HR Strategy & Operations

Job Description

Director, HR Strategy & Operations | Levi Strauss & Co.

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Levi Strauss & Co., located in San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid work schedule. Levi Strauss & Co. is a company that values authenticity, individuality, and making a positive impact, fostering an environment where people can forge their own path. This role is crucial for maximizing the reach and productivity of the Chief Human Resources Officer, advancing the most important work across the HR function, and ensuring timely, thoughtful decision-making and solid execution of strategic projects. It helps coordinate enterprise-wide HR initiatives and cross-functional priorities for the organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, San Francisco, CA
• Pay: $167300–$245400 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer
• Mission: Maximize the CHRO’s reach and productivity, coordinate enterprise-wide HR initiatives, and ensure smooth information flow for strategic execution.
• Tech Stack: AI, automation, technology opportunities

What You’ll Actually Do
• Drive: Partner with the CHRO and Human Resources Leadership Team (HRLT) to drive HR strategy and ensure its ongoing alignment to organizational priorities and business goals.
• Prepare: Create briefing materials, talking points, presentations, and updates for Executive Leadership Team (ELT) meetings, board discussions, town halls, and other key forums.
• Advise: Offer thought leadership as an individual contributor and partner to the CHRO and HRLT to support best-in-class thinking across the HR function, including around AI and other technology opportunities.
• Analyze: Provide research, analysis, and recommendations on HR trends, metrics, and issues that could influence the organization’s HR strategy or priorities.
• Execute: Work closely with the HRLT to track progress against priorities, ensure alignment with strategic objectives, and help remove obstacles.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree required with core domain knowledge in Human Resources Strategy & Operations.
• Experience: 7+ years of experience in a similar or related role, preferably in Human Resources, balancing concurrent priorities in a global environment.
• Skills: Strong balance of strategy and process orientation, proven ability to connect functional strategies to larger organizational goals, strong written and verbal communication, natural collaborator with an ability to guide discussions, high degree of discretion and judgment, and strong project and process management orientation.
• Bonus: Advanced degree (MBA, HR, Organizational Development, or related field ideal).