Posted 1 day ago
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Patuxent River, MD (On-Site/Office)
Overview:
JHNA is seeking a seasoned Chief People Officer (CPO) to join our leadership team. This role is responsible for developing and executing an integrated people strategy that supports JHNA's mission-focused culture, growth objectives, and operational excellence across the DoD contracting environment.
Responsibilities:
Talent Management & Organizational Effectiveness
Compliance, Governance & Risk
Required Qualifications:
JHNA is seeking a seasoned Chief People Officer (CPO) to join our leadership team. This role is responsible for developing and executing an integrated people strategy that supports JHNA's mission-focused culture, growth objectives, and operational excellence across the DoD contracting environment.
Responsibilities:
Talent Management & Organizational Effectiveness
- Design, implement, and continuously evolve enterprise performance management framework, including performance review cycles, evaluation criteria, leadership calibration, and feedback mechanisms.
- Develop and oversee structured bonus and incentive compensation programs aligned to individual performance, company profitability, contract performance, and strategic growth objectives.
- Partner with executive leadership and Finance to ensure incentive plans are competitive, equitable, fiscally responsible, and aligned with government contracting requirements.
- Establish formal career pathing, progression frameworks, and competency models across technical, functional, and leadership roles.
- Lead the development of career tracking and professional development programs that support employee growth, retention, and succession planning.
- Create scalable leadership development and mentoring programs to strengthen management capability and future executive readiness.
- Drive initiatives that enhance employee engagement, performance accountability, and long-term retention.
Compliance, Governance & Risk
- Work with HR to ensure HR policies, programs, and practices comply with federal labor laws, government contracting requirements, and internal governance standards.
- Provide oversight of people-related risk management, workforce compliance, and ethical standards.
- Support audits, due diligence activities, and internal controls related to human capital.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (Master's degree preferred).
- 10+ years of progressive experience in workforce planning, human capital strategy, talent management, or management consulting.
- Experience supporting or operating within federal government, defense, intelligence, or professional services environments.
- Experience leading workforce strategy during periods of rapid growth, transformation, or organizational change.
- Strong knowledge of talent deployment models, workforce optimization, and organizational design.
- Demonstrated experience translating enterprise workforce strategies into operationally executable solutions.
- Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and influence decision-making at the executive level.
- Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging workforce data to drive business outcomes.
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