Are you a visionary HR leader ready to drive strategic transformation and shape the future of an organization? Come be a part of our dynamic leadership team as we seek an experienced HR professional to revolutionize our people strategies and build a culture of excellence. The Chief Human Resources Officer will be a vital member of the leadership team of the North American division of Edged Data Centers. We are looking for someone who provides executive-level leadership and guidance to the organization’s HR operations. The Chief Human Resources Officer is responsible for implementing long-range strategic talent management goals, and setting, enforcing, and evaluating legally compliant human resources policies, procedures, and best practices.

The Chief Human Resources Officer needs to be an agile, team-focused individual, with proven professionalism, who is comfortable in a rapidly changing environment. The right person is trustworthy with confidential information, highly organized, self-motivated, has excellent communication skills, can think strategically, able to develop trusting relationships with senior leaders and employees, and works equally as well independently as with a team. Edged strives to maintain smooth operations and achieves this by empowering our people, by providing autonomy and flexibility in the way we work, by developing a habit of constant, open communication, and by creating a culture of excellence, appreciation, trust, and respect.

• Collaborate with executive leadership to define the organization’s long-term mission and goals; identifies ways to support this mission through proactive talent recruitment, management, and development strategies.
• Develop HR priorities and strategies to support the achievement of the overall business operations objectives.
• Provide overall leadership and development to the HR capability by overseeing talent acquisition, career development, succession planning, retention, employee relations, training, leadership development, compensation, and benefits.
• Develop strategic recruiting strategies and processes to meet the human capital needs of the organization. Focus on attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce with employees that enrich the organization through varied perspectives and experiences.
• Implement and iterate on HR systems and processes to support a rapidly growing workforce including compensation, performance management, etc.
• Identify key performance indicators for the organization’s human resource and talent management functions; assess the organization’s success and market competitiveness based on these metrics.
• Foster inclusivity by developing and adjusting frameworks that promote equality, ensuring that every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their best while helping to transform the organization.
• Maintain knowledge of laws, regulations, and best practices in employment law, human resources, and talent management.
• Ensure compliance with employment, benefits, insurance, safety, and other laws, regulations, and requirements.
• Research, develop, and implement competitive compensation, benefits, performance appraisal, and employee incentive programs.
• Able to travel within North America approximately 20% + of the time.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required; Master’s or law degree highly preferred.
• Ten or more years of human resource management experience required, with strategic, talent management, benefits, and compensation experience.
• Certification including SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP strongly preferred.
• Experience with managing a team of HR professionals.

• Extensive knowledge of HR policies and functions.
• Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.

Endeavour is taking on global challenges, and to create the appropriate global solutions is not easy. Our teams work extremely hard because we believe in Endeavour’s mission: to guarantee clean water and renewable energy to everyone, everywhere by decentralizing infrastructure, developing new technologies, & deploying energy, water, and waste treatment solutions that are more profitable than those that currently exist. We are a group of passionate change-makers who want to leave the world better than the way we found it. Endeavour prides itself on hiring talented, highly motivated people because that’s what our mission requires. There is a strong sense of camaraderie between good-natured people who bring their A-game to work every day to make a difference. To work at Endeavour is to know that you are part of something special—something bigger than yourself.

Today, we’re deploying solutions that are immediately scalable and profitable, including EV charging, data center cooling, and waste to fuel systems. As we look to the future, Endeavour intends to remain at the forefront of innovation, taking on grander challenges based on the needs of our clients and of local economies. We hope that our Sustainable Habitat for Innovation with a Purpose (SHIP) will be a model that inspires people and businesses to #jointhejourney so that together we can combine the best of what technology and the natural world can offer to ensure a regenerative/sustainable world for generations to come.