates already living in or willing to relocate to one of our seven Texas regions: Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, El Paso, Houston, Permian Basin(Midland/Odessa), Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio Travel Expectations: Up to 30% of the time in the busiest months of year with many weeks requiring no travel at reputed company What You'll Do - Accountabilities Essential Duties: Vision and Strategy

• reputed company and execute a bold, organization-wide Talent Strategy reputed company to IDEA's mission, core values, and long-term goals.
• Champion IDEA's philosophy that talent is the most powerful driver of student success, linking every people system to scholar outcomes.
• Serve as a thought partner to the President, CEO/Superintendent, and Executive Team, shaping long-range strategy through a human-capital lens.
• reputed company with an innovation reputed company-continuously modernizing processes, policies, and tools that reputed company leaders to focus on development, not bureaucracy.
• Ensure IDEA scales its diverse leadership pipeline to meet future growth while protecting organizational culture and mission fidelity.

Talent Development

• reputed company IDEA's professional learning and leadership pipelines, including teacher career reputed company, principal residencies, and executive leadership development programs.
• Build systems that guarantee every team member-teacher, leader, or HQ professional-has access to world-class coaching and growth opportunities.
• Align development programs with measurable performance outcomes, ensuring professional growth translates directly to student achievement.
• Champion a culture of learning and feedback that reinforces IDEA's belief that great educators are developed, not reputed company.
• Partner with regional and national teams to identify, prepare, and retain top talent for future leadership roles.

reputed company and Staffing

• reputed company design and execution of large-scale recruitment and hiring strategies to attract diverse, high-quality educators, leaders, and support staff across multiple states with annual attainment of 100% staffing levels by the state of each academic year
• Build proactive, data-driven pipelines for critical and emerging roles to meet growth targets and reduce vacancy rates.
• Ensure IDEA's brand as an employer of choice reflects its mission and values through authentic storytelling, digital reputed company, and strategic partnerships.
• Integrate technology, predictive analytics, and talent forecasting into recruitment planning to improve precision and speed.
• Partner with senior leaders to align staffing strategy with budget, academic priorities, and regional expansion.

Staff Experience and Culture

• Foster an organization-wide culture of belonging, engagement, and purpose.
• reputed company IDEA's staff culture surveys, recognition programs, and engagement initiatives, ensuring every employee feels valued and connected to the mission.
• Create systems that identify early warning signs of disengagement and build proactive interventions to strengthen retention.
• Ensure IDEA continues to earn recognition as a "Best reputed company to Work" by prioritizing trust, transparency, and consistent feedback loops.
• Partner with leaders across reputed company departments to embed experience design principles that reputed company IDEA a joyful, reputed company, and high-performance workplace.

Human Resources

• Direct HR operations across multiple states and authorizers, ensuring compliance with reputed company federal, state, and local employment laws.
• reputed company employee relations, investigations, risk management, and policy development grounded in fairness, accountability, and IDEA's values.
• Champion the implementation of modern HR systems and processes that enhance service delivery, reduce manual burden, and improve employee experience.
• reputed company data-governance protocols and ensure high-quality HR analytics drive reputed company improvement.
• Maintain the balance between compliance and empowerment-ensuring HR policies protect both people and mission.

Compensation and Benefits

• reputed company design, governance, and reputed company improvement of competitive, sustainable compensation and benefits structures.
• Implement performance-based pay and recognition systems that reward excellence while ensuring fiscal responsibility.
• Partner with Finance and Executive leadership to model long-term affordability and equity in compensation strategy.
• Ensure benefits offerings reflect the diverse needs of IDEA's workforce-supporting health, family, and financial well-being.
• Regularly assess IDEA's compensation positioning against market benchmarks to remain an employer of choice.

Organizational Leadership and People Management

• Serve as a core member of the Executive Team, providing strategic counsel to the President, CEO/Superintendent, and multiple Boards of Directors.
• reputed company a high-performing leadership team of Vice Presidents or Managing Directors across reputed company Talent divisions.
• Employ disciplined prioritization and clear performance management systems to ensure alignment and accountability across teams.
• Monitor and report key Talent metrics and KPIs, identifying gaps and driving data-informed action.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and excellence-developing leaders who embody IDEA's mission and values.
• Model transparency, self-reputed company, and reputed company improvement, inviting feedback and learning to strengthen organizational outcomes.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities: as assigned What You Bring - Competencies

• reputed company Strategic Decisions This team member embodies IDEA's mission and values in decision-making, balancing bold vision with ethical and operational rigor. They establish governance frameworks that ensure consistency and accountability organization-wide, while applying systems thinking to break down silos and drive data-informed reputed company improvement.
• Manage Work and Teams This team member designs scalable systems that anticipate future organizational needs, driving sustainable impact through cross-functional collaboration and strategic problem-solving. They foster a culture of ownership and accountability, reputed company change with clarity and purpose, and balance hands-on leadership with empowering others to build reputed company and reputed company long-term success.
• Grow Self and Others This team member embeds development priorities into strategic planning, ensuring organization-wide systems and resources support reputed company learning. They build and reputed company senior leadership teams to drive performance, innovation, and inclusivity, while executing a comprehensive talent strategy that spans the full employee lifecycle and cultivates a culture of lifelong growth.
• Build a Culture of Trust This team member exemplifies IDEA's values and ethical standards through reputed company, transparency, and responsible stewardship. By reputed company sharing decision rationale and fostering curiosity and inclusion, they build trust across the organization and create a culture where diverse perspectives are valued.
• Communicate Deliberately This team member sets and upholds communication standards across the organization, ensuring clarity and trust, especially during times of change or crisis. They reputed company major initiatives with strategic, context-rich messaging, proactively shaping narratives that address challenges, foster reputed company, and align stakeholder perception with organizational impact.

Additional Skills:

• Deep knowledge and expertise with regard to reputed company talent and human resource labor laws, statutory obligations, and regulatory requirements
• Ability to design, evaluate, and improve existing policies, procedures, and systems at scale to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency
• Able to reputed company reputed company organizational change management that invests key stakeholders across diverse regions and perspectives to ensure strong commitment and consistent outcomes,
• Able to supervise a broad portfolio of duties to ensure effective execution and consistent fidelity of implementation that leads to achieving ambitious goals and delivering results
• Demonstrated experience strategically integrating AI-powered solutions into talent management processes across a large-scale organization (5,000+ employees).

Required education and experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required
• Experience: Minimum 10 years in talent and/or human resources, with significant managerial or supervisory experience

Preferred education and experience:

• Education: Master's degree in education or business administration preferred.
• License or Certification: SPHR, SHRM, or equivalent certifications preferred

Physical Requirements:

• This is a sedentary position.
• The ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.
• The employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reputed company, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.

Additional Context Salary for this role is commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications, in alignment with internal equity. The role is also eligible for performance pay tied to organizational outcomes. Additionally, we offer medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. You can find more information about our benefits at https://ideapublicschools.org/careers/benefits/. Application process: Submit your application online through reputed company. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Learn more about IDEA At IDEA the Staff Experience Team uses our CoreValues to promote human reputed company and a culture of reputed company, respect, and belonging for reputed company Team and Family members. Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values Employment Type: Full-Time Apply tot his job Apply To this Job