We are One Workplace. We believe that people with a purpose need great spaces to perform their best work. We think big but work small, innovate through relentless curiosity, and treat each other – and our clients – like family. Over the past 100 years, we haven’t forgotten who we are, and we’ve never stopped changing. From big city skyscrapers to the West Coast's premier universities and medical facilities, we design insightful workspaces with the latest technology to provide our clients an environment that embodies their image and encourages success. Our drive and dedication to providing our clients with innovative spaces and solutions have helped us expand our footprint, and now it is time to expand our team.
One Workplace is committed to the development of empathetic leaders, diversification of talent, and increased representation at every level of our business. We believe in cultivating a culture of inclusion and are dedicated to building and retaining teams through removing unnecessary barriers to employment and providing opportunities for career growth. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.
Compensation range: $215,045 - $245,766 Annually
The base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. Actual total compensation will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, and qualifications.
Employee Benefits:
Location: Seattle, WA (Hybird)
Hours: Monday - Friday, Day shift
This is a highly visible enterprise leadership role responsible for building and modernizing the infrastructure, systems, analytics, and programs that power the full employee experience across a complex, multi-state workforce spanning hourly, salaried, commissioned, field, warehouse, installation, and corporate populations.
As the operational second-in-command to the Chief People Officer, this leader will design and scale the People mechanisms that enable consistency, efficiency, compliance, manager effectiveness, and employee engagement across the organization. The Vice President will oversee payroll, HR technology, people analytics, employee lifecycle operations, learning and development, talent management administration, inclusion and belonging initiatives, workforce compliance, and enterprise-wide People programs.
Equally important, this executive will help shape the future of People Operations at One Workplace by advancing AI-enabled modernization, intelligent automation, and digital workflow redesign that elevate both service delivery and strategic business insight.
This role offers the opportunity to build enterprise-grade People infrastructure at a pivotal stage of organizational evolution and growth.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as the Operational Architect of the People Function
Lead Core People Operations & Workforce Infrastructure
Own the HR Technology, Systems & AI Modernization Agenda
Build a Best-in-Class People Analytics Capability
Lead Enterprise People Programs
Oversee Learning, Talent Program Administration & Inclusion
Build High-Performing Teams & Enterprise Partnerships
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise building and leading sophisticated People Operations functions in complex, multi-state environments, along with a proven track record of modernizing HR systems, scaling enterprise programs, and translating workforce data into business insight.
This leader will pair strategic vision with strong execution discipline, technical fluency, analytical rigor, and a demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams and scalable People infrastructure.
Candidates should offer:
Why This Role Matters
This is a rare opportunity for a forward-thinking People Operations executive to build the foundational systems, programs, and operating discipline that will shape the next chapter of One Workplace’s employee experience and organizational effectiveness.
Why Join One Workplace
This is an opportunity to help shape the future of People infrastructure at a company that deeply values innovation, collaboration, design, and human connection. You’ll join a People & Places team focused on building scalable, modern, and people-centered experiences that enable our business and employees to thrive.
At One Workplace, we are building with intention, investing in our people, our culture, our systems, and the future of work itself. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply with your resume today. We look forward to connecting!
We create spaces that inspire and transform.
One Workplace doesn’t just create spaces, we put them to work. We don’t measure them in square feet, but by the possibilities they create for our clients. From a better way to express your culture, to a better way to work, to learn or to heal – the possibilities are endless.
Better space always solves a problem. Our solution is simple. We believe together is better. Combining business strategists, designers, furniture, construction, ancillary and audiovisual specialists with project managers, customer support, delivery and installation under one roof simplifies a complicated process - and it makes the workplace better. It’s a unique process, and it’s made us one of the most successful interior solutions companies in the US.
Each project starts with collaboration and ends with trust. For us, this is a big deal. Better spaces are built with better relationships - our most valuable assets. That means finding an amazing way to work together with our clients and partners because when we co-create, remarkable things happen. Everything we do links back to one simple philosophy:
We’re better together.
