People Programs Director

Summary

Join onX as a People Programs Director and bring our People & Culture strategy to life. Reporting to the Head of People and Culture, you will design, deliver, and scale impactful people initiatives that drive clarity, cohesion, and connection. You will shape our listening ecosystem, align internal communications with our external brand, and ensure our people systems are as effective as our employees. This role requires extensive experience in operational excellence, strategic change initiatives, and process improvement within complex organizations. You will leverage data to drive action, build a listening ecosystem, and create compelling narratives for senior leadership. The position offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth within a thriving distributed workforce.

Requirements

• Extensive Experience and Impact: 15+ years of experience driving operational excellence, leading end-to-end strategic change initiatives, and improving systems and processes across complex, matrixed organizations
• Strategic Systems Thinker : A proven ability to operate in ambiguity, adapt to shifting priorities, and architect solutions that integrate people, systems, and strategy. You thrive in complexity and deliver clarity through structure
• Process Optimization Mastery : Deep expertise in process optimization and continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Agile). You build for scale by designing simple, high-impact systems that reduce complexity and drive measurable results
• Build-for-Scale Mindset : You view people systems as strategic levers for growth—not just HR functions. With a systems-thinking approach, you design for simplicity, sustainability, and long-term impact
• Data-Driven Storyteller : Skilled at interpreting diverse data sources and translating them into compelling, insight-rich narratives that guide executive decision-making and inspire action
• Influential Change Agent : Proven ability to partner with senior leaders, build influential partnerships, coach stakeholders, and facilitate adaptive change through co-creation, not top-down mandates
• Creative Problem-Solver : Resourceful and purpose-driven, you approach challenges with creativity and a bias for experimentation and impact-oriented systems design
• Exceptional Communicator and Collaborator : Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to foster trust, alignment, and momentum across functions
• A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX’s Company Values
• Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX
• Ability to travel at least quarterly and up to monthly for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location, such as a Basecamp

Responsibilities

• Activate our People Strategy
• Operationalize the Talent Strategy: Translate the high-level onX Talent Strategy into a concrete execution plan. You will design the scalable systems and processes that bring our “Build for Scale” capability to life across the business
• Align Brand and Communications: Partner with the Brand and PR teams to knit together our internal and external brand. You will develop and lead a cohesive internal communications strategy that makes leadership decisions visible and ensures our employee experience authentically reflects our brand promise
• Build a Listening Ecosystem: Architect and implement a holistic “listening ecosystem.” This system will capture and synthesize disparate data sources—including qualitative workshop feedback, HRIS data, and employee movement—to provide a predictive, real-time view of organizational health
• Drive Cohesive Storytelling with People Data: Pull insight from raw data and package into compelling narratives and actionable recommendations for senior leadership. Partner with the Business Intelligence team to create dashboards that track progress against our key people objectives and tell the story of what's happening within the company
• Identify and Launch Key People Initiatives that support our Way of Working goals: Lead end-to-end lifecycle of critical, cross-functional initiatives defined by our Way of Working blueprint. This includes initial discovery and scoping through to the successful delivery and impact measurement
• Own and Integrate Initiative Roadmaps: Own the roadmap for the initiatives you lead and ensure they are well-integrated into the broader People Strategy, Operational Plan 1 (OP1), and long-range planning efforts
• Scale What Works: Identify cultural and operational excellence and best practices across the business.  Codify how they scale and support their thoughtful integration into other teams and contexts, elevating performance and streamlining how we work
• Champion Adaptive Change: Drive change through facilitation and partnership, not top-down mandates. You will lead cross-functional workshops to crowdsource solutions, ensuring new processes and tools are co-created with the teams who will use them

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in internal communications, employee engagement, or people data and analytics
• Experience aligning internal culture with external brand
• Background in creative or operational project management within a people-focused function

Benefits

• Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth
• Comprehensive health benefits including a no-monthly-cost medical plan
• Parental leave plan of 5 or 13 weeks fully paid
• 401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%
• Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks
• Annual “Get Out, Get Active” funds to fuel your active lifestyle in and outside of the gym
• Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, quiet weeks, and floating holidays