Chief People Officer

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.

Position Overview Position Summary The Chief People Officer (CPO) is the senior executive responsible for shaping and executing the organization's people strategy in support of The Emily Program’s mission, growth objectives, and long-term business performance. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and serving as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the CPO provides enterprise leadership across all aspects of human resources, talent, culture, organizational effectiveness, total rewards, employee relations, leadership development, and workforce planning. The CPO serves as a strategic advisor to the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board on workforce trends, organizational design, succession planning, leadership effectiveness, and culture.

This role ensures the organization attracts, develops, engages, and retains the talent necessary to deliver exceptional client outcomes while supporting a high-performance, values driven culture. The ideal candidate is an experienced healthcare people executive who combines strategic vision with operational excellence, demonstrates strong business acumen, and has a proven track record of leading transformational initiatives in complex, multisite organizations. This leader must be capable of translating organizational strategy into actionable people initiatives that improve engagement, strengthen leadership capabilities, enhance organizational effectiveness, and drive sustainable business results.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise People Strategy & Organizational Effectiveness • Develop and execute a comprehensive people strategy aligned with organizational objectives, growth plans, and long-term workforce needs. • Partner with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to ensure human capital strategies support enterprise performance, operational excellence, and strategic priorities. • Lead workforce planning, organizational design, talent forecasting, and succession planning efforts across the organization.

• Assess organizational effectiveness and implement strategies that improve leadership capability, accountability, collaboration, and employee engagement. • Provide strategic guidance during organizational change initiatives, restructurings, acquisitions, integrations, and periods of significant growth or transformation. Talent Acquisition, Development & Succession • Oversee enterprise talent acquisition strategies to attract, recruit, and retain high performing employees and leaders.

• Ensure recruitment processes, workforce planning efforts, and staffing models support current and future organizational needs. • Lead leadership development, succession planning, and talent management programs designed to strengthen bench strength and organizational capability. • Establish development pathways and career growth opportunities that support employee engagement, retention, and internal mobility.

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development at all levels of the organization. Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience • Champion a culture that reflects organizational values, promotes belonging, and supports exceptional employee and client experiences. • Lead enterprise employee engagement initiatives, including survey administration, analysis, communication, and action planning processes.

• Partner with leaders to develop and implement strategies that improve retention, engagement, communication, and organizational effectiveness. • Promote leadership practices that foster accountability, trust, collaboration, ps