Vice President for People & Culture

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The Vice President for People and Culture is a cabinet-level executive leader reporting directly to the President and serving as San José State University’s (SJSU) chief executive authority on workforce strategy, personnel governance, labor relations, and employment compliance.

The Vice President provides enterprise-wide leadership and strategic direction for all aspects of the University’s people infrastructure, including faculty and staff employment across the full employee lifecycle. The role establishes institutional standards for personnel governance, ensures regulatory and collective bargaining compliance, oversees employment-related risk management, and advances a modern, high-performing, people-centered culture aligned with the University’s mission and strategic priorities.

As a member of the President’s executive leadership team, the Vice President advises on the workforce implications of institutional strategy, leads organizational design and institutional change initiatives, and ensures that human capital strategy supports academic excellence, operational effectiveness, and long-term institutional sustainability.

The Vice President serves as the President’s designee for collective bargaining interpretation and labor governance and provides executive oversight of civil rights compliance, Executive Order implementation, and employment-related legal matters.

The role leads a comprehensive People and Culture portfolio that includes, but is not limited to:

• Civil Rights, Title IX & Equal Opportunity
• Classification & Compensation
• Employee & Labor Relations
• Faculty Services & Academic Personnel
• HR Systems & Workforce Analytics
• Payroll & Benefits
• Professional & Organizational Development
• Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
• Workers’ Compensation and Employment Compliance

The position functions as an enterprise governance authority rather than a transactional HR administrator and is responsible for shaping institutional policy, mitigating workforce risk, and modernizing people systems and practices across the University.

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Equal Employment Statement:

SJSU is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. We consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

It is the policy of SJSU to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.