Vice President, Human Resources - Divert

About Divert, Inc.

Divert, Inc. is an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™. Founded in 2007, the company creates advanced technologies and sustainable infrastructure to eliminate wasted food, driving social and environmental impact. Divert provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste, facilitates edible food recovery to serve communities in need, and converts wasted food into renewable energy. The company works with over 6,600 customer locations across the U.S. to reduce wasted food and positively impact people and the environment. Its customer base spans across industries and includes five Fortune 100 companies. For more information on Divert, Inc., please visit www.divertinc.com.

Vice President of Human Resources

The VP of Human Resources will lead the development and delivery of strategic end-to-end talent strategy focused on employee retention, employee relations, investigations, performance management, and career advancement with a focus on Divert’s distributed national hourly employees working in production and logistics. This is a growth role that will directly manage our Operations HRBP and HR Generalist day one, creatively and efficiently solving critical talent challenges. Candidates residing in Massachusetts and Ohio encouraged to apply, with a strong preference for Columbus or Cincinnati.

What you’ll do:

• Design and execute HR strategies to improve employee experience that could include training, communications, total rewards, advancement, etc.
• Partner with Divert leaders and EHS department to build a culture of safety, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Oversee and build resources and programs to support HR business partners in providing proactive support to employees, especially the 200+ distributed employees engaged in CDL driving, bin washing, and food slurry processing.
• Ensure managers’ roles in talent strategy are defined and support them scalably in delivering on their people-related objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement in HR operations, ensuring that all communications and initiatives resonate across diverse sites and employee groups.
• Create and communicate relevant metrics, measuring success and learning from talent strategies deployed
• Develop and mentor a strong team of HR professionals, ensuring they are well-equipped to address the needs of employees.

What we’re looking for:

• 10-15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with a strong emphasis on HR business partnering, employee relations, and HR program development, building a positive and safe employee experience.
• Proven track record of managing HR in a 24/7, distributed, multi-site environment such as manufacturing, retail, logistics, or processing, with experience supporting hourly and ideally CDL driver workforces.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of retention strategies, performance management frameworks, and advancement programs tailored to operational roles.
• Strong partner to the EHS team as a culture advocate.
• Strong leadership and influence skills, with the ability to drive HR initiatives that align with organizational goals and mission while being adaptable in a rapidly growing, PE-backed company.
• Excellent communication skills and a focus on execution, ensuring HR strategies take hold across a large, distributed, multi-state workforce.
• A hands-on, optimistic builder mindset routinely incorporating data and metrics into decision making.
• Passion for the company’s mission to protect the value of food.

What's In It For You?

• Compensation Range: $175K - $200K annually
• Health, Vision and Dental Benefits (effective the first of the month following your date of hire!)
• Life Insurance
• 401K with Safe Harbor company match
• Paid Time Off
• Opportunities for Advancement with a Rapidly Growing, Mission-Driven Organization

Divert Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.