Onsite Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO): CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH FOR CLIENT
Industry: Sports & Entertainment
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
The organization is a diversified sports and entertainment holding company and this role will sit in Denver, Colorado. The organization oversees a broad portfolio of professional sports franchises, entertainment venues, media properties, and live-event operations. Its businesses span professional and international sports, stadium and venue management, broadcast and digital media, themed entertainment, and related consumer-facing enterprises.
POSITION SUMMARY
The CHRO serves as a senior executive leader responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the organization’s comprehensive people strategy. This role partners closely with the Chief Executive Officer, The Chief Operations Officer, and executive leadership team to advance organizational culture, talent strategy, workforce performance, and operational resilience. The CHRO operates in a fast-paced, public-facing, and highly regulated environment and plays a critical role in aligning human capital initiatives with business objectives, brand values, and the overall fan and employee experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The CHRO acts as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team on organizational strategy, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and culture. This position designs and leads an enterprise-wide human capital strategy that supports business goals, brand alignment, and a high-performance workforce across corporate, operational, and event-based teams. The role oversees all aspects of talent acquisition, retention, leadership development, and succession planning to ensure organizational continuity and growth.
In addition, the CHRO leads labor relations and workforce negotiations, including collective bargaining agreements and dispute resolution efforts, as applicable. The position ensures full compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, league requirements, and industry regulations, while proactively managing employment-related risk. Oversight of compensation, benefits, and incentive programs—including executive compensation and performance-based pay structures—is a core responsibility of this role.
The CHRO champions diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives that reflect the organization’s values, workforce, and fan base. This leader guides organizational change initiatives related to expansion, mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, and seasonal workforce fluctuations. The role also oversees HR technology and analytics to support data-driven decision-making and executive reporting, and represents the organization externally with leagues, partners, sponsors, and community stakeholders on people-related matters.
Required Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred. The role requires a minimum of twelve to fifteen years of progressive human resources leadership experience, including executive-level responsibility. Experience within sports, entertainment, media, hospitality, or other high-visibility, consumer-facing industries is preferred, though not required.
Candidates must demonstrate deep knowledge of employment law, labor relations, and compliance within multi-state and national organizations, as well as the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, high-pressure, and highly visible environments. Strong executive presence and experience advising the C-Suite is preferred.
Additional Information
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
OTHER CONDITIONS
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the position. Responsibilities may be modified or expanded at any time to meet organizational needs.
Estes cookies são necessários para o funcionamento do sítio Web e não podem ser desactivados nos nossos sistemas. Pode configurar o seu browser para bloquear estes cookies, mas nesse caso algumas partes do sítio Web poderão não funcionar.
Segurança
Experiência do utilizador
Cookies orientados para o grupo-alvo
Estes cookies são instalados no nosso sítio Web pelos nossos parceiros publicitários. Podem ser utilizados por estas empresas para definir o perfil dos seus interesses e mostrar-lhe publicidade relevante noutro local.
Google Analytics
Anúncios do Google
Utilizamos cookies
🍪
O nosso sítio Web utiliza cookies e tecnologias semelhantes para personalizar o conteúdo, otimizar a experiência do utilizador e para individualizar e avaliar a publicidade. Ao clicar em OK ou ao ativar uma opção nas definições de cookies, está a concordar com isto.
Os melhores empregos à distância por correio eletrónico
Junte-se a mais de 5'000 pessoas que recebem alertas semanais com empregos remotos!