Onsite Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO): CONFIDENTIAL Search for Client
Industry: Sports & Entertainment
About the Organization
The organization is a diversified sports and entertainment holding company, and this role is based in Denver, Colorado. It manages a wide range of professional sports franchises, entertainment venues, media properties, and live-event operations. Its businesses include professional and international sports, stadium and venue management, broadcast and digital media, themed entertainment, and related consumer-facing enterprises.
Position Summary
The CHRO is a senior executive responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the organization’s comprehensive people strategy. Working closely with the CEO, Chief Operations Officer, and executive leadership team, the CHRO will help shape organizational culture, talent strategy, workforce effectiveness, and operational resilience. This role operates in a fast-moving, highly visible, and regulated environment, and it is essential for aligning human capital initiatives with business goals, brand values, and the overall experience of both fans and employees.
Key Responsibilities
The CHRO serves as a trusted advisor to the executive team on organizational strategy, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and culture. This role builds and leads an enterprise-wide human capital strategy that supports business objectives, strengthens brand alignment, and develops a high-performing workforce across corporate functions, operations, and event-based teams. The CHRO oversees talent acquisition, retention, leadership development, and succession planning to support long-term continuity and growth.
In addition, the CHRO leads labor relations and workforce negotiations, including collective bargaining agreements and dispute resolution efforts, where applicable. The role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, league policies, and industry regulations, while actively managing employment-related risk. Oversight of compensation, benefits, and incentive programs—including executive compensation and performance-based pay structures—is a key responsibility.
The CHRO leads diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives that reflect the organization’s values, workforce, and fan base. This leader drives organizational change efforts tied to expansion, mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, and seasonal workforce fluctuations. The position also oversees HR technology and analytics to enable data-driven decisions and executive reporting, and represents the organization externally with leagues, partners, sponsors, and community stakeholders on people-related matters.
Required Qualifications
- REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- The successful candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred. The role requires at least twelve to fifteen years of progressively responsible human resources leadership experience, including executive-level accountability. Experience in sports, entertainment, media, hospitality, or other highly visible, consumer-facing industries is preferred but not required.
- Candidates must demonstrate strong expertise in employment law, labor relations, and compliance across multi-state and national organizations, along with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure, highly visible environments. Strong executive presence and experience advising the C-suite are preferred.
$350,000 – $400,000 per year
Core Competencies
Success in this role requires advanced strategic leadership and business judgment, strong influence with executives and the Board, and proven expertise in labor relations and conflict resolution. The CHRO must be well-versed in total rewards and compensation strategy, talent management and succession planning, risk management and compliance, organizational development, and change leadership. Additional competencies include data-driven decision-making, crisis management, awareness of reputational risk, and a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Working Conditions and Environment
The role may require non-traditional work hours, including evenings, weekends, and travel, to support live events, games, productions, and organizational needs. The CHRO will work across both corporate office environments and live-event settings.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are based on business requirements, job responsibilities, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Other Conditions
This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the position. Duties may be modified or expanded at any time to meet organizational needs.
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