Senior Vice President, Human Resources

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.

The Senior Vice President, Human Resources (SVP, HR) is a network-wide executive leader responsible for setting and executing Rocketship Public Schools’ human capital strategy in direct service of organizational outcomes, regional success, and long-term sustainability. Reporting to the CEO, the SVP, HR is a core member of the Network Executive Team (NET) and serves as a strategic thought partner to regional leadership, the Board, and executive peers on all talent priorities.

This role moves beyond operational HR leadership to elevate HR as a true enterprise and regional partner, ensuring that talent, performance, culture, and organizational design are deeply aligned to Rocketship’s mission, growth priorities, and regional realities. The SVP, HR will lead a high-impact team spanning Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Performance & Analytics, while strengthening trust, coherence, and consistency across regions.

The SVP, HR plays a critical role in shaping Rocketship’s ability to attract, develop, retain, and inspire exceptional talent, with particular emphasis on building representative pipelines, strengthening talent and leadership capacity in regions, and ensuring that HR strategies are responsive, data-informed, and locally grounded. A key focus of this role is the continued and sustained elevation of Rocketship’s employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS), which is a critical five-year organizational goal. The SVP, HR will lead network wide strategies that strengthen team member experience, engagement, trust, and advocacy—ensuring Rocketship is a great place to work where people are proud and excited to recommend to others.

This role requires deep partnership with schools and regions to translate team member feedback into meaningful action, and to ensure that improvements in eNPS are driven by authentic changes in leadership practices, systems, and day-to-day employee experience. This role will regularly present workforce, engagement, retention, and leadership data to the Board and Regional Boards to inform enterprise risk, investment, and growth decisions.

This position is ideally based in one of Rocketship’s regions with regular travel to regions nationwide.

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.

The Senior Vice President, Human Resources (SVP, HR) is a network-wide executive leader responsible for setting and executing Rocketship Public Schools’ human capital strategy in direct service of organizational outcomes, regional success, and long-term sustainability. Reporting to the CEO, the SVP, HR is a core member of the Network Executive Team (NET) and serves as a strategic thought partner to regional leadership, the Board, and executive peers on all talent priorities.

This role moves beyond operational HR leadership to elevate HR as a true enterprise and regional partner, ensuring that talent, performance, culture, and organizational design are deeply aligned to Rocketship’s mission, growth priorities, and regional realities. The SVP, HR will lead a high-impact team spanning Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Performance & Analytics, while strengthening trust, coherence, and consistency across regions.

The SVP, HR plays a critical role in shaping Rocketship’s ability to attract, develop, retain, and inspire exceptional talent, with particular emphasis on building representative pipelines, strengthening talent and leadership capacity in regions, and ensuring that HR strategies are responsive, data-informed, and locally grounded. A key focus of this role is the continued and sustained elevation of Rocketship’s employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS), which is a critical five-year organizational goal. The SVP, HR will lead network wide strategies that strengthen team member experience, engagement, trust, and advocacy—ensuring Rocketship is a great place to work where people are proud and excited to recommend to others.

This role requires deep partnership with schools and regions to translate team member feedback into meaningful action, and to ensure that improvements in eNPS are driven by authentic changes in leadership practices, systems, and day-to-day employee experience. This role will regularly present workforce, engagement, retention, and leadership data to the Board and Regional Boards to inform enterprise risk, investment, and growth decisions.

This position is ideally based in one of Rocketship’s regions with regular travel to regions nationwide.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and wellness benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off.

Rocketship Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Rocketship Public Schools’ employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. Click here for our Sexual Harassment Policy. For questions, concerns, or complaints, please contact Human Resources.