VP People Experience

Who You Are

Goodway is entering a new phase of growth and transformation, including a rebrand, evolving operating model, and increasing use of AI and technology to reshape how work gets done. 

The VP, People Experience will lead the strategy and execution of Goodway’s people function, ensuring the organization is structured, operating effectively, and equipped to support the company’s next stage of growth. 

This is not a traditional HR leadership role. This is a business-critical transformation role focused on building a high-performing, scalable, and accountable organization. This role goes beyond traditional HR leadership. The VP PX will help design the future workforce, leadership capability, and organizational structure required to deliver Goodway’s strategy. Working closely with the executive team, this leader will translate business priorities into clear workforce strategies, simplify and modernize people systems, and ensure the organization is prepared for evolving roles, skills, and ways of working in an AI-enabled environment. 

Goodway Group is a 97-year-old privately held business, and therefore culture and behaviors are very important. We are seeking a People Leader who can find the right balance between ‘retaining the magic of our long heritage’ and evolving the culture to be high performing with embedded accountability, which will inevitably lead to ‘parting with some baggage from the past.’ This role requires someone who can evolve culture while introducing greater clarity, consistency, and accountability across the organization. Goodway Group has multiple strong people orientated initiatives including Council, RISE, Mentoring and Goodway Cares (not for profit) and this role requires someone who can evolve culture while introducing greater clarity, consistency, and accountability across the organization.

What You Will Do

People Strategy & Organizational Design 

• Define and lead Goodway’s people’s strategy in alignment with the company’s growth and transformation agenda. 
• Translate business priorities into workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategies. 
• Support leadership in designing teams, structures, and decision-making frameworks that enable performance and scalability. 

 Operational Excellence & Simplification

• Audit and simplify People systems, processes, and tooling
• Build clear workforce visibility for leadership (headcount, performance, compensation, tenure)
• Improve performance and compensation cycles to be efficient, consistent, and actionable
• Move the function from reactive support to a disciplined operating partner

Leadership & Team Development 

• Build and lead a high-performing People Experience team that acts as a strategic partner to the business. 
• Strengthen leadership capability across the organization through coaching, leadership development, and improved management practices. 
• Ensure leaders are equipped to guide teams through change and evolving