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Vice President, People and Culture (Global) Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Summit Search Group
Title: Vice President, People and Culture (Global)
Company: Summit Search Group
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About our Client: Confidential
Position Scope:
The Global Vice President, People and Culture is a senior executive responsible for shaping and leading the organization’s global people strategy across all regions. This role will unify and elevate the HR function to drive organizational effectiveness, strengthen leadership capability, and cultivate a high-performing, values-driven culture aligned with the organization’s mission and growth.
Responsibilities:
- Define and lead a multi-year global people strategy aligned with the organization’s mission, values, and growth priorities
- Embed and operationalize the organization’s values across the organization, ensuring they shape leadership behavior, decision-making, and people practices
- Build and sustain a high-performing, inclusive culture that strengthens engagement, accountability, and organizational impact
- Drive organizational design and development to ensure structures, roles, and ways of working enable scale and effectiveness
- Lead enterprise-wide workforce planning and succession strategies to support long-term sustainability
- Build leadership capability across all levels through targeted development, coaching, and mentorship
- Coach and advise the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to strengthen leadership effectiveness, alignment, and impact
- Partner with regional leaders to attract, develop, and retain high-performing, mission-aligned talent
- Establish and govern consistent global people practices, policies, and frameworks across all regions
- Lead and mentor a distributed global HR team, ensuring alignment, capability, and accountability
- Oversee HR operations across all countries, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and compliance
- Guide the integration and optimization of HR systems, data, and people analytics to inform decision-making
- Ensure equitable and competitive compensation and benefits practices across diverse geographies
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team on organizational effectiveness, culture, talent risks, and workforce decisions
- Establish and uphold global standards for employee well-being, safety, and duty of care while leading change management efforts to support growth and expansion
Required Qualifications:
- 20 plus years of progressive HR leadership experience, including at least 7 years in global or multi-country roles
- Experience in the technology sector or supporting technology-enabled organizations
- Demonstrated success building and executing people strategies in fast-growing, complex organizations
- Experience leading distributed teams and driving large-scale organizational change
- Deep expertise in organizational development, talent strategy, and leadership development
- Strong track record in mission-driven, nonprofit, or international environments
- Exceptional strategic thinking, executive presence, and cross-cultural leadership capability
- Relevant HR certifications such as SHRM-SCP, CIPD, or HRCI preferred
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or a related field preferred
- Experience working in emerging markets is a strong asset
- Background scaling organizations through periods of rapid growth and transformation
- Experience implementing and optimizing HR technology platforms and people analytics
- Familiarity with global employment practices across both developed and emerging markets
- Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with operational discipline in complex, multicultural environments
Working conditions:
- Hybrid work environment with a model of 3 days in office and two days remote.
- International travel up to 25% is required.
Application Instructions:
To apply, please send a resume to Allison Dwyer at [email protected]
Summit Search Group is a fair and equitable search firm. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.
