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Orkin

Pest control services via integrated management

Vice President Human Resources

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeAtlanta, GA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field is required.
  • At least 12 years of progressive HR leadership experience, including experience supporting large, multi-site, field-based, or operationally complex organizations.
  • Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives and operational leaders to develop and execute people strategies that improve business performance.
  • Experience leading HR teams, influencing in a matrixed environment, and driving consistency across geographically dispersed business units.
  • Strong knowledge of employment practices, employee relations, talent acquisition, talent management, organizational design, workforce planning, and change leadership.
  • Operate as both a strategic leader and practical problem-solver, working alongside the HR team to assess needs, build solutions, and deliver measurable improvements in core people programs.
  • Reinforce a service-oriented, field-first culture by modeling accountability, teammate advocacy, operational discipline, safety, and a commitment to earning customer trust.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and influence decisions through business acumen, credibility, and sound judgment.
  • Understand the needs of a large, distributed workforce and create HR solutions that are practical, scalable, and operationally relevant.
  • Connect people strategy to business outcomes, financial performance, customer experience, and operational execution.
  • Anticipate workforce needs, strengthen leadership pipelines, and support retention and development of high-performing teammates.
  • Lead through complexity, communicate clearly, and help leaders and teammates navigate change effectively.
  • Balance teammate advocacy, business needs, compliance, and risk with fairness, discretion, and professionalism.
  • Be available to support business-critical issues, leadership requests, and teammate matters across a geographically dispersed organization.
  • Be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment with competing priorities and high visibility.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead Orkin’s HR strategy in alignment with business goals, growth priorities, operational needs, and teammate experience objectives.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, workforce planning, talent risk, teammate engagement, and culture.
  • Translate enterprise HR priorities into practical, field-ready solutions for leaders and teammates across a large, distributed operating model.
  • Work alongside the HR team to design, implement, and continuously improve people programs that support business performance and teammate experience for over 10,000 teammates.
  • Lead, coach, and develop HR leaders supporting Orkin’s eight divisions, ensuring consistent execution of HR practices while allowing business-specific flexibility.
  • Partner with division and field operations leaders to identify people-related opportunities and risks, improve organizational effectiveness, and strengthen leadership capability.
  • Ensure HR support is responsive, credible, and connected to branch, region, and division operations.
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning and Development, and business leaders to ensure the organization has the leadership bench, frontline capability, and workforce plans needed to support growth and operational performance.
  • Guide succession planning, leadership development, performance management, and retention strategies for critical field and functional roles.
  • Use data, analytics, and business insights to identify talent trends, anticipate workforce needs, and recommend proactive people solutions.
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to strengthen recruiting strategies, improve talent pipelines, and attract high-quality candidates into critical field, leadership, and functional roles.
  • Champion a teammate experience reflecting service excellence, safety, technical expertise, operational discipline, accountability, teammate development, and customer trust.
  • Partner with leaders to assess engagement, address feedback themes, and strengthen communication, trust, accountability, and inclusion across the organization.
  • Lead improvements to onboarding, retention, and career pathing practices to help teammates succeed, stay engaged, and grow within the organization.
  • Provide executive oversight for employee relations strategies and ensure fair, consistent, and timely resolution of complex teammate matters.
  • Partner with Legal, Compliance, Safety, and HR centers of excellence to mitigate people-related risk and ensure alignment with applicable employment laws, policies, and company standards.
  • Promote disciplined HR practices that balance teammate advocacy, operational needs, and enterprise risk management.
  • Partner with HR centers of excellence to deliver effective programs in compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, learning, performance, engagement, and HR systems.
  • Collaborate with HR centers of excellence and business leaders on compensation plan redesign and other high-impact HR initiatives, ensuring solutions are practical, competitive, scalable, and aligned with field operations.
  • Identify opportunities to improve HR service delivery, simplify processes, and strengthen consistency across divisions while supporting local business needs.
  • Lead through influence across a matrixed HR environment, ensuring alignment between enterprise priorities and Orkin’s operating model.
  • Travel regularly to divisions, regions, branches, and company meetings as needed; estimated travel is 25–50%.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree is preferred.
  • HR certification is preferred.

About the Company

Orkin

Pest control services via integrated management

Orkin provides professional pest control services using Integrated Pest Management and modern technology to protect homes and businesses while limiting guests' exposure to pesticides. Technicians are thoroughly trained, with hands-on programs that require no prior industry experience, and services are backed by one of the industry’s most comprehensive guarantees. Orkin differentiates itself through a long history (125 years), a strong promise-keeping approach, and a nationwide reputation for reliability, backed by a robust training culture and career opportunities. The company’s goal is to deliver reliable pest protection that customers can trust, while maintaining a scalable, service-driven business and offering growth paths for employees.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Founded
1901

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