Interim HR Director
We have partnered with our client in their search for an Interim HR Director to provide immediate leadership continuity during a key transition. This consultant will support a growing, privately held organization with operations across agriculture, logistics, and related frontline-focused businesses. Client is open to hybrid (3 days/week onsite in Saskatchewan).
The Interim HR Director will lead day-to-day HR activities, guide an established HR team, and advance several enterprise-wide initiatives while the organization evaluates its long-term leadership needs. The successful consultant will be a credible, hands-on HR executive who can quickly navigate a decentralized operating environment, coach business leaders, and balance organizational consistency with local business requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership continuity and direction during an HR leadership transition.
- Advise executives, operational leaders, and people managers on employee relations, workplace policies, compliance, and complex people matters.
- Lead and support the organization's recently launched performance management process, centered on meaningful conversations between leaders and employees.
- Guide the rollout and adoption of new HR policies, processes, and organizational structures.
- Coach and develop people leaders to strengthen accountability, engagement, and management effectiveness.
- Partner with independently managed business units to improve consistency while respecting differences in operating models and local business needs.
- Assess the effectiveness of the organization's current and pilot HR technology platforms, including functionality, user adoption, process effectiveness, and organizational fit.
- Provide recommendations regarding the organization's longer-term HR technology strategy.
- Identify opportunities to improve and scale HR processes in support of continued organizational growth.
- Mentor and support members of the existing HR team.
- Maintain momentum on key HR initiatives while addressing day-to-day operational priorities.
- Support change management and communication across a dispersed, operationally focused workforce.
Required Qualifications
- Senior HR leadership experience within a mid-sized organization and a lean HR team environment.
- Experience supporting frontline, operational, or skilled-trades employee populations.
- Broad HR leadership expertise encompassing employee relations, performance management, compensation, benefits, compliance, talent management, and organizational development.
- Demonstrated experience guiding leaders through complex employee relations and organizational matters.
- Experience implementing scalable HR policies, processes, or programs in a growing or evolving organization.
- Ability to operate effectively in a decentralized or multi-business environment.
- Strong change leadership, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly establish credibility and influence stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
- Strategic and hands-on leadership approach, with the ability to set direction while remaining actively involved in execution.
- High degree of integrity, sound judgment, and discretion.
- Current authorization to work and reside in Canada.
- Ability to work onsite at least three days per week in Saskatchewan.
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
