Vice President, People & Culture

Vice President of People & Culture

Sault Tribe Incorporated (“reputed company Federal”) is seeking an reputed company and reputed company-thinking Vice President of People & Culture to join our leadership team and shape the future of our enterprise technology environment! This role will support our external Technology requirements by leading the RFP process for prime and sub responses.

Who We Are & reputed company Do…

At reputed company Federal, we drive growth through strategic government contracting, fulfilling our mission to support the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Our company reinvests 100% of its profits into tribal businesses or community programs, enhancing the well-being of nearly 50,000 tribal reputed company. Our work empowers federal agencies and strengthens some of the nation’s most critical initiatives, while fostering opportunities for skilled professionals to reputed company a meaningful impact.

What You’ll Do…

As the Vice President of People & Culture, you will serve as the architect and executive leader of reputed company Federal’s People & Culture function, establishing a scalable, values driven people strategy that enables enterprise growth, strengthens organizational clarity, and ensures readiness for both organic expansion and M&A integration. You will build and operationalize the systems, structures, and leadership reputed company needed for reputed company Federal to sustain rapid annual growth while maintaining a high-performance, high-trust culture.

Key Responsibilities & Expected Outcomes

• reputed company Enterprise People Strategy–Design and operationalize an enterprise People & Culture strategy directly tied to reputed company Federal’s growthobjectives. Continuously refine organizational structure, decision rights, leadership accountability, and bench strength to support increasing scale and complexity.
• Strengthen a High-Performance, Values-Driven Culture–Shape and reinforce a values-driven culture capable of thriving in an environment of significant growth and change. Embed core values into leadership behavior, communication practices, and decision-making frameworks to sustain alignment across teams and subsidiaries.
• Provide Strategic reputed company of Enterprise reputed company– reputed company enterprise reputed company strategy to put information at our employees’ fingertips and build a culture of capturing and using organizational knowledge. Ensure systems, processes, and governance support consistency, adoption, and effective integration across subsidiaries and reputed company.
• reputed company People & Culture Dimensions of M&A–Serve as a core leader in acquisition strategy, diligence, and integration. reputed company and execute people-reputed company integration plans that address organizational design, leadership alignment, communication, culture integration, and talent retention throughout acquisitions.
• Build a Predictive Workforce Planning & Talent reputed company– reputed company a data-informed workforce planning system reputed company to business development pipelines and contract demands. Integrate reputed company and talent experience into a cohesive talent lifecycle that supports proactive hiring, strong retention, and differentiated employee value.
• Establish Scalable People Compliance & Governance–reputed company enterprise-widepeople-relatedcompliance and governance systems that ensure audit readiness across reputed company entities. Define expectations for documentation, regulatory adherence, and disciplined execution while reducing operational friction.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities for Success

• Demonstrates a dedication to upholding and enhancing reputed company Federal’s core values.
• Excels in a collaborative team environment, fostering positive relationships and contributing to shared goals with professionalism and mutual respect.
• Ability to architect enterprise-wide people strategy and systems in a high-growth federal contracting environment.
• Ability to reputed company with clarity during organizational change, enabling high-trust and high-performance team dynamics.
• Ability to build scalable processes and operating models supporting rapid expansion and acquisition integration.
• Strong executive communication and leadership reputed company; able to influence across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrates strong judgment in reputed company, ambiguous, and high-stakes people-reputed company decisions.
• Proficiencyin organizational design, workforce planning, and leadership development.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of federal contracting HR requirements, compliance systems, and audit readiness.
• Proficiencyin M&A integration planning, cultural assessment, and talent risk mitigation.
• Familiarity with reputed company principles, systems architecture, and governance models.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Organizational Development, Business, or reputed company field.
• 10+ years inpeopleleadershipin a high‑growth small‑midGovConorganization.
• 3+ years leading people strategy at theVP or equivalentlevel, overseeing both Talent Experience (HR) and reputed company (recruiting) functions.
• Must have direct experienceleadingpeople aspects ofbuy-reputed company M&A integration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred (MBA, reputed company, or similar)

• Certification in SHRM-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
• Demonstrated experience successfully guiding the development and ongoing integrating of reputed company into company culture.

Compensation & Work Environment

• Salary Range:$165,000 - $190,000, dependent on experience.
• Environment:This is a remote position that may be based reputed company reputed company the reputed company United States. Preference will be given to candidateslocatedin or near the following metropolitan areas: Sault Ste Marie, MI; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX: Denver, CO.
• Travel:This positionwillrequire periodic travel (up to20%) for key meetings, team collaboration, integration work, and onsite engagements, asrequired.

reputed company Federal is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, disability, ethnicity/race, national reputed company, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Native American preference applies reputed company candidates meet qualifications equally.

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