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People Programs Director

Missoula, Montana, United States

ABOUT onX

As a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation with a suite of apps, onX was founded in Montana, which in turn has inspired our mission to awaken the adventurer inside everyone. With more than 400 employees located around the country working in largely remote / hybrid roles, we have created regional “Basecamps” to help remote employees find connection and inspiration with other onXers. We bring our outdoor passion to work every day, coupling it with industry-leading technology to craft dynamic outdoor experiences.

Through multiple years of growth, we haven’t lost our entrepreneurial ethos at onX. We offer a fast-paced, growing, tech-forward environment where ownership, accountability, and passion for winning as a team are essential. We value diversity and believe it leads to different perspectives and inspires both new adventures and new growth. As a team, we’re hungry to improve, value innovation, and believe great ideas come from any direction.

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WHAT YOU WILL DO

onX is seeking a People Programs Director to bring our People & Culture strategy to life across the organization.

Reporting directly to the Head of People and Culture, you will design, deliver, and scale the highest-impact people initiatives that drive clarity, cohesion, and connection across our matrixed business. From shaping our listening ecosystem and storytelling with people data, to aligning internal comms and experience with our external brand, you will ensure our people systems work as hard as our people do.

As an onX People Programs Director, your essential job duties and responsibilities will look like: 

  • Activate our People Strategy
    • Operationalize the Talent Strategy: Translate the high-level onX Talent Strategy into a concrete execution plan. You will design the scalable systems and processes that bring our “Build for Scale” capability to life across the business.
    • Align Brand and Communications: Partner with the Brand and PR teams to knit together our internal and external brand. You will develop and lead a cohesive internal communications strategy that makes leadership decisions visible and ensures our employee experience authentically reflects our brand promise.
  • Use Insight to Drive Action 
    • Build a Listening Ecosystem: Architect and implement a holistic “listening ecosystem.” This system will capture and synthesize disparate data sources—including qualitative workshop feedback, HRIS data, and employee movement—to provide a predictive, real-time view of organizational health.
    • Drive Cohesive Storytelling with People Data: Pull insight from raw data and package into compelling narratives and actionable recommendations for senior leadership. Partner with the Business Intelligence team to create dashboards that track progress against our key people objectives and tell the story of what's happening within the company.
  • Launch, Integrate, and Scale People and Way of Working Initiatives 
    • Identify and Launch Key People Initiatives that support our Way of Working goals: Lead end-to-end lifecycle of critical, cross-functional initiatives defined by our Way of Working blueprint. This includes initial discovery and scoping through to the successful delivery and impact measurement.
    • Own and Integrate Initiative Roadmaps: Own the roadmap for the initiatives you lead and ensure they are well-integrated into the broader People Strategy, Operational Plan 1 (OP1), and long-range planning efforts.
    • Scale What Works: Identify cultural and operational excellence and best practices across the business.  Codify how they scale and support their thoughtful integration into other teams and contexts, elevating performance and streamlining how we work. 
    • Champion Adaptive Change: Drive change through facilitation and partnership, not top-down mandates. You will lead cross-functional workshops to crowdsource solutions, ensuring new processes and tools are co-created with the teams who will use them.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

  • Extensive Experience and Impact: 15+ years of experience driving operational excellence, leading end-to-end strategic change initiatives, and improving systems and processes across complex, matrixed organizations.
  • Strategic Systems Thinker: A proven ability to operate in ambiguity, adapt to shifting priorities, and architect solutions that integrate people, systems, and strategy. You thrive in complexity and deliver clarity through structure.
  • Process Optimization Mastery: Deep expertise in process optimization and continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Agile). You build for scale by designing simple, high-impact systems that reduce complexity and drive measurable results.
  • Build-for-Scale Mindset: You view people systems as strategic levers for growth—not just HR functions. With a systems-thinking approach, you design for simplicity, sustainability, and long-term impact.
  • Data-Driven Storyteller: Skilled at interpreting diverse data sources and translating them into compelling, insight-rich narratives that guide executive decision-making and inspire action.
  • Influential Change Agent: Proven ability to partner with senior leaders, build influential partnerships, coach stakeholders, and facilitate adaptive change through co-creation, not top-down mandates.
  • Creative Problem-Solver: Resourceful and purpose-driven, you approach challenges with creativity and a bias for experimentation and impact-oriented systems design.
  • Exceptional Communicator and Collaborator: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to foster trust, alignment, and momentum across functions.
  • A shared passion for and ability to demonstrate onX’s Company Values
  • Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX. 
  • Ability to travel at least quarterly and up to monthly for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location, such as a Basecamp. 

ADDED BONUSES

Though not required, we would be thrilled to consider candidates with any of the following:

  • Experience in internal communications, employee engagement, or people data and analytics.
  • Experience aligning internal culture with external brand.
  • Background in creative or operational project management within a people-focused function.

WHERE YOU CAN WORK

onX has created a thriving distributed workforce community across several US locations. This position can be performed from an onX corporate office, “Basecamp,” or “Connection Hub”.

  • Corporate Offices: onX was founded in Montana with offices in Missoula and Bozeman. If you prefer to work in an office at least part of the time, this is a great option.

  • Basecamps: onX’s Basecamps are established virtual workforce communities where a sizable number of distributed team members group for work, volunteering, socializing, and adventure. 

    • Our current Basecamps are located within a 90-mile radius of the following: Austin, TX; Denver, CO; Kalispell, MT; Minneapolis, MN; Portland, OR; Salt Lake City, UT; and Seattle, WA.

  • Connection Hubs: onX’s Connection Hub locations are smaller, emerging communities of distributed team members.

    • Our current Connection Hubs are located within a 60-mile radius of the following: Boise, ID; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Richmond, VA; Spokane, WA; and Vermont.

HOW YOU’LL BE COMPENSATED

onX is committed to compensating all employees fairly and equitably for their contributions. For this position, applicants can expect to make between $150,000 to $175,000 upon hire. The pay range will vary based on experience, skills, certifications, and education among other factors as required in the job description. In addition, full-time onX employees are eligible for a grant of common share options with a vesting schedule and a potential annual bonus of 10% based on company performance.

WHAT WE’RE OFFERING YOU

  • Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth
  • Comprehensive health benefits including a no-monthly-cost medical plan 
  • Parental leave plan of 5 or 13 weeks fully paid
  • 401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%
  • Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks
  • Annual “Get Out, Get Active” funds to fuel your active lifestyle in and outside of the gym
  • Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, quiet weeks, and floating holidays

PERFORMANCE ESSENTIALS

In this role, success is driven by cognitive abilities such as concentration and problem-solving, essential for our computer-centric tasks. onX will explore reasonable accommodations to ensure that individuals with diverse abilities can fully engage in and contribute to the essential physical and mental functions of the job. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact us at PS@onxmaps.com. 

Position open until filled. 

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