Role: VP People Operations, Liberty Paving Partners, a subsidiary of Springdale Industries LLC
Location: Tampa, FL preferred; remote optional
Reports to: CEO
About Springdale Industries
Springdale is a long-term holding company that builds category-leading platforms through partnership with small- and medium-size businesses. We acquire majority stakes in companies and work hand-in-hand with their existing management teams to accelerate growth while preserving local culture and leadership.
Recently valued at over $1.5 billion with hundreds of millions of dry powder to deploy, Springdale is cofounded by Frank Zhang and Jake Sloane, who together have built six companies over the past decade, including four valued at over $1 billion and two AI-enabled professional services platforms (Crete and Shield). The two companies valued at less than $1 billion are well on track to surpassing that valuation in the next 12 months.
Our track record has been built by a small, entrepreneurial team of investor-operators, who embody our core values:
- Relentless, not reckless
- Optimize, don’t maximize
- Win together with purpose
- We stand on our partners’ shoulders
- On a mission
- Honesty, ethics, and equity
These aren’t words on a wall—they’re principles you’ll see lived and hear spoken daily across our offices and the companies we build.
Interested in learning more? Reach out to start a conversation.
Position Summary
The Vice President of People Operations will be a critical leader with overall ownership for building a highly scalable multi-entity HR platform. This individual will be a key partner to the leadership team and will implement best practices across the platform to ensure optimization of human talent and full legal compliance.
Key Deliverables
- Align future human capital requirements with necessary employee resources; providing the right talent at the right time and optimizing HR KPI’s including payroll productivity, retention, cost and time to hire.
- Provide high-quality and highly-responsive support to local partners, management, and employees; effectively solving problems, identifying opportunities for improvement, and delivering system workflow to optimize our workforce.
- Lead integration of HCM system and benefit platforms at the local partner level with minimal disruption to business operations.
- Ensure full compliance across the platform with federal, state and local regulations.
Position Responsibilities
- Identify and implement people-focused solutions, industry-leading workforce policies, and organizational and talent development initiatives to achieve the company’s strategic plans.
- Identify and build best-in-class team and systems that deliver a high return on human capital investment; design and execute talent acquisition strategies that attract and deliver top talent.
- Develop and implement competitive compensation, benefits, performance management, and employee incentive programs that are cost-effective and drive financial results.
- Identify key performance indicators for the organization’s human resource and talent management functions; assess the organization’s success and market competitiveness based on these metrics.
- Collaborate cross-functionally throughout the organization and deliver human capital resources to meet operational needs and career development, creating a suite of services to deliver local partner company requirements.
- Provide guidance and leadership to the local partner team; assist with resolution of human resources, compensation, and benefits questions, concerns, and problems.
- Deliver change management support and training to ensure successful adoption of new policies and practices.
- Analyze HR and payroll information delivered during due diligence and collaborate with executive team to resolve non-compliance issues pre- and post-acquisition. Lead HR and payroll workstreams to successfully integrate new acquisitions.
- Optimize HCM and Benefit system workflow to deliver scale, functionality and data accuracy to meet organizational needs and deliver a compelling ROI.
- Remain up to date on federal, state and local regulations in labor, employment, benefit and safety matters.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements
Minimum
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field,
- +8 years of human resource management experience with strategic, talent management, and/or organizational development experience,
- Experience leading complex transformation, implementations, integrations, and/or change management,
- Understanding of common integration pitfalls and obstacles,
- Comfort with transaction processes,
- Strong ethos alignment,
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environment,
- Ability to interface at various levels within the organization, strong presentation skills,
- Works independently and is a proactive problem solver, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills,
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills,
- Excellent time management, organizational skills, and attention to detail,
- Proven ability to lead teams, with strong collaboration and leadership skills,
- Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations, and
- Strong HCM systems knowledge, proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
Preferred
- Master’s degree in human resources, SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
- HR leadership experience with post-acquisition integration(s)
Springdale Industries is an equal opportunity employer, considering all applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state of federal law.
