Senior Director of Human Resources

<p><span style="font-weight: bold">Title: </span>Senior Director of Human Resources               </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Reports to:</span> CFO/VP of Administration</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Status:</span> Salaried, Exempt                                             </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Location: </span>Seattle, WA or Remote Home Office</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Foundation Overview:</span></p> <p>The Max Foundation is a leading global health nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating health equity. For more than 28 years, Max has pioneered practical, scalable, high-quality solutions to bring life-extending treatments and patient-centered health care to more than 100,000 people living with cancer and critical illness in low- and middle-income countries. Max believes in a world where all people can access high-impact medicines, where geography is not destiny, and where everyone can strive for health with dignity and with hope. Learn more at <a href="http://www.themaxfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.themaxfoundation.org</a>.</p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Role Summary:  </span></p> <p>The Senior Director of Human Resources serves as the organization’s global HR leader, responsible for designing and executing a comprehensive people strategy that supports The Max Foundation’s mission to accelerate health equity. Reporting to the CFO/VP of Administration, this role partners closely with executive leadership to strengthen organizational effectiveness through strategic workforce planning, organizational design, and data-informed decision-making, while also ensuring excellence across all core HR operations. With responsibility for recruitment, compliance, performance management, employee engagement, and other HR initiatives. Operating across a globally distributed workforce, this role fosters a values-driven culture that enables teams to deliver meaningful impact for patients worldwide.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Responsibilities:</span></p> <ul> <li>Design and execute global HR strategy aligned with mission and organizational priorities</li> <li>Serve as the senior HR advisor to executive leadership, providing guidance on people-related risks, opportunities, and organizational effectiveness</li> <li>Oversee all HR operations, ensuring compliance with federal, state, local, and applicable international employment laws across globally distributed workforce</li> <li>Maintain and continuously improve HR policies, procedures, and personnel recordkeeping to ensure consistency, audit readiness, and alignment with both U.S. and global requirements</li> <li>Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and workforce planning</li> <li>Supervise employee engagement, recognition, and team-building initiatives that reinforce organizational culture and values</li> <li>Manage, optimize, and negotiate benefits portfolio and compensation in collaboration with industry partners</li> <li>Structure, lead, and manage a high functioning HR team; builds organizational capacity through strong leadership, clear accountability, and continuous development of people and processes</li> <li>Foster a culture of reliability, attention to detail, and continuous improvement within the HR function</li> <li>Architect and implement performance management systems and leadership development</li> <li>Establish and uphold high standards for accuracy, consistency, and accountability across all HR functions</li> <li>Optimize HR Systems (Modern HRIS, Training platforms, etc.) to improve reporting, data integrity, and operational capability</li> <li>Lead the assessment and advancement of organizational health by integrating insights from diverse data sources to drive employee satisfaction, strengthen retention, and drive the mission of the organization</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Qualifications:</span></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required; Master’s preferred. Senior-level certification (SHRM-SCP or SPHR) are highly preferred</li> <li>10+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role (HR Director, Head of HR, or similar), experience in global or nonprofit environments preferred</li> <li>Proven track record of building an HR function including people strategy and organizational structure leadership</li> <li>Demonstrated experience managing an HR department budget, directly overseeing employee benefits opportunities and compensation structuring for a globally distributed workforce</li> <li>Ability to assess organizational impact; recommends actions aligned with strategic priorities, and take initiative with solutions that drive organizational health<br></li> <li>Advanced proficiency with modern HRIS platforms and data analytics tools to enhance people strategy decisions</li> <li>Strong knowledge of employment laws and HR best practices in alignment with both U.S. and global requirements</li> <li>Willing and able to travel domestically or internationally, averaging 20% annually</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Skills and Attributes:</span></p> <ul> <li>Passionate about The Max Foundation’s mission and vision, and determined to lead and accomplish all goals related to current and future strategic plans</li> <li>High attention to detail and a high standard for quality work product</li> <li>Understanding of and comfortable in a global environment, with an emphasis on low and middle-income countries</li> <li>Passion for exceptional collaboration, and flexibility to do what it takes to elevate positive culture</li> <li>Comfort working in a complex, fast-paced, and high-workload environment</li> <li>Caring, humble, and people-oriented servant leader</li> <li>Resourceful, finds solutions using all available data to overcome challenges impacting the organization</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Benefits Summary:</span></p> <ul> <li><span>Employer-sponsored benefits include:</span> <ul> <li><span>100% medical, dental, and vision premium coverage for employees; 50% premium coverage for spouse and/or dependents</span></li> <li><span>Annual vacation accrual 80 hours (increases over time), personal time accrual of 104 hours, 12 paid company holidays, and 2 floating holidays per year</span></li> <li><span>$10,000 Basic Life and AD&D insurance coverage; Short-term disability insurance</span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span>Additional benefits include:</span> <ul> <li><span>Flexible Spending Account (FSA)</span></li> <li><span>Optional employee covered Long Term Disability and Supplemental Life Insurance</span></li> <li><span>Eligibility for our Safe Harbor 401k plan participation after 3 months of employment, including Max-paid 3% non-elective contribution regardless of participation</span></li> <li><span>Monthly wellness benefit (earn up to $70/month), Costco membership, and WFH/Commuter Stipend ($1,800/year)</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Compensation</span>: Typical hiring range for this role is $134,475 – $161,370 USD. Offers will factor in relevant candidate qualifications, cost of labor, pay equity, and geographical location. No relocation provided; remote location possible.<br></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">To Apply:</span> Visit our website at <a href="https://www.themaxfoundation.org/careers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.themaxfoundation.org/careers</a> to apply. Please include résumé and cover letter.</p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><br></p> <p><em>The Max Foundation is dedicated to diversity in staff and is an equal opportunity employer</em><em>.  </em></p>

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