Lauren Lockwood

About Lauren Lockwood

I am a senior HR professional with over 14 years of experience in progressive leadership roles as an HR Business Partner / HR Manager working in industries including hospitality, education, healthcare, and law. I am a capable people leader with specialties in learning and development, executive coaching, organizational strategy, culture development, employee engagement, and change management. I am so grateful to have built a career doing work that energizes me. Collaborating with brilliant people to foster individual and business growth is incredibly rewarding to me. I love creative problem solving, aligning departments to pursue a common goal, and contributing to overarching organizational strategy. My colleagues tend to appreciate my transparent communication, collaborative nature, empathy, ownership, and ability to align diverging interests in a comprehensive strategy. Outside of work, I enjoy spending as much time outdoors as possible. I love paddle boarding, hiking, camping and spending time with my husband and fur babies. I also like reading, writing, and being physically active!

Experience

1. Director of People Operations

   Strivr

   May 2022 — Present

   Joined this 100-200 tech organization to build strategic people programs in areas of employee experience, total rewards, DEI, core values, employee engagement, touching all aspects of the employee life cycle to foster Strivr’s internal connection, camaraderie, and commitment.* Developed, directed, and launched a comprehensive core values program to educate employees on newly launched core values while embedding them in overall strategy and day-to-day business operations.* Created and launched an Allyship Program to build a community around continued Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Strivr.* Developed and managed company-wide internal communications on people programs, promotion cycles, performance management, and other topics while owning the facilitation and delivery of company-wide presentations on these topics.* Owned compensation, promotion cycles, career mobility and development, performance management, talent acquisition, the employee life cycle from offer to offboarding, people operations systems and processes, total rewards, people team policies and procedures, company-wide communications, company-wide events, and learning and development for all of Strivr.* Managed lean team in competitive and fast-paced startup environment where it was important to have swift flexibility while remaining strategic.* Initiated, directed, and supported the alignment of systems and process related to people operations and streamlined communications across the employee life cycle through the creation of templates to automate and support the operation of a lean people team at scale.* Developed people programs that increased employee engagement by 9% in the first quarter of employment.

Education

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General, GPA 3.91

• University of Southern California

  Master's degree, Secondary Education and Teaching, GPA 4.0

• Santa Barbara City College

  Associate of Arts (AA), Economics, GPA 3.43

• University of Southern California

  Doctor of Education - EdD, Organizational Change and Leadership

  2020 — 2022

• Institute of Integrative Nutrition

  Integrative Nutritionist Certification, Integrative Nutrition