Description

Ocean Conservancy works to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges. Together with its partners, it creates evidence-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it. Learn more about Ocean Conservancy at oceanconservancy.org.

Ocean Conservancy seeks a visionary, people-centered, and strategic leader to serve as its Chief of People and Culture (CPAC). This is a critical, institution-wide leadership role that will strengthen and elevate the People and Culture function to ensure it delivers exceptional strategic and operational value across the organization. 

As a key member of the Senior Leadership Council, the business-minded CPAC will lead efforts to enhance organizational culture, implement integrated people strategies, and optimize HR operations to ensure the organization is positioned for long-term effectiveness, agility, and impact. This leader will serve as a trusted advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Leadership Team by providing insight and leadership across all dimensions of talent, culture, and organizational health.

This is an exciting and influential opportunity for a collaborative leader who thrives in complex, values-driven environments and balances high-level vision with tactical execution. The CPAC will offer a rare combination of strategic foresight and operational discipline and can translate vision into action and values into culture.

To review the full position description and join the candidate pool, visit https://www.bonsaileadershipgroup.com/cpac. 

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have many of the experiences and qualifications described below but need not possess them all for consideration:

• 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with at least 8 years in senior executive roles in nonprofit, national and/or global organizations.
• Proven success in leading strategic HR initiatives, large-scale organizational change, and cultural transformation, with a demonstrated ability to apply structured change methodologies that build resilience, ensure adoption, and sustain results with simplicity and focus.
• Advanced understanding of HR systems, compliance, employment-related laws, and best practices in workforce strategy, compensation, and benefits design.
  Strong ability to integrate external trends and innovations into forward-looking people and culture strategies that anticipate future needs.
• Deep knowledge of talent development, organizational design, coaching, and change leadership.
• Demonstrated experience building high-trust, collaborative relationships with CEOs, boards, employees and executive and senior leadership teams.
• Track record of managing and mentoring high performing HR teams with a culture of collaboration, learning, innovation, and accountability.
• Financial and operational acumen, with the ability to align people strategies in resource-constrained environments for long-term sustainability.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with emotional intelligence, humility, and the ability to inspire and influence across all levels.