.Vice President Of People | (VM340) Santander Cantabria, Cantabria, ES. The Vice President of People is responsible for leading the vision, strategy, development and execution of organizational effectiveness, talent and culture management programs aimed at advancing the mission and enhancing business results. The role will also lead and direct the routine functions of the Human Resources (HR) department including hiring and interviewing staff, administering pay, benefits, leave, and enforcing company policies and practices. This person will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. **Organizational Effectiveness Duties and Responsibilities**:- Provides leadership to critical and organization-wide people initiatives related to business process redesign and change management. - Assist senior leadership to catalyze organizational performance through leadership - linking strategy to structure, building transformational change approaches and facilitating organizational re-design and continuing improvement. - Leads the organization's employee engagement and retention initiatives to increase organizational, programmatic and individual performance. - Identifies and recommends opportunities to improve and align supporting systems; creates and implements an integrated approach to talent and culture management. - Influences organizational decision-making with the use of relevant, value-added performance management, including metrics and analysis in a manner that aligns with and supports the organization's strategic and short-and long-term business objectives. **Leadership and Talent Management Duties and Responsibilities**:- Analyzes trends in compensation and benefits; researches and proposescompetitive base and incentive pay programs to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent. - Designs and implements integrated talent management solutions including, leadership development, individual development planning, talent reviews, succession planning, and leadership development. - Advances existing talent development strategies and initiatives in a manner that ensures/tracks the quality of assessment, dialogue, and follow-up across all levels of the organization. - Identifies, leads, and develops results-driven performance management tools and processes that integrate with the organization's values and core competencies. **Workplace Culture Management Duties and Responsibilities**:- Develops strategies aimed at maintaining a healthy workplace culture including programs and initiatives related to employee communications, engagement and relations across the organization's programs and offices. Proactively drives effective employee communications in partnership with the leadership team. - Proactively and effectively improves workplace culture to foster organizational and individual effectiveness in a manner consistent with the organization's values