OVD Insurance · 23 hours ago
Director of People & Talent Strategy
Grand Rapids, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/StaffOVD Insurance is seeking a Director of People & Talent Strategy to serve as the strategic and operational HR leader, overseeing the full employee lifecycle. This role focuses on building a scalable people function to support organizational growth, leading efforts in talent acquisition, workforce planning, and employee experience initiatives.
Commercial InsuranceInsurance
Responsibilities
Aligns HR policies, programs, and talent strategies with organizational goals and growth plans
Leads organizational design initiatives to support scalability, role clarity, and operational efficiency
Acts as a trusted advisor and coach to executive team and business leaders, with deft stakeholder management capabilities
Solves problems creatively and consideration for nuances
Oversees full-cycle recruiting, managing the internal recruiting team and driving talent pipeline development
Leads workforce planning to ensure staffing needs align with business forecasts and departmental priorities
Builds external networks to strengthen employment branding and talent pipeline development
Manage and develop team of two direct reports within HR, aligning their goals to company objectives, and holding them accountable for performance
Oversees HR programs including compensation, benefits, leave, investigations, employee relations, and compliance
Supports optimization of HRIS and ATS systems; promotes data-driven HR decision-making
Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local employment regulations
Builds or procures best training, leadership development programs to support org-wide learning initiatives
Oversees performance management, goal-setting, feedback cycles, and succession planning
Leads employee engagement strategies, recognition programs, and retention initiatives
Drives initiatives that promote OVD’s mission, values, and evolving culture
Creates internal change management capabilities and manages employee communication on organizational initiatives
Collaborates with the CFO on salary/compensation budgets, workforce investment planning, and wage structure alignment
Able to proactively provide suggestions at an organizational and individual level for compensation models that are attuned to business goals, industry norms and motivations
Contributes to business strategy through people insights, labor forecasting, and HR metrics
Serve as the trusted face of OVD, in partnership with OVD agents, to partner with client executives who desire strategic coaching on HR topics
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Psychology, Communications or related field required
Proven experience of progressive HR or talent consulting experience, including leadership of recruiting and generalist functions
Strong Talent foundation with experience across workforce planning, recruiting, development and HR operations
Experience coaching leaders, facilitating discussions, and resolving complex organizational issues
Exceptional communication, consulting, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
Ability to thrive in a startup-like, high-growth, high-change environment
Strong project management skills with ability to lead cross-functional initiatives
Familiarity with HRIS and ATS platforms; data- and metrics-oriented approach
In-person collaboration 80-100% weekly at new headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI
Preferred
Strong experience in organizational development, performance management, and leadership development strongly preferred
Insurance industry experience is a plus
Company
OVD Insurance
OVD Insurance is a fiercely independent, client-centric brokerage with the tenacity to adapt to your unique needs where others don’t.
Founded in 1982
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
James Doletzky
Chief Financial Officer
Will Collins, CIC
Managing Partner, PA
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