Teachstone
Education
ChiefPeopleOfficer
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“Chief People Officer at Teachstone. Skills: People Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, Transformation, Leadership. Lead People Strategy and Culture Team. Oversee HR business partnership, employee relations, benefits, and compliance”
What You'll Achieve.
Strengthened Leadership Capability: Ensure leadership teams can execute company strategy by strengthening management effectiveness, executive alignment, and the ability to guide teams through ongoing change.; Accountable, Scalable Organization: Establish structures and performance systems that promote clarity of roles, measurable outcomes, and effective decision-making through defined KPIs, decision rights, and performance cadences.; Talent Aligned to Strategic Growth: Ensure the organization has the leadership talent and workforce structure required to support Teachstone's evolving business model, aligned directly to revenue, product, and impact priorities.; Opportunity to shape a high-impact organization at scale, influencing outcomes for millions of children and educators globally.
Industry & Context.
Solving complex organizational challenges hands-on
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
15+ years of progressive leadership across HR, People Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, or Transformation functions, Recent experience as a Chief People Officer, CHRO, Head of HR, or equivalent senior People executive in a small to mid-sized organization, Deep expertise in compensation strategy, workforce planning, HRIS management, governance, compliance, and organizational effectiveness, Demonstrated success building high-trust, people-centered cultures that strengthen engagement, retention, and performance., Proven ability to lead workforce modernization, AI adoption, and reskilling initiatives, Executive presence and communication skills that inspire confidence with Boards, Compensation Committees, executive teams, employees, and external stakeholders, including the ability to effectively represent Teachstone at conferences, industry events, and in strategic partnerships, Experience partnering with Boards and/or Compensation Committees on executive compensation and workforce strategy, Experience with mergers, acquisitions, organizational integrations, or enterprise restructuring, Exceptional executive communication, relationship-building, and change leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to build trusted executive partnerships through candor, sound judgment, courage, and strategic influence, Demonstrated success leading and scaling people strategy for a remote-first or distributed organization.
Nice to Have
Education, EdTech, mission-driven, nonprofit, or highly regulated environments
What You'll Do.
Lead People Strategy and Culture Team
Oversee HR business partnership
Ensure a foundation for consistent staff development
engagement and execution of the people strategy that supports the organization’s mission
Workforce Planning using people analytics
Partner with Teachstone’s leadership teams to make data-informed decisions.
Organizational Effectiveness
Lead the design of the company's operating model including decision rights and execution rhythms.
Oversee human resources information systems to ensure data accuracy and manage cross-departmental operational efficiency
Lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that strengthen organizational clarity
and long-term organizational effectiveness.
Partner with executive leadership to operationalize decision-making
and change adoption across the organization.
Build organizational readiness through thoughtful communication
and upskilling initiatives that position technology as a driver of innovation
and employee success.
Strengthen leadership effectiveness
and organizational alignment through clear operating expectations
decision-right clarity
performance discipline
and scalable management practices.
Lead compensation philosophy
executive compensation strategy
and governance practices that are equitable
and aligned with organizational priorities.
Partner with Finance and Legal leadership to support long-term sustainability.
Cultivate a culture grounded in trust
and leadership consistency by strengthening organizational communication
and manager effectiveness.
Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO
executive leadership team
and Board on organizational effectiveness
operating model evolution
and enterprise transformation priorities.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Teachstone’s leadership teams to make data-informed decisions.; Partner with executive leadership to operationalize decision-making, governance, prioritization, and change adoption across the organization.; Partner with Finance and Legal leadership to support long-term sustainability.; Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board on organizational effectiveness, workforce strategy, succession planning, operating model evolution, and enterprise transformation priorities.
Communication Scope
Executive presence and communication skills that inspire confidence with Boards, Compensation Committees, executive teams, employees, and external stakeholders, including the ability to effectively represent Teachstone at conferences, industry events, and in strategic partnerships; Exceptional executive communication, relationship-building, and change leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to build trusted executive partnerships through candor, sound judgment, courage, and strategic influence; Strengthening organizational communication
Process & Methodology
Enterprise Transformation & Change Leadership, Workforce Modernization & AI Readiness, Leadership Development & Organizational Effectiveness, Compensation, Governance & Workforce Strategy, Employee Experience & Culture, Strategic Partnership & Organizational Growth
Full Job Description
Company Overview Teachstone is the leader in improving interactions that matter most for children’s learning and development. Through research-based tools, professional development, and technology solutions, Teachstone helps organizations measure and strengthen the quality of interactions that drive better outcomes for educators and children. Teachstone is actively evolving toward a more scalable, technology-enabled platform, including investments in digital delivery, data infrastructure, and AI-enabled insights. As Teachstone, a 200-person organization, enters a critical phase of growth, the company is undertaking an important organizational and business transformation to expand its impact, accelerate innovation, and evolve toward a more scalable, technology-enabled platform. The Opportunity This is a defining executive leadership opportunity for a transformational people leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, organizational performance, people operations and human-centered leadership. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Chief People Officer (CPO) will serve as Teachstone's senior people executive and thought partner to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors. They will provide insight and overall direction for Human Resources functions across the entire employee life-cycle through oversight of the day-to-day management of the people operations team, talent acquisition, performance management, employee engagement and development, benefits and compensation strategy and management and oversight of the team's human resources information and capital management systems. Key Responsibilities Lead People Strategy and Culture Team: Oversee HR business partnership, employee relations, benefits, and compliance, ensuring a strong foundation for consistent staff development, engagement and execution of the people strategy that supports the organization’s mission, vision and values. Workforce Planning using people analytics, partner with Teachston
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