Director, People Success

The posting, as Navan wrote it

In People Success, our mission is clear: you will collaborate closely with the President of Go-To-Market (GTM) and key global leaders—including the Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and Partnerships & M&A teams—to define global strategy and ensure organizational programs align with overarching business goals. In this role, you will leverage high agility, strategic creativity, and expert stakeholder management to diagnose complex departmental needs, formulate executable vision, and lead a high-performing global team through high-priority initiatives that empower our people and scale the organization.

You thrive in a rapidly evolving global environment by navigating ambiguity with agility and creative problem-solving. You are a strategic visionary, an influential communicator, and an expert stakeholder manager capable of bringing cross-functional executives together to execute complex deliverables, while driving long-term organizational value and building high-performing teams.

The Director, People Success will serve as a strategic advisor and partner to senior executive leaders across our global Go-To-Market Functions for our Travel and Expense business. Your 10+ years of experience is demonstrated through your mastery in executive stakeholder management, strategic vision execution, and driving global organizational change.

You are accountable for translating strategic vision into execution at global scale, deploying creative solutions to address complex business needs in close collaboration with international teams and senior cross-functional leaders.

In this role, you will work closely with senior leadership to understand the business, talent needs, and be an advocate for innovation, automation, positive employee experiences, and driving our People Strategy to fruition.

What You'll Do

• Providing strategic consultation to executive leadership on global organizational design, talent strategy, executive coaching, workforce planning, and enterprise People program development
• Results-driven individual that can build credibility & trust with leaders and employees across all levels
• Deep business acumen and collaborative mindset, with the executional know-how of helping to build & scale teams globally through ongoing development, support and engagement of employees
• Analytical and critical thinking with a metrics-driven approach to talent solutions and the ability to leverage people analytics and insights to create compelling narratives for change to gain sponsorship
• Empathetic partner who actively listens, and provides coaching to employees and managers through complex and confidential situations
• Lead People Success initiatives every quarter to continue to build and improve our foundation as an organization and programs for employees
• Partner with leaders to develop people strategies to further their business objectives
• Identify and deploy impactful people strategies and policies that enable the Sales, Acco

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consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.

For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
Pay Range
$164,700 — $366,000 USD

The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.

For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
Pay Range
$164,700 — $366,000 USD

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