VP - Head of Talent

LivCor, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a real estate asset management business specializing in multi-family housing. Formed in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, LivCor is currently responsible for a portfolio of over 400 Class A and B properties comprising more than 150,000 units in markets across the United States.

Our business is focused on making real estate more valuable. But for us, it’s more than that. It’s people first, community always. It’s a life-filled career, not just a career-filled life. It’s doing good work, with good humans, and making a difference. It’s excellence in all its forms. Ultimately, we create great places to work, live, and grow. We do that by focusing on leaving people – and places – better than we found them.

Whew! Still with us? Cool. Let’s talk about where you’d fit in:

  

Only read further if you are:

• Kind
• Humble
• Honest
• Relentless
• Smart with Heart

You should be:

• Authentic. You do you. Together, we’ll do something amazing.
• A passionate person with a love for real estate and investing; and believes that helping others win is a noble cause, essential to our success.
• An excellent team player who enjoys working with others and has strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated, energetic, and organized

The Head of Talent will lead the talent and DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Including and Belonging) functions/ team and will be a key partner to the business as we continue to grow.  This role will lead a team that is responsible for solving complex challenges and driving innovation to achieve talent management priorities as we continue to focus on developing and retaining top talent that drives LivCor’s success. This is a great opportunity to be an innovator and leader in a fast-paced, rapidly growing, entrepreneurial organization. This person will lead the talent strategy and planning, enhance performance and productivity, implement strategies that help to foster an inclusive and equitable workplace, and develop and retain team members, including the buildout of an internal leadership development practice that includes programming, executive coaching and assessment, team development, and succession planning. It will be critical for the successful candidate to build strong relationships across LivCor understanding the unique landscape and context of our business to drive the highest impact for talent initiatives. This leader will also consult our leadership teams and will require expertise in facilitating discussions, ensuring diverse perspectives are heard and represented, and managing key stakeholders and conflict, when it arises.

Only read further if you are:

• Kind
• Humble
• Honest
• Relentless
• Smart with Heart

You should be:

• Authentic. You do you. Together, we’ll do something amazing.
• A passionate person with a love for real estate and investing; and believes that helping others win is a noble cause, essential to our success.
• An excellent team player who enjoys working with others and has strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated, energetic, and organized

What you will do:

• Lead the talent and event planning team
• Create the annual talent plan and budget to execute the strategy and bring value to the business.
• Assess, design, implement and assess innovative learning and development and leadership development solutions that enhance performance, support business outcomes, and foster a culture of learning. This includes early career, DEIB & well-being curriculum, L&D, and leadership development programs.
• Build relationships with leaders and team members to offer thought leadership, talent strategy and execution in our fast paced and growing business.  
• Provide strategic leadership and guidance to the executive and senior leadership teams, design insight and delivery of best-in-class talent management and on-the-job learning.
• Partner with Revantage Learning and Development team to create culturally appropriate curriculum and program content, leveraging best practices and future-focused innovations to:
  • Recommend appropriate delivery mechanisms (e.g., classroom, on demand, virtual classroom, performance support, blended learning)
  • Buy, build, and/or redesign solutions as needed.
• Design and oversee performance management systems and processes that foster high performance and align to LivCor’s values including clear feedback systems and career progression frameworks.
• Develop and manage formal talent review and succession planning process for all levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with leaders and People Leaders to create personalized development plans for team members.
• Work with various contacts at Blackstone to ensure consistency in messaging and programming as needed.
• Design and drive retention and engagement initiatives that foster a positive, high-energy culture aligned with our values including our engagement survey.
• Oversee and enhance the promotion philosophy and process ensuring a transparent, equitable, and data-driven approach that aligns to business goals.
• Responsible for DEIB missions and strategy, developing org-wide DEIB goals and accompanying short- and long-term strategies and initiatives to meet those goals. Also responsible for all Team Member Resource Groups (TRGs)
• Tracking and reporting on DEIB metrics across the organization, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
• Actively partner with HRBPs to align on common priorities, leverage work, and provide leading-edge development across the enterprise.

What you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related area
• 15 years or more experience in organizational development, learning and development, DEIB
• Minimum 3 years’ experience leading large scale, end to end program development, implementation, and delivery.
• Technology platform implementation and user adoption and training experience
• Industry experience in at least one of the following: commercial real estate, capital markets, asset management, technology or related.
• Superior communication skills and the ability to effectively present and facilitate.
• Experience working on DEIB initiatives and knowledge of essential DEIB based approaches and methodologies and strong understanding of critical trends in DEIB.
• Adept with a variety of multimedia learning platforms and delivery methods.
• Track record of success designing and implementing leading edge professional development programs.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with high EQ.
• Excellent client service skills and ability to partner with multiple, diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to lead projects including building timeline, communication plan, facilitate discussion with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong change management skills with the ability to drive organization, process and technology change.
• Strong team player with ability to multi-task and meet deadlines, while thriving in a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to use data and analytics to address and problem-solving skills to make decisions to help improve overall organization health.
• Strong proficiency in all MS Office products, including knowledge of HRIS related software.

Preferred:

• HR Certification such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
• Experience with Predictive Index.

What we offer:

We know that if we take care of our team everything else will fall into place. We aren’t perfect, but we will try to set very clear expectations, always let you know where you stand, and do everything in our power to help you get where you want to go.

Our culture and values matter to us. A lot. We’re definitely not serious but we take this stuff seriously, if you get what we mean. We want a place that is an ego-free zone. A place where good people do good things together. It shouldn’t be rocket science in workplaces, but for some reason it still is? We’re absolutely determined to be different, and we think we’re doing a pretty good job at it. We have a CEO who makes fun of himself, and who will encourage you to tell him when he is wrong. In fact, he needs people to – we all do. Supportive challenge is good, it’s how we get better. We like getting better. We also love diversity, of all kinds. We need people who look, sound, speak, love, and exist differently from one another. This isn’t at the end of this paragraph because it’s an afterthought. It’s SO important to us we want it to stand out.

  

If any of this sounds interesting, then maybe we are a fit. Life is too short to work with people you don’t like. So whatever you do, don’t make that mistake.

The LivCorian Values

Be you. Be Real. Be Open. You do you. Together, we will do something amazing. Care, Always. We don’t want to let anyone down. Courageously Curious. We love to learn, even when it hurts. Help Others Win, Be A Good Neighbor. This is about ‘We, not Me.’ Relentless Hustle, Heart & Humility. Work hard. Be Kind. Make Better.

A few of the people you will work with:

• Jen Lee
• Michael Friedland
• Katie Prats
• Ian Deason
• Kristen Ross
• Hannah Mansylla
• Sue Lee

LivCor is proud to be a US EPA ENERGY STAR® Partner

Base Compensation Range:

$240,000.00 To $315,000.00. This represents the presently-anticipated low and high end of the Company’s base compensation range for this position. Actual base compensation range may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience.

Total Direct Compensation:  This job is also eligible for discretionary bonus and incentive compensation on an annual basis.

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EEO Statement

LivCor is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email talent@revantage.com