Vice President of People Strategy and Talent

Elder Care Homecare is seeking a highly capable, hands-on Vice President of People Strategy and Talent to serve as the senior-most HR leader in the organization. As we continue scaling rapidly across multiple states, we are entering a period of accelerated growth supported by an active M&A strategy. To support our expanding workforce and evolving organizational needs, we require a seasoned leader to help the organization grow.

We are a high-growth homecare agency with 2,000 employees across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The ideal candidate has deep HR expertise, experience in leadership development, thrives in fast-paced environments, and is equally comfortable designing infrastructure and rolling up their sleeves to execute.

This is a hybrid role, requiring on-site presence a few days per week, with the ability to travel between company locations as needed.

What You’ll Do

This role blends hands-on execution with function-building leadership:

• Build competency models, career path frameworks, and development tools to support employee growth and succession planning.
• Lead organizational culture strategy, including values activation, communication frameworks, and initiatives that build a strong, unified culture across states.
• Develop and refine employee engagement and retention strategies, recognition programs, and mechanisms that strengthen employee experience and belonging.
• Create and scale training and development programs for caregivers, office staff, and administrative leaders, including leadership development and management capability building.
• Create and manage dashboards and workforce analytics that inform executive decision-making and operational planning.
• Design and implement the long-term HR strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and growth plans.
• Build scalable HR infrastructure, processes, and governance systems that support multi-state operations and compliance.
• Contribute to due diligence during acquisitions as needed, then support integration activities for newly acquired agencies, including employee onboarding, systems integration, and policy alignment.

What You Bring

• 15 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Strong background across HR functions, including learning and development, employee engagement, and building culture and recognition programs.
• Experience building and/or scaling HR infrastructure within a fast-growth, multi-location, and/or healthcare/homecare environment.
• Hands-on, operationally oriented approach with the ability to design, implement, and optimize systems.
• Experience supporting M&A integrations, including due diligence and post-acquisition onboarding.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to build trusted partnerships across executive and field teams.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, mission-driven, and high-velocity environment.

Compensation Summary

• Salary: $140,000 – $170,000
• Annual Discretionary Bonus
• Participation in Long Term Incentive Plan