Job Description
About the position
Seven Seas Water Group is a private-equity-backed, high-growth international provider of critical water and wastewater infrastructure through their Water-as-a-Service® solutions. The Global Head of Human Resources is a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for building a scalable, performance-driven people platform that supports rapid growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.
This role goes beyond traditional HR leadership. The successful candidate will act as a hands-on business partner to the CEO and leadership team, translating growth strategy into actionable talent recruitment and retention, organization, and culture initiatives across a geographically diverse workforce. The Global Head of HR will further improve and scale people processes while maintaining the agility required in a PE-backed environment.
Qualified candidates must live in the Tampa Bay area, and will work a required 3 day in office schedule.
- Responsibilities
- Enterprise HR Strategy & Value Creation
- Partner closely with the CEO, executive team, and private equity sponsors to align human capital strategy with growth plans, margin improvement, and operational scalability.
- Build and execute a global HR roadmap that supports organic growth, new market entry, and potential M&A integration.
- Drive organizational design initiatives to ensure the company is structured for speed, accountability, and performance.
- Talent, Performance & Leadership
- Establish a rigorous performance management culture focused on results, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead executive and leadership talent strategies, including succession planning, leadership assessment, and targeted development.
- Ensure the company attracts, develops, and retains top talent in competitive global markets.
- Manage and continue to reduce external talent management expense and build relationships and talent pipelines for continued rapid growth in the organization.
- Scaling Infrastructure & Processes
- Build scalable HR systems, policies, and processes that can support rapid growth across multiple countries and regulatory environments.
- Own process improvements and compliance activities for all of the companies’ global payrolls.
- Professionalize workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, and development processes while maintaining operational flexibility.
- Implement data-driven HR analytics to inform decision-making and measure impact.
- Total Rewards & Incentives
- Design and oversee competitive global compensation, incentive, and benefits programs aligned with performance and value creation objectives.
- Partner with Finance and leadership to align rewards with EBITDA growth, productivity, and retention goals.
- Support equity, incentive, and long-term reward programs as appropriate in a PE-backed structure.
- Culture, Engagement & Change Management
- Build a high-performance culture that balances entrepreneurial mindset with discipline and process.
- Lead change management efforts related to growth, integration, leadership transitions, and organizational transformation.
- Promote employee engagement, safety, and retention across diverse regions while reinforcing consistent values.
- Compliance, Risk & Governance
- Ensure compliance with global employment laws, labor regulations, and governance standards across all operating regions.
- Proactively manage employee relations risk and sensitive people matters with sound judgment and discretion.
- Serve as a key partner to Legal and Finance on governance, ethics, and risk management and help promote safety culture throughout the organization.
- Team Leadership
- Build, lead, and develop a lean, high-impact global HR team capable of supporting a fast-growing organization.
- Act as a coach and thought partner to senior leaders and functional heads across the business.
- Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in HR or a similar focus required; advanced degree strongly preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including senior leadership roles in PE-backed, high-growth, industrial or transformational environments.
- Experience managing employees outside of the U.S. strongly preferred, and working with employees of different cultural backgrounds.
- Experience leading DEIB programs, and ESG initiatives
- Preferred experience leading HR with multiple jurisdictions, including international experience with global payroll, labor, and benefits experience
- Proven experience scaling organizations, building infrastructure, and supporting complex global operations.
- Strong background in organizational design, performance management, and change leadership.
- Deep understanding of global employment practices and regulatory environments.
- Experience in infrastructure, utilities, energy, engineering, or other asset-intensive industries strongly preferred.
- Proven experience leading an HR & Talent team to meet growing workforce demands.
- Spanish language ability strongly desired
- Must have a valid U.S. passport and be able to travel domestically and internationally 15-25%
- Must live in the Tampa area, and be able to commute to the office 3 days per week.
- Commercially and operationally minded HR executive with strong business acumen
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-paced growth environments
- Hands-on, pragmatic, and execution-oriented
- Trusted advisor with executive presence and credibility
- Results-driven leader who balances people, performance, and scale
- Nice-to-haves
- Experience managing employees outside of the U.S. strongly preferred, and working with employees of different cultural backgrounds.
- Experience in infrastructure, utilities, energy, engineering, or other asset-intensive industries strongly preferred.
- Spanish language ability strongly desired
- Preferred experience leading HR with multiple jurisdictions, including international experience with global payroll, labor, and benefits experience
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